Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, June 3, visited Odisha’s Balasore, a day after a massive accident took place there. He visited the site of the mishap and took stock of the ongoing rescue and relief operations going on. He also emphasised a ‘Whole of Government’ approach to mitigating the monumental tragedy.
In a significant development, the Rs 1,710 crore Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bihar suffered a major collapse, plunging into the Ganga river. This bridge, which was part of Nitish Kumar’s ambitious project to connect Khagaria with Bhagalpur, has been severely damaged.
In this exclusive interview, NDRF DG Atul Karwal discusses about the challenges overcome by NDRF during rescue operations, after three train met with an accident in Balasore ditrict of Odisha. The New Indian’s Alok Singh also interview the senior most official about the future preparedness of the Disaster Response Force on sidelines of G20 meet.
The Ministry of External Affairs today assured the return of baby Ariha Shah – who has been separated from her parents for 21 months – from a foster care facility in Germany’s Berlin to India. Germany’s Child Services took the baby girl, a little over 2 years old, away on suspicion that she was being […]
The family of the iconic revolutionary Subhash Chandra Bose has called out #bollywood actor Randeep Hooda for misleading people by claiming that the protagonist of his upcoming film ‘Swatantra Veer Savarkar‘ influenced Netaji’s life. In an exclusive conversation with The New Indian, Netaji’s grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose also highlighted attempts to distort history through films […]