Two persons were killed and crops in 7,783 hectares were damaged in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh due to cyclone 'Phailin', according to the official survey.
Kerala cabinet today decided to make proficiency in Malayalam language a must for getting jobs in government services in the state.
Goa Lokayukta Justice B Sudarshan Reddy has quit from his post citing personal reasons, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Thursday.
The trains remained stranded between Bhattian and Phillaur railway stations on Jalandhar-Ludhiana rail section of Amritsar-Delhi down line railway track.
Army today paid homage to the jawan, who was killed yesterday when Pakistani troops opened fire at forward posts along the Line of Control in Poonch sector.
Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is facing sexual assault charges, today refused to cooperate during a potency test at the civil hospital here, officials said.
The incident took place on Tuesday night when a team of forest and police officials reached the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in Sujauli area of Bahraich.
The Maoists had asked Hantal the reason behind his surrender and why he had spoken against them, the police quoted the villagers as saying.
India Reserve Battalion has been deployed at the beaches in addition to the Tourism Security Force, which is currently facing manpower shortage.
Normal life on Tuesday came to a standstill in Manipur due to an 18-hour general strike called by six major insurgent organisations from midnight last night, officials said.
Nilekani stressed that the Aadhaar number was beneficial for a variety of reasons including financial inclusion, direct benefit transfer, identity and subsidy reform.
Lama, a class 6 student, was undergoing treatment in AIIMS Trauma Centre. He was on ventilator.
This decision comes in the backdrop of some highway developers exiting projects citing regulatory bottlenecks.
The Special Investigation Team led by Additional Superintendent of Police Manoj Jha reached the relief camp yesterday and recorded statements under 161 CrPc in connection with missing people of Lisadh village since last month's riots
About one-fourth of the polling premises for the upcoming Assembly polls have been identified as "critical" by the Delhi Election Commission and will need extra safety and security arrangements.
More than 90 families have been repatriated during a self-repatriation process which started on 30 September.
There will be a total 56 seats in the Anubhuti coach, similar to the capacity of existing executive chair car, according to the finalised design.
The study said airlines were "reluctant" to aggressively promote self-service check-in because the product was available at limited number of airports.
M Sahoo, Special Chief Secretary in the energy department of Andhra Pradesh government, today reviewed the preparedness for dealing with the cyclone along with other officials,
The NGT on 9 and 26 September, the last two hearings, had directed Uttarakhand to apprise the bench about the steps taken to ensure restoration of ecological balance.
There are 11,311 Bru voters in the Mizoram voter's list residing in the relief camps in Tripura having votes in nine assembly constituencies and covering three districts.
Dreaded Maoist leader Bhaskar Patra alias Pravakar, who was involved in explosion, extortion and arson, was arrested from Odisha's Keonjhar district, police said here today.
The ECoR has also planned Special Relief Trains to be run to disaster affected areas carrying relief and restoration materials.
The ministry had sanctioned Rs 2,445.75 crore for construction of roads measuring 5,189 km during 2012-13 and Rs 1,067 crore for construction of 1,184 km of roads in 2013-14.
A disaster was averted as the train would have crossed a bridge over a river after the New Maynaguri station and with broken equalising beams of the wheel and pendulum.
The return phase of the 2013 Haj operations would begin on 19 October.
The face-off between the ultras and the security forces took place in the forests of Malingwar village, Narayanpur additional superintendent of police OP Sharma said.
India, the biggest buyer of bullion, has been trying to boost exports of jewellery and limit imports of gold.
Neepco has also assured that it will install warning sirens at strategic locations in downstream areas within a month.
The incident took place around 7.45 am on platform no 2 of the railway station as the driver of a Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) train, a local rail service, passed beyond the stop board