Vishnu Varma With Pti Inputs

Four workers died today at the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) in Dibrugarh district of Assam while there were working inside a polypropylene storage tank inside the factory premises.

Vaidyanathapura Rama Krishna Iyer, a legend in Indian judiciary, died today at a Kochi hospital of multiple organ failure. He was 100. A visionary, many of his judgements on issues like human rights and environment protection were later turned into law by Parliament.

BJP President Amit Shah is all set to address a rally in front of the landmark Victoria House in Kolkata today.

Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's controversial remark that "upper caste people are foreigners" has evoked sharp criticism from the opposition as well as from his own party, the JD(U).

The depression formed over north Andaman Sea on Tuesday moved west-northwestwards during the past six hours and intensified into a deep depression and lay centered about 1260 kilometres southeast of Gopalpur coast of Odisha, the latest bulletin issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The Pakistani Army on Wednesday resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian positions along the Line of Control in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir today to which India retaliated, sources said.

At least 38 people have been killed and thousands displaced in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in several districts of Assam and Meghalaya.

BJP candidate Bhojraj Nag emerged victorious in the insurgency-affected Antagarh Assembly by-poll in Chhattisgarh after all the votes were counted on Saturday.

Flood water is now receding in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir, but about six lakh people are still stranded in what Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has described as the worst floods in a century. More than 75,000 people have been rescued in a non-stop, tireless operation by the armed forces and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

Tahir-ul-Qadri, chief of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), announced that peaceful negotiations with the Pakistan government have "completely failed" and that "today will be Inquilab day (revolution day)."

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has announced that the state government will seek a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the recent incidents of violence along the Assam - Nagaland border in the wake of the kidnapping of two young men allegedly by Naga militants on June 26.

An Air India flight from New Delhi to Ahmedabad carrying 103 passengers on board made an unscheduled landing at Jaipur at around 9 am today due to suspected technical reasons.

Leaders from different political parties started a blame game hours after a five-member probe team, formed to investigate the communal clashes in Saharanpur that claimed three lives last month, submitted its final report to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

At least 11 people have been killed so far as heavy downpour continued to rock Himachal Pradesh triggering landslides, damaging property and inundating vast tracts of agricultural land.

A six-year-old boy fell into an open borewell in Sulikheri village in North Karnataka's Bagalkot district. The borewell had been dug 15 days ago on the farm owned by his family.

Four workers died today at the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) in Dibrugarh district of Assam while there were working inside a polypropylene storage tank inside the factory premises.

Vaidyanathapura Rama Krishna Iyer, a legend in Indian judiciary, died today at a Kochi hospital of multiple organ failure. He was 100. A visionary, many of his judgements on issues like human rights and environment protection were later turned into law by Parliament.

BJP President Amit Shah is all set to address a rally in front of the landmark Victoria House in Kolkata today.

Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's controversial remark that "upper caste people are foreigners" has evoked sharp criticism from the opposition as well as from his own party, the JD(U).

The depression formed over north Andaman Sea on Tuesday moved west-northwestwards during the past six hours and intensified into a deep depression and lay centered about 1260 kilometres southeast of Gopalpur coast of Odisha, the latest bulletin issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The Pakistani Army on Wednesday resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian positions along the Line of Control in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir today to which India retaliated, sources said.

At least 38 people have been killed and thousands displaced in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in several districts of Assam and Meghalaya.

BJP candidate Bhojraj Nag emerged victorious in the insurgency-affected Antagarh Assembly by-poll in Chhattisgarh after all the votes were counted on Saturday.

Flood water is now receding in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir, but about six lakh people are still stranded in what Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has described as the worst floods in a century. More than 75,000 people have been rescued in a non-stop, tireless operation by the armed forces and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

Tahir-ul-Qadri, chief of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), announced that peaceful negotiations with the Pakistan government have "completely failed" and that "today will be Inquilab day (revolution day)."

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has announced that the state government will seek a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the recent incidents of violence along the Assam - Nagaland border in the wake of the kidnapping of two young men allegedly by Naga militants on June 26.

An Air India flight from New Delhi to Ahmedabad carrying 103 passengers on board made an unscheduled landing at Jaipur at around 9 am today due to suspected technical reasons.

Leaders from different political parties started a blame game hours after a five-member probe team, formed to investigate the communal clashes in Saharanpur that claimed three lives last month, submitted its final report to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

At least 11 people have been killed so far as heavy downpour continued to rock Himachal Pradesh triggering landslides, damaging property and inundating vast tracts of agricultural land.

A six-year-old boy fell into an open borewell in Sulikheri village in North Karnataka's Bagalkot district. The borewell had been dug 15 days ago on the farm owned by his family.