The Lokayukta is raiding the residences of six officials in Bangalore city, two officials in Bangalore Rural District and two officials in Shimoga district and one officer each in Yadagiri and Tumkur.
"Adequate ambulances, three teams of SDRF and two NDRF teams have been deployed under the District Magistrate's (DM) and other officer's supervision. Helpline numbers have been issued. Rahat Helpline 1070 has been activated 24x7. We are receiving calls from family members there. In additi
Tanakpur Champawat National Highway in Uttarakhand's Champawat district has been blocked due to debris triggered by a landslide, following intermittent rainfall.
In a significant development for the agricultural sector of Udhampur district, the Department of Agriculture has successfully cultivated approximately 5 lakh lavender mother plants at INCHA village, Ramnagar tehsil of Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district.
Two personnel of the District Reserve Guards (DRG) were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday, police said.
Following recent disruptions in Gandatwisa, a subdivisional town under Dhalai District, the situation has stabilized significantly due to prompt and decisive action by the Tripura Government.
Two security personnel lost their lives and four others were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by naxals in Bijapur district, Bastar Police said on Wednesday.
The amount has been approved at the disposal of all the district magistrates of the state at the rate of Rs 10 crores, and the Secretary, Disaster Management Department, has been directed to immediately allocate the said amount to the districts.
A local court in Pune district, Maharashtra, has remanded Manorama Khedkar, the mother of IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, in police custody until July 20. She was arrested on Thursday for allegedly threatening a person with a gun over a land dispute in June last year.
Students in the Kargah Durmushko area of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan are protesting against the lack of teachers and poor educational infrastructure in their schools, which is hindering their education, a local news source from PoGB reported.
Chhattisgarh-based Coal India subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields Limited's (SECL) Gevra and Kusmunda megaprojects in Korba district secure 2nd and 4th spots in the list of world's 10 largest coal mines released by WorldAtlas.com.
Five more suspected cases of Chandipura virus have been reported from Gujarat's Sabarkantha district. According to the officials, 14 people suspected of being infected with the virus were admitted to Sabarkantha Civil Hospital.