Punjab : Water has started receding in the flood-hit areas. However, some new areas of Patiala and Sangrur districts have been flooded.
Rescue teams have helped hundreds of people to reach safer places but many people are still for the relief as rescue teams could not reach there due to heavy flow of water.
Breaches at various [...]
Haryana : Haryana rescue and relief operations are being carried on warfooting by Army, social activitists and National Disaster team.
The road and rail services on Ambala -Delhi route has been restored. The Ambala- Hisar road will become functional by this evening as the repair work is on.
The power supply in district Ambala and Kurukshetra after [...]
Business : The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange rose 156 points, to 17.807, in early trade this morning on a firm trend in the Asian bourses following overnight gains in the US market.
Remaining firm, the Sensex stood 151 points, or 0.9 per cent in the green, at 17.803, a short while ago.
Asian markets in [...]
Pakistan : At least 10 militants have been killed and various others sustained injuries, when security forces pounded terrorists’ hideouts located in Orakzai Agency early today.
Official sources claimed, six sanctuaries were also completely shattered during clashes.
According to sources, security force launched attack on hideouts of militants, backed by gunship helicopters, pounding a total of 10 [...]
Jammu and Kashmir : Police in Badgam district in Kashmir valley have arrested an activist of hard line faction of Hurriyat conference after his conversation with another activist was intercepted by intelligence agencies showing involvement of Hurriyat in instigating protests and killings in the valley.
Inspector general police, Kashmir range, Farooq Ahmad told this correspondent that [...]
Jammu and Kashmir : Over 12,000 pilgrims performed darshan in the holy cave Shrine of Amarnath Ji till yesterday from both traditional Chandanwari and Baltal tracks.
With this the number of pilgrims paying obeisance in the cave shrine since commencement of yatra on June 30 has crossed one lakh mark.
Meanwhile, another batch of 2,300 yatris comprising [...]
New Delhi : The government today said Food inflation will come down in coming weeks.
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said the decline in prices of most agricultural commodities in coming weeks will bring down the food inflation.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a sugar conference in New Delhi, Mr Pawar said food inflation declined for [...]
Jammu and Kashmir : The Top brass of the Congress today met in New Delhi to discuss the current situation in the Kashmir valley.
The Home Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram briefed the Core group of the party about the latest situation in the valley.
During the hour long meeting chaired by the party president Mrs. Sonia Gandhi [...]
Gujarat : The torrential rains lashed the dry areas of Kutch and Saurashtra regions after a long wait.
That 25 to 180 milimetres of rains were reported in most parts of the Saurashtra region yesterday while 76 to 110 millimeters of heavy downpour were observed in Mandvi, Anjar, Bhuj and some parts of Kutch region since [...]
New Delhi : President today called for a constant revision of the pharmacy education in the country to meet the future challenges.
Speaking at the National Seminar on Recent Trends in Pharmacy Education and Practice in New Delhi, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil said, in the times of globalisation, international standards must be maintained in curriculum and [...]