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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 […]
Recently a video became viral of 12 year old missing girl Puja of Rajkot brutally beaten by Rajasthani person. Puja is missing from Ghanteshwar area Rajkot. FIR of missing girl Puja was filed by her businessman father Dipakbhai was lodged on 2 August 2014. Even, Puja’s grandmother on seeing the video told that girl looks […]
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 […]
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today urged Panchayat members to work with a five-year vision with concrete development plans to bring about positive changes in their village. In his remarks at a function in New Delhi to mark National Panchayati Raj Day, the Prime Minister hailed the contribution of women in the functioning of Panchayats […]
On Thursday , 11 IAS Officers of Gujarat govt were transferred. 1988 batch IAS officer S Aparna as principal secretary to Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel. Aparna has replaced G C Murmu who went on central deputation last week. Arvind Agrawal, additional chief secretary (ACS) in education department, has been appointed ACS, industries and mines, which is said to be […]
