Day: July 1, 2019

Yaas: NDRF deputes highest-ever number of teams for Odisha, Bengal; over 10L evacuated

Heavy to very heavy rainfall in 8 Odisha districts: MeT

7:16 pm July 1, 2019

Bhubaneswar: With formation of a Low Pressure Area (LPA) over Northwest Bay of Bengal, IMD on Monday forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in eight Odisha districts in next 24 hours. “Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall (more than 20 cm) at one or […]

Rupee settles 9 paise higher at 68.94 against US dollar

7:01 pm July 1, 2019

Mumbai: The Indian rupee surrendered most of its early gains and settled for the day 9 paise higher at 68.94 against the US dollar on Monday as investor sentiments were revived by US-China trade truce. At the interbank foreign exchange (forex), the domestic currency opened at 68.96 a dollar and gained further strength to touch […]

Bhagwat on 5-day visit to Bihar from Feb 9

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, six top sangh leaders join Twitter

2:22 pm July 1, 2019

New Delhi: RSS office bearers, including its chief Mohan Bhagwat, have made their debut on microblogging site Twitter. Besides Bhagwat, six others, including Suresh “Bhaiyyaji” Joshi, the sangh’s general secretary, and Suresh Soni, its joint general secretary, joined Twitter. “The accounts have been created to stop the spread of misinformation being spread by parody accounts,” […]

Constable dead as vehicle falls into Shimla gorge

3 dead as bus falls into gorge in Shimla

2:18 pm July 1, 2019

Shimla: Three persons, including two students of a local school, died and six others were injured as a state bus fell into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla district on Monday, an official said. The accident occurred at Jhinjhari near Khalini around 7.35 am, Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) regional manager Deva Singh Negi […]

PM to give pep talk to newly recruited IAS officers

2:18 pm July 1, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give a pep talk to 169 newly recruited IAS officers here on Tuesday, officials said Monday. These officers have taken over as assistant secretaries in different central government departments for three months, beginning July 1. The prime minster will interact with the 169 IAS officers of the 2017 […]