New Delhi: Two hundred and eighty-eight Indians remain missing following the devastating flash floods in Nepal, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Thursday. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the missing Indians included those working on hydropower projects and tourist groups. Twenty-one Indians from Tamil...
Kathmandu: The death toll in the massive flash floods in Nepal rose to 177, as authorities in Nepal on Thursday race against time to find thousands of missing people, including 300 Indian tourists, in one of the country's worst disasters in recent years. The flash...
Kathmandu: The death toll in the massive flash floods in Nepal rose to 162, leaving many, including security personnel and foreign tourists, missing in one of the country's worst disasters in recent years, police said Thursday. The flash floods Wednesday wreaked havoc across three districts...
Kathmandu: At least 72 people died and nearly 500, including 133 Indians, are missing after a torrential flash flood originating in Tibet swept through central Nepal districts, causing devastation in towns and villages, washing away bridges and damaging at least a dozen hydropower projects Wednesday....
Kathmandu: Seventeen people were killed and nearly 500 others, including 105 Indians, are missing after a massive flash flood originating in Tibet swept through central Nepal districts, causing devastation in towns and villages, washing away bridges and damaging at least a dozen hydropower projects Wednesday....
Kathmandu: At least 105 Indians are among the nearly 400 persons missing after the devastating flash floods in Nepal's Rasuwa district bordering Tibet Wednesday. A sudden, massive flood swept through two central Nepal districts bordering Tibet, killing four people, causing extensive devastation at settlements along...
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to increase potato production and make Odisha self-sufficient in the production of the tuber, the state government had launched Potato Mission in 2014-15. The scheme was implemented in 2015-16 with an initial outlay of Rs 50 crore. The allocation has since...
Toronto: Canada struck back at the United States Tuesday with retaliatory tariffs on about USD 20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment, as the trade war between the once-friendly neighbours escalated sharply. The tension threatened one of the...
Bhubaneswar: The monsoon session of the Odisha assembly is scheduled to commence September 22 and continue till October 3, officials said Tuesday. The session will have eight official business days, according to the provisional calendar issued by the assembly secretariat. Several issues are likely to...
Beijing: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Tuesday held Special Representatives talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the India-China boundary question and improvement of relations between the two countries. The talks assumed significance as they are being held ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's...
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The BJP and the Congress seem to believe that they are going to reap rich political dividends through their conflicting...
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