Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the country was on a new trajectory of growth due to initiatives in the last four years of his government and asserted that he was impatient to take the country ahead of many others in the world.
Security has been stepped and vigil heightened in Bengaluru in view of celebration of the country's 72nd Independence Day, police said on Tuesday.
After meeting Muslim intellectuals and journalists, Congress President Rahul Gandhi will meet eminent academics as part of his outreach programme ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha election.
At least 10 elderly women died early on Tuesday in a fire at a nursing home in the Chilean town of Chiguayante, officials said.
Total 18 police officers and personnel from the state were honoured with the President’s medal considering their distinguished services, on the eve of the 72nd Independence Day.
A three-year-old child died on the spot when a wall of a dilapidated house collapsed on her at Naduvanahalli in Doddennegere gram panchayat limits near Huliyar on Tuesday morning.
Following the weather forecast that the rain will continue for few more days across the Dakshina Kannada district, Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil appealed the people living in low-lying areas to move to safer places or their relatives houses for some days to avoid further inconvenience.
In a shocking revelation, more than 3,000 people have lost their precious lives in road accidents in the last four years in the state.
With increased water flow into the Idamalayar and Idukki dams in Kerala late Tuesday night due to incessant rains, authorities began to evacuate about 5,000 persons living in and around the two reservoirs, a police official said.
One person died on the spot when a car rammed the divider at Adyar Kannur on Tuesday night.
