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Kochi, Aug 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday conducted an aerial survey of flood-affected Kerala. He announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh per person to the next kin of the deceased and Rs. 50,000 to those seriously injured, from PM's National Relief Funds (PMNRF). Earlier in the day, in a review meeting with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Union Minister KJ Alphons and other officials

Chennai, Aug 18: The Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry, probing the circumstances leading to former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death, has summoned three doctors of AIIMS, who examined her at the Apollo Hospital here, to appear before it on August 23 and 24. The commissioned has summoned G C Khilnani of the Department of Pulmonology, Anjan Trikha, Professor of Anaesthesiology, and

More than 324 people have died in the worst flooding in nearly a century in the south Indian state of Kerala. Roads are damaged, mobile phone networks are down, an international airport has been closed and more than 220,000 people have been left homeless after unusually heavy rain in the past nine days. Officials repeatedly revised the death toll upwards from 86 people on Friday morning to more

New Delhi, Aug 17: Thousands of people flocked the roads in the national capital on Friday to pay last respects to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was cremated with full state honour at Smriti Sthal here. India's 10th Prime Minister breathed his last at 5:05 pm on Thursday after spending nine weeks at the All India Institute of Medical Science, where he was undergoing treatment for

Mumbai, Aug 17: National carrier Air India on Friday said its flights scheduled to depart from the Kochi airport, which has been shut down till August 26 due to floods, will operate from Thiruvananthapuram. The airline said the new schedule is for the August 18-20 period. The rescheduled flights are AI 933 to Dubai, AI 047 to New Delhi, AI 682 to Mumbai, AI 511 to New Delhi and AI 510 to Chennai

New Delhi, Aug 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kerala this evening to take stock of the flood situation there. He tweeted that he would be reaching the state later this evening "to take stock of the unfortunate situation due to floods there." Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had called Modi on Thursday. "We discussed the flood situation across the state and reviewed rescue

New Delhi, Aug 17: Social activist, and progressive religious leader Swami Agnivesh was attacked by suspected saffron extremists right outside the BJP office at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg in Delhi while he was on his way to pay respects to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In the video, the Swami can be seen being chased by a mob and a man, putting his arms around Agnivesh, is shielding him. There

New Delhi, Aug. 17: Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani paid his final tribute to "closest friend for over 65 years" Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday at BJP headquarters at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg. The mortal remains of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee reached the BJP headquarters earlier this morning on a decorated gun carriage. Along the seven-kilometer

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17: As per the latest reports on Friday, the death toll in Kerala floods has risen to 167. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced the same during a press conference here. Around 15,000 people have been rescued from the flood-hit state in the last nine days. The numbers have been given by Army Karnataka and Kerala (K&K) Sub-Area, headquartered at Bengaluru, under the name

New Delhi, Aug 17: The mortal remains of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee are being taken to the BJP headquarters from his residence on the Krishna Menon Marg here with people in large numbers joining the procession Amid chants of 'Atal Bihari Amar Rahe (Long Live Atal Bihari)', a decorated gun carriage carrying the mortal remains of Vajpayee, who passed away on Thursday evening