50+ min ago  (622+ words) Surat, July 12 (IANS) Surat district authorities have disbursed more than Rs 4.68 crore in financial assistance to 20,745 people affected by the recent floods, with compensation for cash doles and household losses continuing across the city's worst-hit areas as survey teams complete…...

50+ min ago  (439+ words) Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) The rebel faction of Trinamool Congress led by Ritabrata Banerjee on Sunday claimed that the committee constituted by it on June 22 is the only legitimate committee of the Trinamool Congress. Addressing a press conference, Ritabrata Banerjee, who…...

55+ min ago  (530+ words) Washington, July 12 (IANS) US Senator Lindsey Graham, a powerful Republican voice on national security and one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies, has died after a brief and sudden illness. He was 71. Graham died on Saturday evening, hours after returning…...

50+ min ago  (364+ words) Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) CPI-M leader Layek Ali was arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police on Sunday night in connection with the unrest in Baruipur. Ali had contested this year's Assembly election as the Left Front…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (201+ words) thehawk.in Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) The West Bengal Municipal Affairs & Urban Development Department has announced the formation of two separate high-power committees for the delimitation of wards under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), the oldest municipal corporation in the state,…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (479+ words) Amaravati, July 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh minister Kollu Ravindra on Sunday consoled the family of Gelli Jayalakshmi (50), who was one of the three persons from the state who died in a boat capsize in Vietnam on Saturday. Jayalakshmi’s husband, Gelli Kishore,…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago  (433+ words) Amaravati, July 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh's main opposition party, the YSR Congress, on Sunday alleged a Rs 112 crore scam in the procurement of laptops for government schools by the Education Department. The party's student wing working president, A. Ravichandra, demanded that the…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago  (278+ words) New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil on Monday will lead discussions on water and flood management projects and 'Catch The Rain Campaign' at a meeting of top officials of Water Resources Departments of states and Union Territories,…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago  (352+ words) Amaravati, July 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday visited Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, who underwent surgery on his right shoulder at a hospital in Mumbai. The Chief Minister inquired about the health condition of the Jana…...

5+ hour, 11+ min ago  (324+ words) Raipur, Jul 12 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh Assembly is poised for a significant five-day Monsoon session starting from Monday, and concluding on July 17, officials said. With exactly five sittings scheduled over these days, the session is expected to witness robust debates and…...