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AT 706.7mm, DELHI NEARS ITS ANNUAL RAINFALL MARK

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- After a fairly dry start to the year, with only 10.5mm of rainfall being recorded in the first four months, Delhi has received nearly 700mm of rainfall, pushing the Capital close... Read More


SIM that was once junked lands C'garh resident 'iconic' call

Raipur, Aug. 11 -- What started as the purchase of a routine SIM card has turned into a once-in-a-lifetime experience for a 20-something year old resident of Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh, who un... Read More


1,000 hospitals faced action for AB-PMJAY scheme irregularities

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- More than one thousand hospitals across the country have faced actions, ranging from de-empanelment and levying of fines, in connection with irregularities while implementing the... Read More


CISF personnel to be posted in Parl on permanent basis

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which has taken over the security of the Parliament complex, will have its personnel posted permanently, with officials aware of the... Read More


Ring Roads: The allure and cost of asphalt loops

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Delhi government recently proposed a lofty solution to the city's chronic traffic woes: an elevated ring road stacked atop the existing 55-kilometre Ring Road, a plan now set... Read More


'Vadra shifted blame to deceased persons'

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed in its charge sheet filed last month that Robert Vadra tried to mislead investigators by shifting the blame for the land deal in Guru... Read More


ec on bihar sir

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that it is under no legal obligation to prepare or publish a separate list of nearly 6.5 million names not inclu... Read More


Accords must include plans for restoration

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Armenia and Azerbaijan recently signed an accord around the 35-year-old dispute involving the Nagorno-Karabagh region. A colony of ethnic Armenians, surrounded by Azeris, has see... Read More


'Will pressure govt to restore J&K statehood'

Srinagar, Aug. 11 -- Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday joined the hunger strike organised by the party's Jammu & Kashmir unit, describing it as a protest aimed at building pressure against ... Read More


EC notice to Bihar dy CM over double enrolment

PATNA, Aug. 11 -- The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday issued a notice to Bihar's deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, asking him to explain his enrolment as a voter in two assembly constituenci... Read More