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who conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand along with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday, sought quick relief for stranded people, a party statement said.The Congress president urged the state government to evacuate the stranded and expeditiously restore communications systems, a party statement said.According to the statement, Gandhi saw that a large number of ...
Source : Prokerala | 2 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
scheduled meeting Wednesday between Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat andAdvani was to meet Bhagwat, who played a key role in resolving the crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the party veteran resigned from key party posts a day after Narendra Modi was elevated as BJP campaign committee chief for the 2014 polls.Sources said Advani conveyed to Bhagwat early Wednesd...
Source : Prokerala | 5 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
the priority of the government was to rescue people stranded by heavy rains and flash floods in Uttarakhand and provide succour to the affected people.According to the PMO's Twitter account, the prime minister, who made an aerial survey of affected Uttarakhand along with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said: "Our hearts go out to the families of those who have lost their lives and those who have ...
Source : Prokerala | 6 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
civilian was injured as Pakistani troops Wednesday violated the ceasefire and fired across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district after an infiltration bid was foiled by theDefence PRO S.N. Acharya said a group of four militants from Pakistan-administered Kashmir were seen moving towards the LoC in Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch around 9.50 a.m. and opened fire when chall...
Source : Prokerala | 2 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
Delhi residents experienced a sultry, rainless Wednesday as the maximum temperature shot up a little at 35.5 degrees Celsius - two notches below average. Thursday will be cloudy.The capital had been witnessing below average temperatures since the last few days and Tuesday's maximum temperature was seven notches below average at 32.1 degrees while the minimum was 23.5 degrees Celsius, five notches ...
Source : Prokerala | 3 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
workers and members of the Youth Congress marked the 43rd birthday celebrations of party vice presidentAccording to party sources, members of the Delhi unit and Youth Congress leaders raised slogans in support of their vice president, burst crackers and distributed sweets outside the Congress headquarters here."These were not official celebrations, but some leaders came of their own," an All India...
Source : Prokerala | 3 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
man drowned in the Yamuna river while bathing near its bank, while 5,000 people were evacuated from inundated low-lying areas along the banks Wednesday as water rose to an unprecedented 207.20 metres, the highest since 1978, aThe man who drowned was bathing near Majnu Ka Tilla on the banks of the river, and his body is yet to be traced, the official said.In 1978, water level in the Yamuna had reac...
Source : Prokerala | 3 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
announced Rs. 10 crore for those affected in the devastating floods in Uttarakhand.She expressed grief over the widespread devastation and loss of lives in the hill state.Over 100 people have died while thousands are reportedly missing due to the floods....
Source : Prokerala | 3 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
stepped up relief operations in flood- and landslide-affected areas of Uttrakhand and Himachal Pradesh.An official release said the relief and rescue operation in the two states were the largest such operations undertaken in several decades. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has also deployed 3,000 of its personnel to clear roads in these states.The release said Indian Air Forces's C-130 J aircr...
Source : Prokerala | 3 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
central government official Wednesday lauded the efforts of the Tagore Centre for Natural Sciences and Philosophy (TCNSP) to go forward with its establishment "without much money".Inaugurated at the Bose Institute here, TCNSP is a collaborative venture between the Centre for Natural Sciences and Philosophy, Kolkata, and the Bose Institute to integrate science, philosophy and culture. It is dedicat...
Source : Prokerala | 3 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
are said to be missing in Uttarakhand after unprecedented rains and cloudburst led to landslides and flash floods killing more than 100 people and leaving 62,000 stranded, officials and survivors said.Such was the magnitude of the disaster that a worried Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna told IANS: "It is a calamity that has numbed me by its sheer magnitude."Bahuguna said that more than 18...
Source : Prokerala | 3 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
spare a pair of the greater one-horned rhinoceros in exchange for a pair of Indian gaur.In a letter to Gogoi, the text of which was released to the media here Wednesday, Jayalalithaa said the Arignar Anna Zoological Park near here has a collection of 1,400 individual animals consisting of 143 species but no rhinoceros."The greater one-horned rhinoceros was in our collection from 1985 to 1989. The ...
Source : Prokerala | 4 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
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