Landslide Hits Uttarakhand Again: Five Washed Away In Heavy Rain

Five people including two children were killed on Monday in rain-related incidents in Uttarakhand which received light to medium rainfall in its various parts, resulting in landslides that also obstructed national highways in the hill state.
 
Four persons including two children and a woman were washed away while crossing a seasonal drain in Rishikesh, police said.
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Floods affect nearly 10 lakh people in Odisha, 34 dead

Flood waters engulfed vast areas of the delta region of Mahanadi river system in Odisha even as the death toll due to heavy rains and floods in the state climbed to 34.

 

As many as 9.95 lakh people in 1,553 villages of 89 blocks in 23 districts have so far been affected due to the floods, the Special Relief Commissioner said on Thursday.

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PM Narendra Modi's Flight Was On Same Route As MH17 Just An Hour Behind

The ill-fated MH-17 flight crashed over Ukraine on Thursday with 298 people on board including crew members. It is learnt that the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could have been at the same place just an hour later as his flight was supposed to follow the same corridor.

 

However, it has also been clarified by the government that that there had been no danger to life of the PM. It said that there was no threat to Modi’s aircraft Air Force One. It flew the PM back from Germany over the same airspace where Malaysian flight crashed.

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Love Above All Russian Girl Arrives In Haryana To Tie Knots With Her Indian Beau

A Russian girl fell in love with an Indian boy and came to the country to be united with her love. Evgenia Petrova arrived in Berthali, situated in Kurukshetra, Haryana on July 8th to tie knots to Vikram, whom he fell in love with on Facebook.

She has started liking the Indian culture and is getting indulge in the daily routine of Vikram. They both are likely to marry soon following Indian traditions.

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Caught On Camera Landslide Triggered By Neoguri Storm Destroys A City In Japan

The tropical storm ‘Neoguri’, which has made it way to Honshu island, is destructing Japan intensely. At least three people lost their life in the landslide and heavy rainfalls triggered by the typhoon, while 50 other are injured.



It initially hit the city of Akune on the island of Kyushu on Thursday.  Though the storm has weakened but it can still impact the life in Japan drastically.
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Modi's Masterstroke: Why Announcing Fare Hike Before Rail Budget Was A Right Move

It seems Narendra Modi has once again shown his ability to get right attention and influence people when it comes to communicating his ideas. First budget of Modi government has a lot to offer in terms of new trains, bullet train, facilities, amenities and security. Modi opponents don't have much ammunition to derail his high speed after the railway budget. But, scenario would have been totally different had his government not announced steep fare on June 20.














 Last month fare and freight hike invited lot of criticism, but that is history now. People seem to have come to terms with that pain, now they have something good to look forward too. So, this rail budget ushers in an era of Modi's 'good days ahead' promise. Modi gave 'bitter pill' first, and now everyone is talking about sweetness of the railway budget.
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Iraq Crisis: Indian Navy Puts Two Warships On Standby For Evacuation Of Stranded Indian Nationals

The government is likely to press two warships of the Indian Navy into service to evacuate Indians stranded in civil war-hit Iraq. INS Mysore and INS Tarkash are waiting for a go ahead for the new task, said a report published in The Times of India.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

According to the report, INS Mysore reached Persian Gulf on Saturday. Another warship, INS Tarkash, which is presently in the Gulf of Aden, is also ready to undertake the evacuation process.

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PM Modi Completes One Month In Office: Have A Look At Hits And Misses In His First 30 Days In Power

After swearing-in as India's 15th prime minister on May 26, Narendra Modi, who led BJP to an astounding victory in the Lok Sabha polls, completed one month in office on Thursday.

 

Here we present you his hits and misses in first 30 days in power:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Formation of SIT on black money

 

In the first Cabinet meet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a crucial decision of forming a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe black money stashed in foreign banks.

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Tax Relief For Women Proposal For Bullet Train Expected In NDA Maiden Budget

The Modi government is all set to present its maiden budget and the Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley might have some good news and a major relief in stored for the common man. Though earlier Modi government had promised tough action and decisions in the coming budget which also reflected in the increase in railway tariff.

Women and senior citizens to benefit in the upcoming budget

As per the sources, in the budget with the government reportedly examining a proposal for higher income tax exemption limit for women.

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After Rail Fare Hike, Modi Govt Soon To Increase Natural Gas Prices; CNG, PNG, Urea To Get Costlier

After the 14.2% rail tariff hike, an acceptable increase in natural gas prices could be announced soon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for the second time in three days, apparently to hammer out the increase.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After nearly five hours of discussion on issues facing energy sector on Friday, Modi again called a meeting on Sunday with Pradhan where Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also joined. 

At the Friday meeting, sources told PTI, the gas price revision was flagged as one of the immediate decisions that the new government needs to take to revive investor interest in the stagnant oil and gas sector.

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Beas Tragedy Revived: Know What Happened When 10 Students Were Stranded In Tenughat Dam Reservoir

The monsoon has come as a scourge for some people in Jharkhand. At the time when the pain given by Beas tragedy is still hasn’t faded away, ten students are trapped in Tenughat Dam reservoir at Bokaro as water had been suddenly released into it on Friday evening.

The BDO of the area ordered to close the flow of water as soon as he was informed about the stranded youngsters. These children were stranded for about 10 hours and water level in the river kept on increasing. At last they all were rescued at around 11 pm in the night.

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Fate Of 21 Political Leaders To Be Decided In Kanpur Today

The results and trends of Lok Sabha Elections have started coming in. The preparations of counting are completed at the center in Galla Mandi of Kanpur. The security forces are deployed at every turn.

 

The fate of BJP's Murli Manohar Joshi and Shriprakash will be decided after the results.

The counting of votes was to start at 8 in the morning in Kanpur but postal ballots were opened up at 8:30 am delaying the counting of votes. Also, out of 412 postal ballots, 44 invalid ballots were recovered.

 

 

For more details at www.daily.bhaskar.com

After Debacle Of 2004 And 2009, Will Exit Polls Finally Get It Right In 2014?

After the final phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2014 ended at 6 pm on Monday, all eyes are set on who is going to form the new government in the Centre and who will be the next prime minister.

The media is abuzz with several exit polls, which show the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is well set to form the government. It seems that 'Abki bar Modi sarkar' going to become a reality.

 

Times Now-ORG exit poll says NDA is likely to win 249, UPA 148 and others can bag 146 seats.

 

CNN-IBN is giving NDA 270-282 seats (BJP 230-242) and UPA 92-102 seats (Congress 72-82).

 

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Just month after students hailing from Kashmir were suspended in a Meerut University for cheering Pakistan cricket team, three students from valley were beaten in Greater Noida and forced to shout anti-Pakistan slogans on Saturday night.

 

As per media reports, the incident was reported to have happened in Sector Pi in Greater Noida that serves as a common hostel for BTech students of various universities in Greater Noida. 

 

The victims allege that six students entered their rooms forcefully, beat them after forcing them to shout anti- Pakistan slogans.

 

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