'Lost all in 30 mins...': Survivors recount horror

Three generations of 70-year-old Mina Tamang's family had lived and prospered on the banks of the river, in the commercial town of Singtam in Sikkim, 30 kilometres from the state capital Gangtok.

Vigorous rainfall, lake breach behind tragedy

Heavy monsoon rainfall and a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) that caused severe flooding downstream that's the cause of the human-aided natural disaster in Sikkim that washed away part of the Teesta 3 dam - damaged parts of Teesta 5, wrecked bridges and drowned roads.

NewsClick founder, HR head sent to 7-day custody

A Delhi court on Wednesday sent the founder and the human resource department head of online portal NewsClick to police custody for seven days as journalists came together in the Capital to protest their arrest and the website denied charges levelled under India's anti-terror law.

No immunity for cash for vote: Centre clarifies its stand in SC

The immunity available to members of Parliament and state legislatures under the Constitution cannot shield them from prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act if lawmakers accept bribes to vote or ask questions on the floor of the House, the Union government submitted in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

LG sends Sukesh plaint of poison threat to MHA

Delhi lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena has forwarded a complaint from alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar to the Union ministry of home affairs in which Chandrashekhar alleged that people claiming to be speaking on behalf of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former state home minister Satyendar Jain threatened to \"poison\" his food while in jail, the LG office said in a statement on Wednesday.

New bamboo convention centre at Baansera soon

NBCC FLOATED A TENDER FOR THE CONVENTION CENTRE AND LAST WEEK HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO PREPARE THE DESIGNS AND DRAWINGS

Centre approves ₹600 cr to curb stubble burning

The Union government has approved funds worth ₹600 crore for a central scheme aimed at curbing instances of paddy stubble burning in most northern food-bowl states - a phenomenon that poses severe health and environmental risks, causing the formation of a smog shroud over northern India, particularly Delhi, during the winter months.

Lagging on work at Okhla landfill: CM

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that the ongoing work to flatten the Okhla landfill site is moving at a slow pace and the existing targets have not been fulfilled, suggesting that the December 2023 deadline announced by him to clear the mound of garbage is likely to be missed.

Why party not an accused in excise case, SC asks ED

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to explain why the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) - which, according to the central agency is the main beneficiary of alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy 2021-22 -was not made an accused in the case in which former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, among others, is facing trial.

Singh arrest sparks political firestorm

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday launched a blistering broadside at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested party's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh in connection with the agency's investigation into alleged irregularities in the implementation of Delhi excise policy, linking the action to the BJP's \"growing desperation\" ahead of the next year's Lok Sabha elections.

Golden touch despite a rickety path

{LACK OF FACILITIES} MEERUT, A FAMILIAR TALE

Govt raises Ujjwala subsidy for 96mn households by ₹100

THE MOVE COMES AMID PERSISTENT INFLATION AND ALSO AHEAD OF ASSEMBLY POLLS IN FIVE STATES LATER THIS YEAR

Glorious 1-2 for Rocketmen at India's greatest Games yet

Neeraj Chopra delivered the most anticipated gold medal after a bonhomous yet intense battle with rising compatriot Kishore Jena as India enjoyed a glorious day at the Hangzhou Asian Games, zooming to the country's best ever tally that promises to swell further with lots of action still to come across key disciplines.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh arrested in excise case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) parliamentarian Sanjay Singh after questioning him during a day-long raid at his residence in connection with alleged irregularities in Delhi's now-scrapped excise policy, sparking a political firestorm.

Scores feared dead in flash floods in Sikkim

At least 11 people were killed and over a hundred were missing in a remote region of Sikkim on Wednesday as a glacial lake overflowed after torrential showers, triggering flash floods down the Teesta that washed away homes and highways, and smashed through a crucial dam that powers the region.

Mukesh Bhatt: Aashiqui is mine

Filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt's Vishesh Films issued a notice saying the banner is the \"producer and joint rightful owner of the intellectual property rights associated with the Aashiqui franchise\".

You feel like sh₹t: Saba on being trolled for dating Hrithik

Actors Saba Azad and Hrithik Roshan aren't opposed to - posting about their personal lives on social media or getting papped together.

'People don't put their money on you because you're someone's son'

Syeda Eba Fatima eba.fatima@hindustantimes.com U tkarsh Sharma debuted as a child artiste with Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001).

Parul steals the show with burst of speed at the death

A brilliant late dash helps her win 5000m gold, hardly 24 hours after winning silver in 3000m steeplechase

Shooting at upmarket Thai mall kills at least 2, accused arrested

A 14-year-old boy was arrested on Tuesday after a shooting at a packed Bangkok mall that left two people dead and five wounded, and sent hundreds of panicked shoppers running in terror into the streets.

NY attorney general presses case against Trump in civil trial

Former US president Donald Trump has denounced the case as a 'sham' intended to torpedo his bid to recapture the White House next year

Five months on, peace eludes ethnic violence-hit Manipur

For five whole months, as Manipur waits on an elusive peace, in a village in the tribal Churachandpur, a mother still waits for justice, a police investigation, or even her slain son's body. 63 kilometres, and an intractable ethnic chasm away, in the capital Imphal, a wife waits for any information on her missing husband and his friend, not even counted among the dead, because their bodies have never been found.

Mountain radars to boost China vigil, says IAF chief

The Indian Air Force will boost its capabilities with locally made military hardware including mountain radars for the disputed frontier with China to look deep inside the neighbour's territory, long range surface-to-air missile systems, new fighter jets, upgraded combat planes, light combat helicopters, tactical ballistic missiles, trainer aircraft and close-in weapon systems, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on Tuesday.

Scheduled Castes panel to submit caste survey report: Karnataka CM

Two senior Congress leaders, including former Union minister M Veerappa Moily, on Tuesday mounted pressure on the party-led Karnataka government to make public the findings of the state's caste survey conducted during the previous tenure of Siddaramaiah as chief minister.

TMC leaders detained on second day of stir in Capital

TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and several other party leaders were detained on Tuesday night after they held a dharna at the Union rural development ministry's office in the capital, demanding a meeting with the minister.

KCR wanted to join NDA but I rejected move: Modi

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in December 2020 had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to admit his party into the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, Modi said on Tuesday -- a claim the state's ruling party rejected. Telangana will go to the polls later this year.

Excise case: Court allows two accused to turn approvers

A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed Raghav Magunta and Dinesh Arora to become approvers for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its money laundering probe related to alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy 2020-21.

Nuh violence: MLA gets bail in 2 cases

Congress leader and Ferozepur Jhirka legislator Mamman Khan, arrested on September 14 for his alleged role in inciting the July 31 communal violence that broke out in Nuh and spread to other parts of Haryana, was on Tuesday granted bail in two cases connected to the violence, police officers said.

Mukherjee Nagar PGs in violation of bylaws: MCD

At least 100 paying guest (PG) accommodations in north Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar area are operating in violation of building by-law regulations, a survey by the building department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has found.

Stay on firing of assembly staff vacated

THE HC VACATED THE INTERIM ORDER SAYING THE TOP COURT HAD ALREADY DECLINED IN JULY TO STAY THE TERMINATION OF DARC FELLOWS