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GANGTOK: The Teesta basin in Sikkim’s Himalaya mountains hosts numerous glacial lakes, which include one of the largest and the fastest-growing South Lhonak Lake as well as Shako Cho. Though these lakes are mainly located in remote and uninhabited mountain valleys, incidents like glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) may claim lives and damage assets up […]

NEW DELHI: A day after the police personnel forcibly entered the Congress headquarters and thrashed several party leaders and workers, the party on Thursday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla accusing the central government of “vendetta and violent politics”. Congress also described the police action as a pre-planned action against the party workers and leaders. […]

NEW DELHI: In a worrying escalation of COVID cases across the country, India has recorded 12,213 new cases in the last 24 hours. In an alarming sign, this is the first time since February 26 the country had seen a single-day surge of more than 10,000 cases. On Wednesday, the Union health ministry reported 8,822 […]

NEW DELHI: Newly elected Rajya Sabha member Kartikeya Sharma on Wednesday met Union home minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Jagat Prakash Nadda for the first time after winning the election. Sharma called on Shah and Nadda in Delhi on Wednesday evening. After meeting the two leaders separately, Sharma thanked BJP for […]

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi’s ordeal seems far from over as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has once again summoned the former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for questioning in connection with the National Herald case on Friday. The ED has already questioned the Congress Lok Sabha MP from Kerala’s Wayanad for over 30 hours in the last […]