Widows make sacred threads for PM Modi ahead of 'Rakhi' festival
Varanasi, Aug 4 (ANI): Inmates of a widow home in Uttar Pradesh made sacred threads, or 'rakhis', for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ahead of 'Raksha Bandhan' and wished for his well being. Women in widow home in Durgakund area of Varanasi said Modi is like their brother and hoped that the PM would take steps for their upliftment and rights.
Bihar suspends forceful evacuation as flood threat recedes
Patna/ Purnia, Aug 05 (ANI): Bihar has suspended the forceful evacuation of people from four districts as threats of impending floods from neighbouring Nepal receded. More than 400,000 people in the state faced the risk of flooding after a landslide in neighbouring Nepal created a mud dam blocking the Sunkoshi River, which runs into Bihar as the river Kosi.
43 Indian nurses reach Kochi from strife-torn Libya
Kochi, Aug 05 (ANI): Forty-three Indian nurses who were stranded in strife-torn Libya, arrived in Kerala Tuesday morning. This is the second group of nurses who crossed over to Tunisia from Tripoli on Monday. CEO of Non-Resident Keralite Affairs department (NoRKA) P Sudeep said that the nurses, working in various hospitals in Libya, had reached Tunisia, from where they traveled to Dubai to take the scheduled Emirates flight to Kochi.
UPSC Row: Debate continues over CSAT
New Delhi, Aug 5 (ANI): Even as the government agreed not to test candidates for English skills in the civil services preliminary examination scheduled for August 24, it faced ire from the protesting civil-service aspirants. Politicos also took the opportunity to attack the Modi government over the matter.
