India, All india, 5th Jun 2019, News & Stories from India

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India and France had recently held naval drills in the Arabian Sea under the Varuna series wargames in which Indian naval fighters along with the Rafale-M of the French Air Force took part. (Photo: ANI)

Indian Sukhois to fly with French Rafales in war games

The plan is still waiting for the final approval of the competent authorities, IAF sources said.

05 Jun 2019 8:48 PM

Visuals from the rejuvenated water tank in Vitagondana Koppa village (Photo: ANI)

Karnataka village excels in water conservation

With the help of government assistance and crowd-funding, the villagers have rejuvenated a water tank called Hulikere.

05 Jun 2019 5:27 PM

The body was recovered in the morning and was later sent to sent post mortem, the police said. The cause of the alleged suicide is not yet known. (Photo: File I Representational)

Journalist commits suicide at his residence in Bengaluru

The deceased identified as Nayaz Khan was a senior journalist and was working in local news channel Prajaa TV.

05 Jun 2019 3:47 PM

In 2018, the average traffic congestion in Mumbai was 65 per cent, a slight decrease from 66 per cent in 2017. (Representional Image)

Mumbai’s traffic flow worst in the world, Delhi at fourth position

In the financial capital of India, journey during rush-hour takes 65 per cent longer.

05 Jun 2019 1:50 PM

Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress had accused the BJP of unleashing terror and violence during polls and rigging EVMs or voting machines. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

'Whoever messes with us will be destroyed': Mamata's jibe at BJP

Attacking BJP, she said, 'Don't be scared, the faster they captured EVMs, the quicker they will go away.'

05 Jun 2019 1:30 PM

Similar clashes were reported in Sopore in north Kashmir and Anantnag in south Kashmir, the officials said. (Photo: ANI)

Protesters, security forces clash after Eid prayers in Kashmir, 1 girl shot dead

In Nowhatta area, masked protestors held banners in support of banned JeM chief Masood Azhar and slain militant commander Zakir Musa.

05 Jun 2019 1:04 PM

Jaishankar said that India hopes to further expand the scope of cooperation with Japan, a country with which New Delhi enjoys a special relationship. (Photo: PTI)

'Modi-Abe vision to be taken forward by Indo-Japan', says Jaishankar

Japanese Foreign Minister congratulated Jaishankar for his new role as Minister.

05 Jun 2019 1:01 PM

Navy in a statement yesterday said that its Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft P8I took off from INS Rajali in Arakonam, Tamil Nadu at 1 pm to join the search and rescue operation. (Photo: AFP)

Search operations for missing IAF AN-32 aircraft enters third day

AN-32 aircraft took off from Jorhat, Assam at 12:25 pm and and lost contact with ground agencies around 1 pm on Monday.

05 Jun 2019 12:48 PM

Shailaja said samples collected from the five people currently being treated at the isolation ward of Kalamassery Medical College Hospital have been sent to National Institute of Virology in Pune this morning. (Photo: File)

Nipah patient’s condition stable: Kerala Health Minister; 5 others under observation

A total of 311 people from various districts are under observation, Health Minister K K Shailaja said.

05 Jun 2019 12:40 PM

He had defeated BJP's Jaya Prada from the Rampur parliamentary constituency. (Photo: ANI)

'Muslims in Rampur deprived of voting rights,' says SP's Azam Khan

This comes a day after, Khan tendered resignation as MLA to Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit.

05 Jun 2019 12:03 PM

Congress leader Namdev Tyagi (Photo: File)

Computer Baba demands helicopter to survey river Narmada

Ramdev Tyagi leads a 17-member team in his new role as the chairman of the Narmada River Trust.

05 Jun 2019 12:02 PM

The photo shared shows over 50 cartons as large as a suitcase. (Photo: Assam Police | Twitter)

'Anyone lost 590 kg of ganja? Don't panic, we found it,' tweets Assam police

The police had confiscated the consignment from the truck in a night operation.

05 Jun 2019 11:54 AM

On the Centre's decision to revise the draft National Education Policy (NEP) to drop the three-language proposal, the party daily said this was done following opposition to the proposal. (Representational Image)

DMK pitches for implementation of 'two-language' formula across India

In an editorial, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) mouthpiece 'Murasoli' demanded a 'full-stop' to the issue.

05 Jun 2019 11:36 AM

Last year also, the Prime Minister had shared several 3D videos explaining Pawanmuktasana, Setu Bandhasana, Shalabhasana, Ardha Chakrasana, Vajrasana, Vrikshasana, Bhujangasana among others. (Photo: ANI)

Watch: PM Modi urges citizens to make yoga an integral part of their lives

He also posted an animated video where he is demonstrating Trikonasana, also known as the triangle pose on the micro-blogging site.

05 Jun 2019 11:24 AM

Four British mountaineers were rescued from the Nanda Devi base camp on Sunday. (Photo: Representative image)

Rough weather halts Nanda Devi rescue operation

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are likely to aid in the rescue efforts.

05 Jun 2019 11:21 AM

According to officials, militants were behind the attack. (Representational Image)

Woman killed, 1 injured as militants open fire in J&K’s Pulwama

The woman was identified as Nigeena Bano and another civilian identified as Mohd Sultan was injured in the attack, the police said.

05 Jun 2019 11:08 AM

In a photo tweeted by Abhinav Billaiya, an expert with the National Agriculture Market (eNAM), Javadekar was posing beside a sapling with a cellphone in hand, trying to take a selfie. (Photo: Abhinav Billaiya | Twitter)

Prakash Javadekar launches '#SelfiewithSapling' on eve of World Environment Day

Javadekar will plant saplings with cricketer Kapil Dev and actor Jackie Shroff on Wednesday as part of the new campaign.

05 Jun 2019 10:43 AM

Local police as well as officials of Navi Mumbai crime branch and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) visited the spot after learning about the message and drawings, the police official said. (Photo: Representational)

Graffiti ‘praising ISIS’ appears in Navi Mumbai's Uran, police on alert

Locals from nearby Khopta village spotted the message, written with a black marker pen, and alerted police.

05 Jun 2019 10:41 AM

The official team is led by Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg, Expenditure Secretary Girish Chandra Murmu, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey, DIPAM Secretary Atanu Chakraborty, and Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar. (Photo: File)

Finance Ministry may retain allocations made in interim budget

In run-up Lok Sabha polls, Finance Ministry came up with an interim budget in February, authorising govt expenditure for a limited period.

05 Jun 2019 10:26 AM

Last month, announcing the expected day of monsoon arrival over Kerala, IMD said it could happen on June 6, with an error margin of plus or minus four days. (Photo: Representational)

Monsoon likely to make onset over Kerala on June 7: IMD

On Saturday, private weather forecaster Skymet too revised its forecast from June 4 to June 7.

05 Jun 2019 9:56 AM

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