Cyclone Remal: Indian Navy's diving and flood relief teams on standby in Kolkata, Visakhapatnam and Chilka

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Navy on Sunday said that it has initiated preparatory actions, following existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), to mount a credible Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) response in the aftermath of…

Manipur: Army averts major incident, defuses three IEDs

Imphal (IANS) In a significant success, alert soldiers of the Indian Army foiled a major incident by effectively defusing three big Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Manipur on Sunday, officials said.

Defence spokesman Lt Col Amit Shukla…

Heavy rain alert issued due to Cyclone ‘Remal’ in Jharkhand for the next six days – MeT Department

Ranchi: There is a possibility of rain in Jharkhand for the next six days.

According to the weather centre, there are chances of rain in Jharkhand till June 1.

During this time the wind speed can be 40 to 50 kilometres per hour.

Severe cyclone likely to hit Bengal; NDRF teams deployed, Army & Navy on alert

New Delhi (IANS) India Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast wind speeds of up to 110-120 kmph gusting to 135 kmph in the severe cyclonic storm that is “very likely” to strike the West Bengal coast on Sunday midnight (May 26). 

IMD…

Amid violence & tension, Bengal's 8 LS seats record 36.88 pc polling

Kolkata (IANS) Brisk polling for eight Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal was witnessed on Saturday taking the voting percentage to 36.88 in the first four hours till 11 a.m. 

Massive violence was reported from Keshpur under the Ghatal…

Massive fire breaks out in Delhi factory

New Delhi (IANS) A massive fire broke out at a factory in Delhi's Mundka area on Saturday, an official said, adding that no causality, so far, was reported.  

Delhi Fire Services chief Atul Garg said a call regarding a blaze at a factory…

EC releases absolute numbers of voters turnout for first five phases

New Delhi (IANS) The Election Commission of India on Saturday said that they have decided to further expand the format of the release of turnout data to include the absolute number of voters in every parliamentary constituency as it announced these…

Not a single vote was cast in the upgraded middle school Chhodiya, Jamshedpur till 12 noon

Jamshedpur:  Not a single vote was cast in the upgraded middle school Chhodiya till 12 o'clock in the day.

After 12 o'clock, after the administration made the villagers understand, one person Kartik Singh Sardar exercised his franchise.

Impact of Super Cyclonic Storm 'Remal' to be visible in Jharkhand from Sunday, possibility of heavy rain with thunderstorm

Ranchi:  The impact of cyclonic storm 'Remal' will be seen in Jharkhand from Sunday.

According to the weather centre, from Sunday, May 26 to May 31, there may be rain with thunder, lightning and strong winds in many places of the state. 

Voting ends on four seats of Jharkhand, Mahendra Singh Dhoni casts vote in Ranchi, highest turnout of 57.11 percent in Giridih

Ranchi:  Voting has ended on four Lok Sabha seats of Jharkhand, Giridih, Dhanbad, Ranchi and Jamshedpur.

Now only people standing in line at the polling station will be able to cast their votes.

A total of 93 candidates are in the fray…