After 7 days, no sign of 30 missing in Himachal flash floods

Family members of the around 30 people who went missing following flash floods triggered by a cloudburst here on July 31 have begun losing hope as the search and rescue operations to trace the......

Himachal cloudburst toll rises to 13, searches on for 40 missing

The death toll due to flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in three districts of Himachal Pradesh has increased to 13 with the recovery of four bodies from Mandi and Shimla districts on Sunday.......

38 specially-trained rescue teams to be deployed for 52-day Amarnath Yatra

Thirty-eight Mountain Rescue Teams of the Jammu and Kashmir police, State Disaster Response Force, National Disaster Response Force, Border Security Force and the Central Reserve Police Force will......

India Needs A National Security Strategy

The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning security strategy and provide guidelines to concerned departments to work out suitable action plans. Since the global......

Laws may have to intrude on hospitality

We are at a stage that jargonists would call an 'inflexion point' -- a point at which a curve on a graph makes a significant move upwards or downwards. The vulnerability exposed by India's business......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

Police on 'alert mode' across Gujarat for Indo-Pak match

IMAGE: Police officers at the stadium on the eve of the blockbuster India vs Pakistan World Cup match in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Police heads of various units across Gujarat......

Motera Fortified: Over 6,000 forces ready for WC final

IMAGE: Police officers walk outside Narendra Modi Stadium ahead of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup final between India and Australia in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters More than......

India vs Pakistan: More than 11,000 security personnel to be deployed

IMAGE: India is set to host Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on October 14. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters More than 11,000 personnel of various agencies including......