A powerful earthquake flattened houses and buildings in Nepal today, killing nearly 900 people as the worst temblor in 80 years destroyed the iconic Dharhara tower and renowned Darbar Square in the heart of the capital. The quake measuring 7.9 on Richter scale, which was followed by 16 aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or greater, killed […]
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi today emphasized the combination of wisdom (Saraswati) and prosperity (Lakshmi) as the key to India’s progress. Speaking after the presentation of the 50th Jnanpeeth Award to Prof. Bhalchandra Nemade, the Prime Minister said creative writing has the capacity to touch lives of several generations. He reiterated that solutions to the […]
Today, Indian Air Force’s C-130 J Super Hercules aircraft took off from the Hindon airbase with NDRF personnel and 4 tones of relief material to Nepal in the wake of the devastating and massive earthquake that has hit the Himalayan country. Defence sources informed that a C-17 Globemaster is being prepared for take off and will be carrying about 40-member […]
People work to rescue trapped people inside a temple in Bashantapur Durbar Square after an earthquake hit, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Nearly 700 people were killed after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on Richter scale struck Nepal on Saturday, flattening houses and buildings including the centuries-old Dharhara tower and triggering an avalanche on […]
Reaching out to Nepal which has been struck by a strong magnitude quake, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke to the country’s President Ram Baran Yadav. “PM is trying to reach Nepal PM Sushil Koirala, who is abroad. He has spoken to President of Nepal Ram Baran Yadav,” the PMO tweeted. A high-intensity quake shook […]
Today morning at 11:56 strong earthquake of magnitude 7.7 struck in North India including states like Sikkim , Delhi-NCR, Bihar, Chhatisgadh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pardesh , Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. Incidents of house destruction were reported from Nepal. Tremors lasted for 2 minutes. Intensity of todays tremors was higher. As per experts this was the strongest […]
The Mumbai police have arrested eight persons, including a woman and three police officials, in connection with the sexual assault on a model earlier this month. Among those arrested include two assistant police inspectors and a constable, as per sources. On April 4, in her complaint to police commissioner the model said when she was […]
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Friday called for focused development of presentation material on how India has contributed to environment protection through the ages. Reviewing the activities of the Ministry of Culture, he asked the Ministry to take in lead in this initiative, which, if developed in time, could be presented during the upcoming […]
Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for ending “sarpanch-pati” culture in panchayats, the practice of husbands of women sarpanches exercising undue influence, as he pitched for a leadership role for elected village representatives to alleviate poverty and promote education. Recalling a political event in which someone told him that he was an SP (sarpanch-pati), Modi […]
Today in IPL match, Ahmedabad cricket fans Kohli and Gayle would be eager to see their hero’s great innings in city. IPL Match between RR and RCB in Ahmedabad will start from 8 pm onwards. After three successive losses, it would take an extraordinary performance from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to get the better of […]
