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Uttarkashi Tunnel Tragedy
Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: Rescuers resume operations, will take 12-14 hours more to reach workers

Former advisor to the prime minister's office Bhaskar Khulbe said an iron mesh thad had come in the path of the drilling machine creating an escape passage for the workers was removed in the morning...

 NEET
NEET-UG Test: National Medical Commission Modifies Eligibility Criteria

In a public notice issued on Wednesday, the National Medical Commission (NMC) said that this decision will be applicable even to those students whose applications were previously rejected.

41 bed-hospital prepared for trapped labourers in Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse
41 bed-hospital prepared in Uttarkashi for labourers trapped in tunnel

Rescue efforts at the tunnel gained momentum on Wednesday with the American auger machine resuming drilling through the accumulated rubble at the collapsed site inside the tunnel and penetrating up to 45 metres by the...

Odisha Police unearths Maoist weapons dump near Chhattisgarh border
Odisha Police unearths Maoist weapons dump near Chhattisgarh border

The seized items include six landmines weighing 40kg, 150 gelatin sticks, a countrymade gun, IEDs and ammunition, IEDs, and other articles, police said.

2 Army personnel killed in encounter with terrorists in J-K's Rajouri
2 Army personnel killed in encounter with terrorists in J-K's Rajouri

The fierce gunfight was underway as two terrorists were trapped at the site, they said.

E-Visa
India resumes e-Visa services for Canadians after two months

Tensions flared between India and Canada in September following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations of the "potential" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18

National Herald case
National Herald case: Gandhi family must pay for its 'sins', says BJP on ED's attachment of assets

Former Union minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad accused the Gandhi family of capturing National Herald assets by converting the now-defunct newspaper's properties into its "personal properties".

G20 Summit
India to host virtual G20 summit Wednesday; Justin Trudeau to attend

With Ottawa confirming Trudeau's participation in the summit, this would be the first time he would come face to face with Prime Minister Modi, albeit virtually, after ties between India and Canada came under severe...

ICC
Stop clock in men's ODI and T20Is introduced by ICC, five-run penalty on third offence

Bowling teams in men's ODI and T20Is will be imposed a five-run penalty if the bowler exceeds the 60 second limit of bowling the next over for the third time in an innings, informed ...

Hijacking of Cargo ship in Red Sea by Yemen's Houthis
Hijacking of India-bound ship: UN Secretary-General expresses 'deep concern'

On Sunday, a British-owned and Japanese-operated ship named "Galaxy Leader" was seized near Hodeida, Yemen, while sailing for India, according to the vessel's operator, NYK Line.

Funeral Pyre
Casteism even in death: Odisha civic body operates 'Brahmins only' crematorium

The 155-year-old Kendrapara Municipality, the oldest civic body in the eastern state, has even put up a 'Brahmin crematorium' signage at the entrance of the burning ghat at Hazaribagicha locality in the town.

Uttarakhand Tunnel Tragedy
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescuers release first video of trapped workers

The visuals were captured using an endoscopic camera sent in through the alternative 6-inch food pipeline.

Australia players after winning ICC World Cup Final
Odisha youth among two die by suicide after India's loss in World Cup final

Rahul Lohar, 23, took the extreme step near a cinema hall around 11 pm on Sunday in Beliatore police station area of Bankura, following India’s six-wicket loss to Australia in Ahmedabad, they said.

Drugs, cash, liquor worth over Rs 1,760 crore seized in five poll-going states: EC
Drugs, cash, liquor worth over Rs 1,760 crore seized in five poll-going states: EC

The Election Commission on Monday said over Rs 1,760 crore worth of freebies, drugs, cash, liquor and precious metals aimed at inducing voters in the five poll-going states have been seized so far.

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: PM Modi speaks to Pushkar Singh Dhami, takes stock of rescue operations
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: PM Modi speaks to Pushkar Singh Dhami, takes stock of rescue operations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami over phone to take stock of the rescue operations being carried out at the Silkyara tunnel to evacuate 41 workers trapped...

Delhi air pollution
Delhi AQI improves from very poor to poor

The city's air quality index stood at 290 at 7 am. The 24-hour average AQI, recorded at 4 pm every day, was 319 on Saturday, 405 on Friday and 419 on Thursday.

Indian players
CWC 2023 Final Countdown: Indian juggernaut ready to roll on Super Sunday

Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin know the feeling of winning the ODI World Cup and Rohit Sharma himself was in the thick of things at the 'Bull Ring' in Johannesburg when India won their maiden...

Silkyara Tunnel collapse: Machine snag halts rescue operation again
Silkyara Tunnel collapse: Machine snag halts rescue operation again

Another high-performance drilling machine airlifted from Indore in Madhya Pradesh has already landed at the Jolly Grant airport in Dehradun and is being transported by road to Silkyara where it will be unloaded and assembled...

Cyclone
Cyclone Midhili weakens into depression; no fresh rain in Tripura, Mizoram on Saturday

According to the latest IMD (India Meteorological Department) update, the cyclonic storm, after crossing the Bangladesh coast, weakened into a deep depression, and later into a depression, and lay 50 km east-southeast of Tripura's capital...

Air pollution
Delhi's AQI improves, but still 'Very Poor'

The city's Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 339 at 9 am, improving from 405 at 4 pm on Friday. The 24-hour average AQI, recorded at 4 pm everyday, stood at 419 on Thursday. It...

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