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Widespread rainfall is likely across Tamil Nadu till August 17, with several districts expected to experience thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds, the Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai said on Thursday. The wet spell is being attributed to a weak low-level atmospheric circulation over ...
August 12, 2026 9:07 PM
Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill to rename Kerala as Keralam, with the Rajya Sabha clearing the legislation with a voice vote. The Lok Sabha passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, on Tuesday. The Kerala Assembly passed a resolution in 2024, urging the Centre to bring a law to chan...
August 12, 2026 8:55 PM
Indian Railways has approved the deployment of Kavach Version 4.0 across 660 route kilometres of the Izzatnagar Division of North Eastern Railway (NER) at an estimated cost of ₹295 crore. The project has been sanctioned under the umbrella work for providing Kavach along with a Long-Term Evolution...
August 12, 2026 7:27 PM
Indian Railways has approved the construction of a four-lane Road Over Bridge (ROB) at Level Crossing No. 305 on the Geratpur-Ahmedabad section of Western Railway in Gujarat at an estimated cost of ₹153 crore. The project is aimed at improving road safety and ensuring smoother movement of road tr...
August 12, 2026 5:29 PM
More than 50,000 saplings were planted across 31 states on Wednesday as part of a nationwide plantation campaign led by Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in collaboration with the Vriksh Mitra Parivar. The campaign, held on the occasion of...
August 12, 2026 5:04 PM
The district administration has stepped up relief and rescue measures as the flood situation in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, worsened on Wednesday, with rising water levels in the Ganga and Ramganga rivers inundating villages, disrupting road connectivity and triggering erosion. According to the adm...
August 12, 2026 4:46 PM
Thousands of people participated in Tiranga Yatras across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as part of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, carrying the national flag and expressing patriotic fervour ahead of Independence Day. Mega rallies were organised in Anantnag, Bandipora and Srinagar, with stude...
August 12, 2026 3:17 PM
Describing the flood situation in Assam as “terrifying”, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday announced financial assistance of Rs 10 crore to the neighbouring state to help it deal with the crisis. He said more than 100 people had died in the floods in Assam, with which Wes...
August 12, 2026 3:02 PM
A rare solitary Himalayan bee, Colletes bhutanicus, has been recorded for the first time in India from Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh by scientists of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), officials said. The species was recorded during a recent survey in Tawang by ZSI scientists Dibyajyoti G...
August 12, 2026 2:57 PM
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday felicitated three government hospitals for securing national recognition for their work in organ donation and transplantation, with the awards being presented to him and the Council of Ministers during the state Cabinet meeting in Gandhinagar. The...
