India

Training its guns on the Left-led state government, Leader of Opposition in Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala demanded a judicial probe into the circumstances that led to opening of shutters of 40-odd dams at a time in the state.

SPO Fayaz Ahmad was fired at in Zazripora village. "He was shifted to a hospital where the doctors said he was dead on arrival," the police said.

The 300-page charge sheet has been submitted at the sub-divisional judicial magistrate court at Patnagarh in Bolangir district on Monday, ADG, Crime Branch, S K Upadhay told reporters on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Modi also termed India-China relations as a factor of stability in the world and appreciated the increased momentum of high-level contacts between the two countries across all spheres, including in areas of defence and military exchanges.

The scheme for the recruitment for teacher’s posts is on contract basis and will be valid for maximum of 200 working days and a minimum of 7 working days.

Union Tourism Minister K J Alphons issued an appeal to skilled workers like plumbers, electricians and carpenters to come to make homes livable and help the state regain normalcy.

The Social Welfare Department will replace the non-government organisations (NGOs) in running all such short stay homes in the state.

The incident happened in Bihiya police station area, where the body of Vimalesh Sah, who had gone missing on Monday, was found near a railway track on a Tuesday morning.

The university's assistant professor Sanjay Kumar was beaten up by a group of people after he allegedly made a comment criticising former prime minister Vajpayee on Facebook a day after the BJP stalwart's death on August 16.

The DMRC said it has set up water ATMs at its stations which provide water at a charge of Rs two per glass and apart from that there are kiosks and shops which sell drinking water.

Taking help from YouTube, Bhavya Agrawal, eventually developed the device, which without internet or data connection, sends an alert and location navigation through GPS to family members of a woman in emergency situations.

Vice Admiral Luthra said the rescue operations in Kerala started about two weeks ago and were gradually stepped up as the rains intensified.

A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit asked the SIT to file its next status report in the alleged fake encounter cases by September 1.

Pope Francis prayed for the Kerala flood-affected victims at St Peter's Square.

On Sunday morning an Prasanth dangled from an IAF chopper to winch up the toddler from the rooftop of a flood-ravaged house, followed by the mother.

Nearly 200 people have lost their lives in Kerala since August 8 due to floods caused by rains and landslides, while over 3.14 lakh people have been moved to relief camps.