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Mangaluru, Aug 16: Following to the heavy rainfall in coastal and other parts of Karnataka, 18 relief camps have been established and the over 700 persons have been rescued by the NDRF and SDRF personnel. In Dakshina Kannada district alone around 150 families, mostly from low-lying areas have been shifted to safe locations as a precaution. U T Khader, Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister

New Delhi, Aug 16: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been put on life support system as his health deteriorated late on August 15, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences said in a statement. “Former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee has been admitted for the last nine weeks at AIIMS. Unfortunately his condition has worsened over the past 24 hours. His condition is critical and

Beijing/Melbourne, Aug 15: Thousands of Indians across the world today proudly celebrated India's 72nd Independence Day with the tricolour fluttering high and the national anthem reverberating at Indian missions abroad. Indians in China, Australia, Singapore and many other countries marked the day with hoisting national flag and singing of patriotic songs. In Beijing, a large number of the Indian

New Delhi, Aug 15: The Congress on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have spoken "the truth" in the last Independence Day address of his term instead of making a "hollow" speech and urged him to accept party chief Rahul Gandhi's challenge of a debate on issues such as corruption, mob lynching and Chinese incursions. In his last Independence Day speech before Lok Sabha elections

New Delhi, Aug 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce the launch of the Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme (AB-NHPS) on a pilot basis in some states on the occasion of Independence Day, with the full-scale roll-out of his pet project expected in September end, sources said. The ambitious Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) aims to provide

Bengaluru, Aug 14: Amidst a row over reports that the venue of the prestigious Aero India show would be shifted from Bengaluru to Lucknow, Union Minister Ananth Kumar has said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had confirmed that there was no decision on the matter. Kumar's statement comes after Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy had shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

New Delhi, Aug 14: A day after he was allegedly attacked in Lutyens's Delhi, JNU student leader Umar Khalid today said the real culprits behind the attack are those who "have been breeding an atmosphere of hatred, bloodlust and fear". In a Facebook post, he blamed the BJP spokespersons and the media who, he said, have called him a part of "tukde tukde gang". He shared a picture in which he is seen

Jubail: After The huge success in Saudi premier League (SPL) Season-1, 2017 The SPL organizing committee is back in action with SPL season-2 for the year 2018. Last year it was first time in the history of Saudi Arabia a bidding cricket tournament is initiated in Al-Jubail KSA. This year the season-2 with 8 franchises and the tournament will be played under the sponsorship of White Stone & Al

London, Aug 14: Embattled India captain Virat Kohli called on the fans to back his team following consecutive losses to England in the ongoing Test series, hoping that they "never give up" on the side. "Sometimes we win and other times we learn. You never give up on us and we promise to never give up on you either. Onwards and upwards," read a message on Virat Kohli's official facebook page. The

New Delhi, Aug 14: The Delhi Police on Monday claimed it was not informed about the event at the Constitution Club which JNU student Umar Khalid had gone to attend when he was attacked by an unidentified gunmen. Questions were raised about security in Lutyens's Delhi after the attack on Mr Khalid, who escaped unhurt. "We were not aware about the programme since we were not intimated about it. As