Low-pressure area over Bay of Bengal to trigger heavy rain over T.N. till Thursday A low-pressure area that formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal during the early hours of Monday will set the stage for widespread rainfall, particularly over north Tamil Nadu, and herald the onset of the northeast monsoon over the State. The … Read more
General Upendra Dwivedi. File | Photo Credit: ANI “Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi reviewed the security situation along the international border in Manipur,” an Army statement said. Gen Dwivedi is on a two-day visit to Manipur. “The Army chief along with the Eastern Army Commander reviewed the security situation along the border and the internal … Read more
NHAI officials along with local residents inspecting the traffic situation on the Tiruchi-Karur National Highway passing through Thiruparaithurai near Tiruchi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The road safety consultant of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will soon study the prevailing traffic situation at Thiruparaithurai on Tiruchi-Karur National Highway in the wake … Read more
Food items being distributed to flood-affected people at a relief camp, in Nagaon district of Assam, on July 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI “The flood situation in Assam improved marginally on July 10 with water levels of major rivers showing a receding trend, reducing the affected population to 1.7 million across 26 districts,” according … Read more
Women cover their face to protect themselves from the scorching heat on a hot summer day, in Jaipur. | Photo Credit: PTI With the BJP government in Rajasthan claiming that the situation is under control amid the searing heat this summer, the Opposition Congress on Friday accused the health authorities of suppressing the number of … Read more
External Affairs Minister Dr Jaishankar, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan at at the opening of the 7th Indian Ocean Conference in Perth. | Photo Credit: X@DrSJaishankar External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on February 9 met his Australian counterpart Penny Wong and discussed the bilateral … Read more
Indian boxer Mary Kom. | Photo Credit: PTI Star India boxer Mary Kom draws curtain on remarkable career Six-time World Champion and 2012 Olympic medallist Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom on January 24 announced her retirement from boxing. Mary Kom hung her boxing gloves as the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) rules allow male and female boxers … Read more
West Godavari Collector P. Prasanthi interacting with farmers who were drying the harvested paddy on the roadside in a village near Palakol on Sunday. Collectors of coastal districts reviewed the situation ahead of Cyclone Michaung making landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coastline, and asked officials to take measures to prevent loss of life and property … Read more
Security personnel stand guard as students protest against the “killing” of two missing students by unknown miscreants and demand peace in Manipur, Imphal, on September 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Top officials of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on October 18 discussed the evolving law and order situation in the country in the light … Read more
In a tweet, Shashi Tharoor said, “As the Manipur violence persists, all right-thinking Indians must ask themselves what happened to the much-vaunted good governance we had been promised.” | Photo Credit: PTI Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on May 7 said the voters of Manipur are feeling “grossly betrayed” just a year after putting the … Read more