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Excess rainfall causing Kerala floods a result of climate change: IMD chief
The chief also spoke of a new technology that has been developed to assess the rise of water levels in rivers and reservoirs due to rain which can help state government minutely monitor the impact of rainfall.
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Maharashtra: Drought, market realities keep Gen Next away from farming
Families across rural Maharashtra find increasingly that the young at home see farming as a self-defeating cycle of losses.
Jallianwala Bagh memorial to get facelift
The government has prepared a blueprint for the year-long commemoration of the massacre — of April 13, 1919 — as part of its efforts to mark the lives of eminent personalities and events of historical importance.
After Amritsar blast MHA seeks NIA probe on J&K students held from Jalandhar
The students — Zahid Gulzar, Yasir Rafiq Bhat and Mohd Idris Shah — were alleged to be members of Zakir Musa’s outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), and officials said the terror outfit’s pan-network requires detailed investigation.
Kartarpur Corridor: Sidhu says invited by Pakistan for ground-breaking ceremony
Sidhu told The Indian Express on phone from Madhya Pradesh, where he is on campaigning duty, “I got a call from Pakistan Prime Minister’s office on Friday. It was the same person who had called me when I was invited for the swearing-in ceremony.”
Why no legal time limit to detention of ‘foreigners’: Amnesty report
As of September 25, 2018, the report states, 1,037 people declared foreigners were being held in detention centres across Assam. It points out that a key issue is that there is no statutory limit for which individuals declared as foreigners can be detained.
Dalits to VHP: Appoint one Ram temple priest from community
At meeting in Ahmedabad, Dalits also demand appointing a priest from community as Shankaracharya, as demanded by Babasaheb Ambedkar
Odisha performance pushed down India’s malaria count for 2017: WHO
According to WHO, by 2017, India accounted for four per cent of the global burden of malaria morbidity.
Gauri Lankesh murder was an organised crime: chargesheet
The Karnataka Police filed a 9,235-page chargesheet naming 18 persons Friday.
Institutions need to look within to restore credibility: Pranab Mukherjee
He said institutions are a mirror of the national character, and to save democracy these institutions must win back the trust of the people without any delay.
Yogi Adityanath to represent PM at Janakpur event, Nepal oppn leader objects
While Nepali Congress chief and other senior party leaders are silent on Nidhi’s campaign against Adityanath’s visit, party spokesperson Bishwa Prakash said it is the party’s collective stand.
Hunger for chair driving PDP, NC, says Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
Sajad Lone’s Peoples Conference was in fact part of the Mirwaiz’s Hurriyat until he decided to contest polls. Lone’s elder brother Bilal Lone is an executive member of the Hurriyat.
