Kedarnath shrine safe, everything else destroyed: official
byDehradun, June 20 (IANS) The ancient Kedarnath shrine has survived the devastating floods in Uttarakhand but virtually everything around it has been destroyed, an…
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Six pilgrims from Andhra killed in Uttarakhand floods
byHyderabad, June 20 (IANS) Six pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh were among those killed in the floods in Uttarakhand while relatives of hundreds of others…
39 killed in Nepal floods, landslides
byKathmandu, June 20 (IANS) At least 39 people were killed and 18 went missing in the recent floods and landslides in Nepal, authorities said…
Kashmir police cadets turn violent
bySrinagar, June 20 (IANS) Cadets went on a nightlong rampage inside a police training school complex in Jammu and Kashmir smashing the property as…
300 from Bihar missing in Uttarakhand
byPatna, June 20 (IANS) Former Bihar minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey’s two relatives were killed while he survived nature’s fury at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, a…
Robbers dressed as rabbis hit Argentine bank
byBuenos Aires, June 20 (IANS/EFE) Three robbers, two of whom were dressed as Orthodox Jewish rabbis and the third as a security guard, Wednesday…
An eye for an eye: Pakistani daily after funeral bombing
byIslamabad, June 20 (IANS) Terrorists need to be answered in the same language they have long employed, “the language of force”, said a Pakistani…
Yamuna recedes in Delhi but flows above danger mark
byNew Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The water level in the Yamuna started receding in Delhi Thursday morning but stayed above the danger mark of…
Mexican police nab one of FBI’s 10 most wanted
byCancun (Mexico), June 20 (IANS/EFE) Police at the Mexican sea resort of Playa del Carmen arrested one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives,…
Odisha business group chief held in chit fund scam
byBhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) Prashant Dash, head of an Odisha-based business group, has been arrested in Mumbai in connection with an alleged chit fund…