Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today asked state government officials to dispatch 500 tonnes of rice to rain-ravaged Kerala.
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Unni Nair, working at a firm which takes in retired army personnel, has been booked for spreading false information on the ongoing relief work, police said.
Manchester City could be without reserve goalkeeper Claudio Bravo for the rest of the season after the Chilean ruptured an Achilles tendon, the Premier League champions confirmed.
The Cochin Port Trust has earmarked two godowns for free storage of relief materials, arriving from across the country, for people affected by the unprecedented floods in Kerala, a port trust official said.
Facing criticism over his recent visit to Pakistan to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan as prime minister, Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said today it was not a “political” visit but a response to a “warm invitation from a friend”.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked state commissions to contribute towards relief funds for flood-hit Kerala that is witnessing its worst deluge in nearly a century, chairperson Rekha Sharma said on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan chaired a meeting of the state cabinet, which decided to seek a special package from the Centre under the centrally sponsored schemes, including the latter’s flagship rural employment programme MNREGS.
With over 10 lakh people still in relief camps in Kerala, their homes devastated by the savage monsoon that has claimed 223 lives since 8 August, ‘Onam’ and Bakrid are going to be a subdued affair this year.
Two Bangkok-bound air passengers were detained for questioning by the police at the airport here today after they claimed they had explosive devices in their baggage.