Kolkata: A three-storey under-construction warehouse in the Taratala area of west Kolkata collapsed Wednesday afternoon, trapping several people underneath the rubble, police said. A Kolkata Police official said 10 people have so far been rescued and taken to the nearest hospital. "The roof of the...
Itanagar: Incessant rain triggered flash floods in Keyi Panyor district of Arunachal Pradesh Wednesday morning, inundating low-lying areas and damaging 18 residential units, while landslides on a national highway disrupted vehicular movement and left several people stranded, an official said. Three people reportedly went missing...
Dubai: India Wednesday advised its people to continue avoiding all non-essential travel to Iran until further notice, despite recent improvements in the security situation. The Indian Embassy in Tehran said it has been closely monitoring the prevailing security situation in Iran and was issuing a...
Tokyo: The head of the UN's nuclear agency signalled Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim deal between the United States and Iran to reach an end to the war. The comment by International...
United Nations: India slammed Pakistan for making "unwarranted" remarks on Jammu and Kashmir at an informal UN Security Council meeting organised by Beijing and Islamabad, asserting that the union territory is a matter "strictly internal" to the country. India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador...
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke Wednesday said he would appear before a committee of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) regarding the withholding of the group's X account. According to reports, the MeitY had earlier asked Dipke to appear...
New Delhi: India's ethanol blending programme remains "safe, consumer-friendly, and economically beneficial", the government said, dismissing concerns that the use of E20 fuel could affect the validity of vehicle insurance policies. The oil ministry in a statement said claims linking E20 fuel use to insurance...
New Delhi: A massive fire broke out in a cluster of temporary tin-sheds for labourers near Udyog Bhawan in New Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday, gutting around 200 structures, an official of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said. The DFS received a call...
New Delhi: A 11-year-old girl sleeping beside her family on a pavement in south Delhi was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered by a cab driver in the early hours of June 22, police said Tuesday. The accused, under the influence of marijuana, allegedly took the...
Mumbai: Mumbaikars woke up to heavy overnight rains on Wednesday, which disrupted suburban train services, inundated low-lying areas and caused hardship to commuters. Parts of the metropolis received more than 200 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8 am, officials said. The...
After numerous hiccups, threats and counter-threats exchanged between US President Donald Trump and Iran’s top leadership, the US and Iran...
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In a disconcerting new report, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that almost every child in India is...
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By Aakar Patel Last week, on 17 June, it was reported that the ‘US has renamed the Indo-Pacific Command back...
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