It has been nearly a month since super cyclonic storm Fani wreaked havoc along the coast of Odisha. While the death toll was minimal, thanks to a massive evacuation of nearly 12 lakh people the trail of destruction the cyclonic storms have left behind are massive. BCCL The infrastructure damage the state has suffered due …

(Update: According to an exclusive IndiaToday report, it was learnt the place shown as Guru Nanak palace in the Dawn article isn’t called Guru Nanak palace and it’s an abandoned structure in ‘Bhaat’, a small village located 20 kms from Pakistan Punjab’s Narowal city.) A centuries-old building in Lahore, Punjab, which has a historic significance in Sikhism has been left vandalized. …

Scenes from the movie Gangs of Wasseypur played out in the national capital on Sunday as commuters watched in horror a shootout in front of them. The incident happened near the Dwarka Mor metro station in South West Delhi. Parveen Gehlot, a resident of Nawada area, who has a long history of crimes was on sitting on his car when …

As the world marks International Mother’s Day, it is customary to thank our mothers with flowers, chocolates, greeting cards, take them out for a dinner or a message of thanksgiving on social media for the years of selfless service they did in bringing you up and help you reach where you are today.  But, beyond that, has anyone asked what …

In a tragic incident, an Indian man working at the Kuwait Airport was run over by an empty Boeing 777 aircraft while it was being towed away. The freak accident happened on Monday after the tow bar used to tow the empty Boeing 777 from the airport yard to the terminal snapped. The victim, identified as Anand Ramachandran, a native …

It has been four days since Cyclone Fani, one of the strongest unseasonal cyclonic winds in the Bay of Bengal ravaged parts of Odisha and West Bengal. In Odisha, which was the worst-hit, 37 people lost their lives in the cyclone-related mishaps.  Odisha has been praised from world over for its cyclone preparedness and timely evacuation that saved the lives …

Business tycoon Ness Wadia, heir to the Wadia Group and co-owner of Kings XI Punjab has been sentenced to a two-year jail term in Japan over possession of drugs. The Financial Times, quoting Japan’s national broadcaster NHK reported that Wadia was arrested in March at New Chitose Airport in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido while on a holiday after …

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has thwarted a possible Sri Lanka-like attack in Kerala after it arrested three men from the state who had links the ISIS-inspired terror group which carried out the Easter bombings. Riyas Aboobacker, a resident of Palakkad in Kerala, was arrested by the NIA on Monday while two of his associates Ahamed Arafat and Aboobacker Siddique, …

The future of Emperor Penguins, the largest penguin species in the world is looking increasingly bleak after it emerged that thousands of chicks might have been drowned in the sea after their breeding ground collapsed. A new study has found that Halley Bay colony in the Weddell Sea which is said to be the second-largest colony of emperor penguins collapsed …

As the battle for the Lok Sabha elections 2019 continues, one of the most talked about issues this year is about women safety. Cutting across age groups and geographic locations, women voters from all over the country have expressed their views on how important an issue it is and how they will prefer to vote for a candidate who will …