Even as Kerala is reeling under heavy rain, the Kochi International airport closed operations till Sunday after the runway area in its premises remains flooded.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced that an exercise to fill vacancies in government posts will soon start in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, while assuring its large workforce that they will get salaries and perks on par with employees of other Union Territories.
As Kashmir reels under heavy security clampdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday assured its people they will not face any trouble in celebrating Eid on 12 August and that the situation in the Valley will return to normal gradually.
The counsel for Ram Lalla Virajmaan, the deity which itself has been made a party to the politically and religiously sensitive case, had on Wednesday told the court that the ‘unshakeable faith’ of millions of believers is sufficient to prove that the entire disputed site at Ayodhya was the birth place of Lord Ram.
“There is nearly knee-level water in barracks on the ground floor. So far, there is no need to shift the inmates out of the jail”
A devotee, hailing from Hyderabad, on Thursday made an offering of Rs 1.11 crore to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala, near here, with a request to use the fund for the temple-run pilgrim free meal trust, a temple official said.
Dravidar Kazhagam, ideological mentor of the DMK on Thursday demanded a caste-wise head count during the Census 2021 exercise.
The UN and its leadership is in contact with India and Pakistan at ‘various levels’, with Secretary General Antonio Guterres reiterating his appeal to all parties involved to exercise maximum restraint amidst tensions over Kashmir, the UN chief’s spokesperson has said.
Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem advanced into the third round of the ATP Montreal Masters, with Thiem achieving a personal best in Canada.