"Grateful for the support! My heartfelt thanks to PM Narendra Modi for announcing PMNRF ex-gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the floods and Rs 50,000 for the seriously injured," posted Manik Saha. A relief fund of Rs 50,000 was also announced
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor alleged that the collapse of the Shivaji statue in Maharashtra is a "poor reflection of the government's commitment to serious results."
Amid the outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, former cricketer Harbhajan Singh has said that the issue should be taken seriously and tough law should be enacted so that such crimes are not repeated.
Amid the row sparked over the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's remarks, Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Thursday said that BJP will try to divert this issue into cheap politics but we should be aware of it as women's safety at her house and workplace is a serious matter.
Actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar has reacted strongly to the Justice Hema Committee report, which highlighted serious allegations of sexual harassment within the Malayalam film industry.
The Taiwan MoFA said a Chinese Shaanxi Y-9 reconnaissance plane entered into Japanese airspace east of the Danjo Islands on Monday and added that Beijing's action "seriously violated Japan's sovereignty and raised regional tensions."
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has received Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani, who is on an official visit to Egypt with a high-level Iraqi delegation. The Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency said the two sides exchanged views on ways to help the region overcome the se
The BJP legislator from the Bharmour Assembly constituency in Himachal Pradesh, Dr Janak Raj, has urgently called on the authorities to take serious steps to aid the thousands of pilgrims stranded on the Manimahesh Pilgrimage trek. The trek, which reaches an altitude of over 18,500 feet abov
Japan's Vice foreign minister Masataka Okano summoned China's acting ambassador late on Monday to lodge a "extremely serious protest," and called for measures against a recurrence, the Japanese foreign ministry said in a statement.
Two people were seriously injured in the incident that occurred on Sunday, with one dying from their injuries at the site of the accident and the other being airlifted to a hospital in Reykjavik.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), in coordination with the National Guard - National Search and Rescue Centre (NSRC), has conducted an air ambulance operation for a critically injured person following a severe traffic accident while being with her family in the Sultanate of Oman that r