The three-day 11th World Hindi Conference or Vishwa Hindi Sammellan will be held at Mauritius’ Port Louis from tomorrow. It will be held at Swami Vivekananda International Conference Center. The event, held once in three years, is dedicated to Hindi language. It sees participation from Hindi scholars, writers and laureates […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi  has left for Kerala this evening where he will undertake an aerial survey of the flood affected  regions in the state. Earlier in the day, Mr Modi had a telephonic conversation with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan regarding the flood situation. Both leaders discussed the situation across the state […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, no words can ever do justice to former Prime Minister  Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s rich contribution towards the making of the country. In a tweet after Vajpayee’s  funeral, Mr Modi said,  people from all parts of India and all sections of society came to pay […]

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea filed by industrialist Kalanithi Maran challenging a Madras High Court verdict setting aside a trial court order discharging him in a case relating to the alleged setting up of illegal telephone exchanges. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha and K M […]

The mortal remains of Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were consigned to flames with full state honour at Smriti Sthal in New Delhi this evening. The funeral pyre was lit by his daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya amidst chanting of mantras. President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, […]

The National Crisis Management Committee today met for the second time in two days in New Delhi to review the rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas in Kerala. Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha chaired the meeting, held a video conference with the Chief Secretaries of Kerala and Tamil […]

The supreme court today asked National Crisis Management Committee and Kerala’s sub-committee to explore reducing Mullaperiyar Dam water level to 139 feet. The apex court asked Kerala to take appropriate steps while releasing water at Mullaperiyar dam so that people are not affected. SC asked  Kerala and Tamil Nadu to […]

Several roads in the national capital will be closed for the public in view of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s funeral today. Delhi Traffic Police has said, from 8 am today Krishna Menon Marg, Sunehri Bagh Road, Tughlak Road, Akbar Road, Tees January Marg, Man Singh Road, Bhagwan Dass Road, Shahjahan […]

The gentleman statesman’, ‘a titan’ and ‘a great orator’ is how film personalities including Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Shah Rukh Khan, Lata Mangeshkar among others remembered former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Amitabh Bachchan said, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a great leader, a famous poet, a great orator and a gentle personality. Shah […]

Heavy rain and floods continue to lash Kerala, triggering landslides and stranding people across the state. The Centre has deployed all three wings of the armed forces in a massive rescue operation. A red has been issued in all the 14 districts. Thousands have been shifted to relief camps. At […]