Ayellow alert has been issued in 8 Kerala districts for Tuesday, following heavy rain. Schools will remain shut in four districts. The India Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kannur, Kasaragod and Kozhikode districts for Tuesday. All educational…
The air quality in Delhi has started deteriorating again after showing marginal improvement on Monday morning. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the overall AQI of Delhi reached 389 at 8 am on Tuesday, November 16, just about to get into the ‘hazardous’ category (400). Many of the pollution…
The investigation by the Mumbai Police’s special investigation team (SIT)) in the extortion allegation case has hit a roadblock after Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s manager, Pooja Dadlani, skipped summons again. Pooja Dadlani did not come forward to record her statement, citing health issues. The Mumbai…
Stones were hurled and at least 18 police personnel, including three officers, were injured after protests in Maharashtra against the alleged communal violence in Tripura took an ugly turn. The state government has appealed to the public to maintain peace and 20 FIRs have also been registered in the matter. The…
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) nominated the party’s newly-appointed national vice-president Luizinho Faleiro as its candidate for the upcoming bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from West Bengal. Faleiro, the former chief minister of Goa, had quit the Congress and joined the TMC in September. Taking to Twitter, the TMC…
As rains in Chennai subsided, the IMD said a low-pressure now lies inside the north Tamil Nadu. Thunderstorm with moderate rain is likely to occur at one or two places over the Kanniyakumari and Tirunelveli districts within the next two hours, said the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai on Saturday. In view of the…
The Union government is all set to mark the birth anniversary of iconic tribal leader Birsa Munda, who led a rebellion against the British, as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’ with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the celebrations on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav…
Rani Kamlapati was the widow Gond ruler of Nizam Shah, chief of Ginnorgarh. The Gond community comprises the largest tribal group of India with more than 1.2 crore population. Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday urged the Central government to rename the Habibganj Railway Station’s name after the…
As per reports, out of the 38 terrorists, 27 belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) while 11 have affiliations with Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) as Indian security forces remain hot on their trail. Srinagar: As many as 38 terrorists hailing from Pakistan are currently active in Jammu and Kashmir, said sources on Friday. The…
Delhi NCR pollution level today: Air quality in Delhi stood in the ‘severe’ category on Saturday, with SAFAR recording an overall AQI of 499. The concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 particles stood at 541 and 349 respectively. At 6 in the morning, the concentration of PM2.5 particles in Pusa, Ayanagar and Delhi…