34+ min ago   (343+ words) KATHMANDU: Inspired by the "miracle" rescue of two hydropower workers, Nepal's emergency response teams were digging with new vigour Saturday through piles of debris as the death toll from the flooding disaster crossed 1,200. The rescued pair were among hundreds of…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (537+ words) CHANDIGARH: 50-year-old Gain Singh, who worked as a foreman at the 216 MW Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project in Rasuwa when flash floods struck Nepal, returned to his native Maloh village in Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh on September 1. He was rescued…...

38+ min ago   (437+ words) Senior Congress leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday described the alleged ‘purification’ ritual conducted after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s rally in Haldwani as a serious incident, saying it had caused pain to the Dalit community. “This…...

4+ hour, 4+ min ago   (273+ words) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Cricketer Virat Kohli has been given a chance to contest a complaint filed against him before the Kannur District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. Acting on the cricketer’s complaint, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission cancelled the district panel’s decision…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (395+ words) LOS ANGELES: British actor Lenny Rush has joined HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” television series as Dobby, while Bonnie Hill will replace Gracie Cochrane as Ginny Weasley in the second season of the adaptation. HBO also announced the casting of Billy…...

3+ hour, 32+ min ago   (227+ words) VILLUPURAM: Two months of inaction by the district administration on closure of two consecutive Tasmac outlets have raised concern among residents of Alampoondi block near Gingee taluk in Villupuram on Tuesday. The residents demand that both Tasmac outlets be shifted…...

6+ hour, 31+ min ago   (280+ words) The New Indian Express Thursdays often mark the point in the week when the weekend feels close, but there is still enough of the week left to call for a pause At KOKO Hyderabad, that pause takes a more indulgent…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago   (161+ words) HYDERABAD: The Opposition BRS on Friday said that it has no plans to welcome Warangal East MLA and former Endowments Minister Konda Surekha into the pink party. Speaking to reporters here, former minister G Jagadish Reddy said that Surekha already…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago   (293+ words) HYDERABAD: TPCC president B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Friday said that the decision to remove Konda Surekha from the Cabinet was a “painful” one but it was inevitable because discussing internal matters in public warranted disciplinary action. According to him,…...

3+ hour, 45+ min ago   (168+ words) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as food safety officers raised concerns over being deployed to VVIP protocols, the city police clarified that it was part of security protocol. Referring to a TNIE report on the deployment of food safety officers for the movements…...