Washington: July 2019 temperatures were the hottest ever recorded globally, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Thursday, confirming earlier observations by the European Union.
Thiruvananthapuram/Bengaluru: With the rains abating in parts of Kerala, water receded in many low-lying areas of the flood-hit State on Thursday while in Karnataka there was widespread rain in coastal and Malnad areas, as the toll rose to 170 with 48 still missing in the two states.
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday greeted former party chief Rahul Gandhi on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, calling him the "best brother in the world", and said that things haven't changed much since childhood.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned the indigenously-developed National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) during his Independence Day speech from the ramparts of Red Fort on Thursday and said the government had developed a seamless travel system in the country.
Bengaluru: In an inspiring display of bravery, a 12-year-old boy has emerged a hero after guiding an ambulance across a bridge that had been completely flooded by incessant rain, making it impossible for the driver to distinguish between the road and the stream.
Jammu: Pakistani troops targeted forward posts with mortar shells and small arms along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Thursday, officials said.
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said that there is no place for mob lynching in the state.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday said he will be in Delhi for the next two days during which he would hold talks with party president Amit Shah and finalise the much awaited expansion of his cabinet.
Bengaluru: Amid a growing clamour to reserve jobs for Karnataka residents, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday said his government is committed to ensuring employment opportunities of Kannadigas are never compromised and they get a lion's share.
Guwahati: Assam Police on Wednesday registered a suo motu case against a woman, a research scholar of the Gauhati University, for a two-year-old Facebook post on beef eating, which was claimed to have been deleted long back.
