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Government seeks 23bn/- for strategic health centres

DODOMA, Aug. 27 -- PLANS are underway to construct 94 strategic health centres across the country at a cost of 23bn/-, aimed at improving access to healthcare services in underserved communities. Min... Read More


Nepal flash floods : 157 dead, over 750 missing including 133 Indians

India, Aug. 27 -- At least 157 people were killed and more than 750, including 133 Indians, remained missing after massive flash floods swept through central Nepal on Wednesday, devastating towns and ... Read More


Nepal floods : Bengal, Tamil Nadu groups among Indians missing

India, Aug. 27 -- More than 130 Indians, including pilgrims travelling for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, are missing and scores of others are stranded in Nepal after flash floods swept through parts o... Read More


After rebel MPs, TMC plans 'surgical strike' on MLAs

India, Aug. 27 -- The Trinamool Congress was planning a "surgical strike" on its rebel MLAs after the party's 20 breakaway MPs were "neutralised," sources in the Mamata Banerjee camp of the former Ben... Read More


Tejasvi Surya seeks rethink on Karnataka parks Bill

India, Aug. 27 -- Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday urged Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to return a Bill allowing portions of park and garden land to be used for public infrastruc... Read More


BJP's Vijayvargiya sparks sugar row

India, Aug. 27 -- Amid criticism by opposition parties over rising prices of sugar ahead of festivals, Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday said it should in fact become very expe... Read More


Goa: India's compass for coastal tourism

India, Aug. 27 -- The challenge is no longer simply to draw tourists to India's shores, but to ensure that tourism does not destroy the very coastline that attracts them. If India's coastal tourism is... Read More


Bengal's inclusive and plural identity

India, Aug. 27 -- The statement by Bengal BJP president and Member of Parliament Samik Bhattacharya that people of Rajasthani, Bhojpuri and Hindi-speaking backgrounds who have lived in Bengal for gene... Read More


Bihar, UP on flood alert

India, Aug. 27 -- Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are on high alert after several districts in neighbouring Nepal were devastated by flash floods in the Gandak River system. Authorities are initiating emergen... Read More


CJI steps into Rajasthan HC row, insists on due process

India, Aug. 27 -- Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday said that Justice Sandeep Mehta's allegations against Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Sanjeev Prakash Sharma cannot be adj... Read More