Amaravati, Oct 26 (IANS) With the threat of cyclone ‘Montha’ in the Bay of Bengal looming large, the Andhra Pradesh government has sent NDRF and SDRF teams to six coastal districts, appointed special officers for 19 districts and suspended all activities on beaches.
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 24 (IANS) As many as 19 passengers were burnt alive as a private Volvo bus carrying over 40 people caught fire after hitting a two-wheeler in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool in the wee hours of Friday.
Lucknow, Oct 21 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday flagged off the dispatch of 1,000 quintals of wheat seeds to flood-hit Punjab to ensure that foodgrain production in that state does not dip drastically due to the natural calamity.
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The family of late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who was the Pilot-in-Command of the Air India aircraft that crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12, has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking the constitution of a judicially monitored independent committee, led by a retired apex court judge, to investigate the incident, which claimed over 260 lives.
Ludhiana, Oct 14 (IANS) Union Minister for Agriculture, Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Tuesday, visited the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Maize Research (ICAR-IIMR) here and said that Rs 1.60 lakh approved per family for reconstruction of 36,703 houses damaged during recent floods in Punjab.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Continuing with the humanitarian assistance, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, on Friday, informed that India delivered additional food supplies to Afghanistan for the people affected by the earthquake.
Manila, Oct 10 (IANS) An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Davao Oriental province in Mindanao region of the Philippines on Friday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported.
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) With less than a month to go for COP30 in Brazil, leading policymakers, financial institutions, and climate experts convened here on Wednesday for a high-level roundtable on adaptation finance.
Shimla, Oct 7 (IANS) At least 15 passengers were killed and three rescued as a private bus was hit by a rain-triggered landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur, the home district of BJP national President J.P. Nadda, on Tuesday, officials said.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) BJP President J.P. Nadda expressed condolences to the bereaved families, whose members were killed in a road accident, as a private bus they were travelling in was hit by a landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur on Tuesday.
