Day: November 5, 2019

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

Odisha bracing for another cyclone, 15 districts on alert

11:41 pm November 5, 2019

Bhubaneswar: With the depression over Bay of Bengal set to intensify into a cyclone and trigger widespread rainfall, the Odisha government on Tuesday put 15 of the state’s 30 districts on alert to deal with a possible flood-like situation. The depression moved westwards and lay centred over eastcentral and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal and […]

Afghan chief executive slams president’s ‘wishlist’ peace plan

11:40 pm November 5, 2019

Kabul: Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah dismissed Tuesday a new peace proposal by his election rival President Ashraf Ghani as an unrealistic “wishlist”, and again questioned the validity of thousands of votes from recent polls. US President Donald Trump in September ended year-long talks with the Taliban amid ongoing insurgent violence, leaving Afghans wondering what […]

Delhi govt to organize digital round table conference aimed to reduce air pollution

Air quality improves, but still ‘very poor’ in Noida, Greater Noida

11:38 pm November 5, 2019

Noida (UP): The air quality in Noida and Greater Noida improved further on Tuesday but remained in the “very poor” category, even as penalties amounting to Rs 5 lakh were slapped on offenders defying a ban on construction, officials said. The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Greater Noida was 321 at 9.30 pm, down from […]

Ghulam Nabi Azad on three-day Jammu visit from Wednesday

Azad slams NDA over handling of J&K

10:05 pm November 5, 2019

Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led NDA government’s handling of the Jammu and Kashmir issue saying even now political leaders and MPS and media were not allowed to visit the newly created union territory. Azad, a former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said even he could visit J-K […]

World Bank team hails Jagan Reddy govt's initiatives

Jagan writes to PM on coal allocation to AP

10:03 pm November 5, 2019

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday wrote to the Centre requesting allocation of Mandakani coal block of Talcheru in Odisha to Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGENCO) to meet its thermal power plants requirement. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Jagan requested the Centre to allocate […]