India

Over the years, the Mullaperiyar Dam issue between Kerala and Tamil Nadu has been a bone of contention and it is now before the Supreme Court.

According to the Uttar Pradesh civil aviation department, the Bareilly airport is to be named ‘Nath Nagri’.

Home minister Rajnath Singh assured Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, all central help for the rescue, relief and rehabilitation of the flood-hit people in the southern state.

Doctors from the Centralised Accident Trauma Services Ambulance service examined her and sent her to the hospital, citing "dehydration".

Indians in China, Australia, Singapore and many other countries marked the day with hoisting of the national flag and singing of patriotic songs.

Delivering the Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Ayushman Bharat, now repackaged as Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan, will be rolled out on the birth anniversary of Deendayal Upadhyaya.

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In the last three years, Rohin Hood Army (RHA), a team of volunteers from different walks of life has served food to 2.1 million people across 41 cities.

The deceased, identified as 42-year-old Kartik Nagendra Kumar Mehta, a resident of Mumbai, died when he rushed to board the helicopter and accidently hit its spinning tail rotor.

Sources say that PM Modi’s message on Independence Day will be loud and clear that “whatever he had promised earlier, it has been delivered”.

Head constable A S Krishna, constables K Dinesh Raja and Prafulla Kumar 45th battalion of the force were decorated with the Shaurya Chakra for thwarting a suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.

While taking dig at the government over the Assam NRC issue, Mamata Banerjee said that even cows should make their birth certificates, else they will also be asked to leave one day.

The Madurai bench of Madras High Court, comprising Justices Basheer Ahamed and CT Selvam, passed the order after hearing PILs seeking CBI investigation into the incident.

Earlier in the day, a gunshot rang out at Constitution Club in the high security area near Parliament in Delhi on Monday when an unidentified man targeted Khalid, who escaped unhurt, witnesses said.

Out of a total 58,692 posts for gram panchayat village, zilla parishad and panchayat samiti, 20,159 had remained uncontested in the violence-marred local polls in the state held in May this year.

The examination of Higher Secondary Certificate HSE (+1) or class 11th Special Supplementary for class 11th was conducted in the month of June 2018.