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Gujarat CM Narendra Modi has announced a fresh aid of Rs 3 crore for Uttarakhand flood-hit victims in addition to Rs 2 crore he had given earlier. Modi confirmed that about 6,000 pilgrims from Gujarat have already returned from Uttarakhand.…

It is believed that that morality takes a heavy beating when politics play its part. The same happened in Tamil Nadu when the Congress Party extended its support to 2G-tainted Kanimozhhi in her bid for a second Rajya Sabha term with the…

Now getting a Visa to UK will be costly for Indians as they will have to pay a hefty cash bond of £3,000 (Rs 2.8 lakh). The step has been taken to make their immigration system more selective, bringing down the number of migration from…

The Indian Railways is going through a tough phase after the exit of Mamata Banerjee following her coronation as the Chief Minister of West Bengal in May 2011. There is no reason to suggest that Mamata took the Railways to the highest…

In a tragic development, an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crashed in Gaurikund, leaving all 20 people on board dead. mishap occurred while the rescue chopper MI-17 V5 had gone from Gauchar to Guptkashi and Kedarnath. It crashed near…

In a huge relief to drug manufacturing firm Ranbaxy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea against it as no evidence was found to prove that the drugs manufactured by the firm were substandard. A bench of justices AK Patnaik…

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited the flood and landslide-hit Uttarakhand today over a week after the Nature's fury devastated the hill state. He reached Gauchar from where he headed for Guptakashi to monitor the relief works.…

Over 15,000 people have been badly affected, as flash floods triggered by heavy rains, created havoc in Nabarangpur, Kalahandi and Koraput districts in Odisha. The Chandahandi block in Nabarangpur district has been worst hit. Some of the…

An IAS officer died under mysterious circumstances here in the state capital on Monday. He reportedly jumped before the Puri-Howarh passenger at Bhubaneswar platform. Police suspected it a 'suicide case'. However, what pressurised him to…