Eight animals, one vulture die in Assam Zoo
Guwahati, Aug 21 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday visited the Assam Zoo after eight animals and a vulture died in the past one week. The deaths followed the spread of a virus….
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Rail traffic restored on most major Kerala routes: Goyal
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Train traffic on all major routes earlier disrupted due to damage to tracks by floods in Kerala has been restored, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. “The traffic between…
A billboard campaign against elephant rides in Jaipur
Jaipur, Aug 21 (IANS) Hathi Gaon (the village of elephants), near Jaipur, has 102 of them. It is from here the giant animal is sent to various tourist places for joy rides. One of these…
Sun finally shines over Kerala, UAE pledges $100 mn
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 (IANS) For the first time in many days, the sun shone brightly over Kerala on Tuesday even as hundreds of thousands remained in relief camps while many who returned home broke down…
Railways urges staff to donate one day’s salary for Kerala relief work
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The Indian Railways has appealed to its employees to donate one day’s salary each towards the Kerala relief fund, an official said on Tuesday. The official said the move will…
Cyclone warning centre proposed in Thiruvananthapuram
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) In the wake of loss of around 370 human lives and widespread destruction due to torrential rains in Kerala and parts of Karnataka, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences on…
Crocodile, snakes take over Kerala’s flooded homes
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 (IANS) People returning to their flood-battered homes in Kerala from relief camps were are being greeted by snakes and other reptiles and insects. At Chalakudy in Thrissur district, a man who returned…
Flash floods kill 11 hikers in Italy
Rome, Aug 21 (IANS) At least 11 hikers were killed in flooding caused by heavy rain in the southern Italian region of Calabria, officials said on Tuesday. The hikers were walking in the Raganello Gorge…
Cloudy Tuesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning in the national capital on Tuesday and the minimum temperature was recorded at 26.6 degrees Celsius, the season’s average. “The sky will be generally cloudy…
PM intends to use funds on self-promotion: Congress
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not declaring floods in Kerala as national disaster, the Congress on Monday said he did not release enough central fund so…
Floodwaters receding, Kerala tells NCMC
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Kerala government on Monday informed the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) that the floodwaters in the state had started receding as the rains had abated. The information was shared…
Diageo donates Rs 1 crore to flood-hit Kerala
Bengaluru, Aug 20 (IANS) Leading liquor major Diageo India donated Rs 1 crore to the Kerala Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund, the company said on Monday. “Our officials met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and…
Centre declares Kerala floods as ‘calamity of severe nature’
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The central government has declared the devastating Kerala floods as a “calamity of severe nature”. A statement on Monday by Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker…
Odisha IAS, IPS officers to contribute 1-day salary for Kerala
Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (IANS) The IAS and IPS officers in Odisha have decided to contribute their one day’s salary to help the flood-affected people of Kerala. The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officers Association of Odisha…
Kerala floods: Officers contribute Rs 1.5 lakh, one-day salaries
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The DANICS Officers Association on Monday announced a donation of Rs 1.5 lakh and contribution of one-day salaries by its members for the Kerala flood survivors. Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar…
Reinsurance premium may go up for flood risk cover
Chennai, Aug 20 (IANS) Even as different estimates of losses suffered by Kerala in the monsoon floods are doing the rounds, general insurance experts on Monday said that there will certainly be an increase in…
NGT forms panel to decide fate of Vedanta’s copper smelter
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday formed an expert committee headed by a retired judge to decide whether to allow Vedanta Limited to open its Sterlite Copper plant in…
Facebook donates Rs 1.75 crore for Kerala flood victims
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Social networking giant Facebook is donating $250,000 (nearly Rs 1.75 crore) for relief work in Kerala, which has been battered by torrential rains, floods and landslides, leaving over 300 dead…
Kerala CPI asks Minister to return from Germany
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (IANS) The Kerala unit of CPI on Monday admonished Forest Minister P. Raju from the party for leaving for Germany last week when the state was in the grip of devastating floods…
Carcasses disposed of in Kerala
Kochi, Aug 20 (IANS) Health officials on Monday began disposing of carcasses after numerous animals became victims of the worst ever floods to hit Kerala. On Monday morning, official teams went around areas in and…