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Pakistan: Over 120 dead in Punjab as torrential rains, floods wreak havoc

Islamabad, Aug. 24 -- More than 120 people have lost their lives across Pakistan's Punjab province over the past six weeks due to intense monsoon rains and flash floods that have inundated both rural ... Read More


Project to create opposition-free democracy will fail: RJD MP Manoj Jha on Constitution Amendment Bill

Patna, Aug. 24 -- Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha on Saturday criticised the Union government over the recently introduced Constitutional Amendment Bill, alleging that it is aimed at creating ... Read More


BJP will hold more camps in Punjab to deliver benefits of central schemes: Jakhar

Chandigarh, Aug. 24 -- Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Saturday said the party will continue to hold camps across Punjab to deliver the benefits of central government welfare schemes to households, w... Read More


HC orders action against 2 cops for neglecting abused elder couple

India, Aug. 24 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered departmental action against two assistant police inspectors of the Dombivili police after they failed to act against an alcoholic who badly b... Read More


Strengthen law to achieve universal birth and death registration: Speakers

, Aug. 24 -- Speakers at a workshop on Sunday said it is crucial to strengthen and update the existing law to ensure universal birth and death registration in Bangladesh as half of the population has ... Read More


Veteran CPI leader S Sudhakar Reddy dies

India, Aug. 24 -- Veteran Communist leader, former national general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), and former MP Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy passed away after prolonged illness in Hyder... Read More


Booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara amid online backlash

Bengaluru, Aug. 24 -- The Karnataka government's decision to have acclaimed writer Banu Mushtaq inaugurate this year's world-famous Mysuru Dasara festival has sparked both celebration and controversy.... Read More


At All India Speakers Conference, Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat lauds Vithalbhai Patel's contribution in Parliamentary system

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat lauded the contribution of freedom fighter Vittalbhai Patel in the parliamentary system of the country following the inauguration of a two... Read More


IAF launches relief ops, deploys Mi-17 helicopter in flood-hit Kota and Bundi

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- The Indian Air Force (IAF) has launched humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations in Rajasthan after heavy rains triggered severe flooding in Kota and Bundi d... Read More


Ten BRS leaders sent notices over defections to Congress

Hyderabad, Aug. 24 -- Telangana assembly speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar has issued notices to 10 lawmakers of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), who allegedly defected to the Congress last year, asking th... Read More