In a tragic incident, about 8-9 km ahead of Gangotri on the Gomukh footpath, 30-40 pilgrims were stranded and two washed away when a temporary bridge collapsed due to a sudden increase in water flow in a river at Devgad in Uttarakhand on Friday.
In Norway, Praggnanandhaa's first victory in classical chess over World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen made heads turn. Interestingly, during the closing ceremony, Carlsen narrated that his loss to Praggnanandhaa was, in fact, the most memorable match of the tournament for him.
Amritpal Singh won the Khadoor Sahib parliamentary seat in Punjab with a massive margin of 1,97,120 votes, defeating his nearest rival, Kulbir Singh Zira of Congress. He ran for office as an independent candidate.
Swatantra Dev Singh inspected the embankments in Nagla Varan, where an alert has been issued after the recent heavy rains, to ensure they were prepared for any flooding.
Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister Captain N Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Thursday that divisive forces have no place in the country and emphasised the importance of living in harmony.
Amid a disastrous situation in Assam due to floods, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday alleged that the BJP government is repeatedly giving embankment projects to the same contractors who have built faulty embankments.
Several projects, including the de-siltation of rivers, were initiated after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took feedback in Gopalganj and adjoining areas. It seems that engineers did not take care and the contractors were not careful, officials said, adding, "Engineers concerned seem to
A day after Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren resigned from the post, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Chief Hemant Soren took a veiled dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government and said that the end of the "anti-democracy conspiracy" hatched by the rivals has begun.
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Prayagraj Administration through the Government of Uttar Pradesh to take all possible effective and expeditious steps in a time-bound action plan is required to be prepared to ensure minimum discharge/ stoppage of discharge of sewage in river Gang