April 4, 2025 11:06 AM

Telangana CM alerts officials as heavy rains lash Hyderabad

In Telangana, heavy rains and strong winds lashed Hyderabad and some other parts of the state yesterday. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy asked officials to remain fully alert and take all possible precautionary measures to avoid inconvenience to the public. He asked officials to ensure that people, es...

April 4, 2025 11:23 AM

J&K: Northern Railway announces Vistadome special train between Banihal & Budgam

To accommodate the rising demand for train travel in Kashmir Valley, the Northern Railway has announced the introduction of a Vistadome special train service between Banihal and Budgam. According to an official directive, the train service will operate six days a week, excluding Fridays, from April...

April 4, 2025 10:54 AM

Ministry of Tribal Affairs expands Dharti Aaba Mission in J&K

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs outlined its collaboration with the Jammu and Kashmir administration and other stakeholders to ensure the implementation of the expanded Dharti Aaba Mission in the Union Territory. The Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Durgadas Uikey, said the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya...

April 4, 2025 10:50 AM

J&K has 5 under-construction hydroelectric projects with 3,090 MW capacity: Power Minister

Union Minister of Power Manohar Lal informed the Lok Sabha that Jammu and Kashmir have five under-construction hydroelectric projects with a total installed capacity of 3,090 megawatts. The projects are Ratle (850 MW), Pakal Dul (1000 MW), Kiru (624 MW), Kwar (540 MW), and Parnai (38 MW). He was rep...

April 4, 2025 9:16 AM

Heavy rainfall in southern states, thunderstorms in east, heatwave in Rajasthan & Gujarat: IMD

The India Meteorological Department has forecasted heavy rainfall at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala, Mahe, and Coastal and South Interior Karnataka today. Parts of Jharkhand, Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and the...

April 4, 2025 9:12 AM

Telangana: SC halts all activities on controversial 400-acre Kancha Gachibowli land

In Hyderabad, all activities were stopped at the controversial 400-acre land at Kancha Gachibowli following the directions from the Supreme Court yesterday. The Supreme Court directed that no activity of any sort, except for the protection of trees, should be undertaken by the state government in th...

April 4, 2025 9:08 AM

MP: 8 died due to poisonous gas suffocation in well during Gangaur immersion

In Madhya Pradesh, 8 persons died due to suffocation from poisonous gas in a well at Kondavat village in Khandwa district.   Three persons went to clean the well for Gangaur immersion got stuck in the swamp. Later, five other persons who went down to rescue them also got stuck.   Dist...

April 4, 2025 8:53 AM

Karnataka CM requests Maharashtra to release water for drinking needs

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has requested his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis to release water from Warna and Koyna reservoirs to Krishna River and from Ujjani reservoir to Bhima River to meet drinking water needs in North Karnataka regions.   In a letter to Mr Fadnavis on...

April 4, 2025 8:43 AM

Pakistani Hindu woman gives birth at Attari check post, names daughter ‘Bharti’

A Paskistani Hindu woman gave birth to a girl child soon after reaching the Integrated Check Post in India after crossing over from the Attari-Wagah Joint Checkpost last evening. Born to Maya, the little girl has been named Bharti as a symbolic gesture derived from Bharat, identifying the country of...

April 4, 2025 8:32 AM

Chaiti Chhath Puja concludes with Pratahkalin Arghya to rising sun

In Bihar, the four-day Chaiti Chhath Puja celebrations concluded this morning with Pratahkalin Arghya or morning oblations to the rising Sun. Devotees across the state offered prayers to the Sun God and Chhati Maiya at different Chhath ghats on the banks of rivers in the deep waist water. Lakhs of d...