At least 13,000 people in Assam have been affected by flood, officials said on Sunday. Also, landslides triggered by incessant rain disrupted rail connectivity to the state's Barak Valley region.


Flood, landslides hit Assam; 13,000 affected


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Jammu city recorded this season's highest temperature at 43.3 degrees Celsius due to an intense heatwave, the Met department announced on Sunday.


Jammu records season's hottest day


Sharjah, June 3 (IANS/WAM) Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has called upon the private sector to support the Al Dhaid Dates Festival, which will be held next month in Sharjah.


Sharjah to hold Al Dhaid Dates Festival in July


It was a sunny day and Raj Kumar Vaishya had trouble walking. But determined to get a postgraduate degree, the 97-year-old sat for a three-hour MA exam, along with students younger than his grandchildren.


97-year-old appears for MA exam in Patna


In a first for West Bengal, corneas were harvested from a 50-year-old accident victim, with the collaboration of the police.


Kolkata Police paves way for eye donation in accident cases


The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday announced that the toll in the cholera outbreak in Yemen has reached 605 with suspected cases exceeding 73,700.


Yemen cholera toll reaches 605: WH0


The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday announced the Class 10 results for Allahabad, Chennai, Delhi, Dehradun and Thiruvananthapuram regions.


CBSE announces Class 10 results


In a bid to protect vulnerable teenagers from online bullying and exploitation, Facebook is reportedly launching a new messaging app that will allow parents to monitor who their children are in contact with.


Facebook to launch messaging app for teens: Report


A 54-year-old godman who was bobbitised by a young woman denied her allegation of sexual molestation and claimed he was "fast asleep" when it happened.


Kerala godman denies rape, says was asleep when he was bobbitised


Upset at seeing video footage of garbage piling up on the city roads, the Delhi High Court on Friday issued show cause notice to the Commissioners of East, North and South Municipal Corporations, asking why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against them for defying its order.


Garbage on city roads, Delhi HC pulls up civic body heads


A 15-year-old boy was arrested in Bihar's Kishanganj district for allegedly posting a pro-Pakistan slogan on social media, police on Friday said.


Bihar teen arrested for pro-Pakistan slogan on Facebook


A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale shook parts of the national capital and Haryana early on Friday. There were no reports of any loss of life or property.


Moderate quake shakes Delhi, Haryana


Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, on Friday said it has come up with a wireless technology for remote monitoring of patients' condition ferried in ambulances.


IIT Kharagpur develops technology for doctors to monitor hospital-bound patients


A 12-year-old Indian-American girl from California has won the 90th National Spelling Bee, the media reported.


Indian-American girl wins Spelling Bee


A dense smell of excrement attacks one's nostrils just before the rugged downslope that leads to the banks of the Yamuna river near Shastri Park metro station in northeast Delhi. If you stay there long enough, the stink seems to acquire stifling proportions in the 40 degree-plus temperature.


Amid the stink, Yamuna bank dwellers brace for floods with fortitude


In a bid to simplify and improve the operational issues in the National Pension System (NPS), the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on Thursday said it has introduced new functionalities in the scheme.


New features to simplify pension system operation


Responding to a student's plea, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that her Trinamool Congress party will stop conducting meetings and rallies in the city's education hub of College Square.


No more meetings in College Square, announces Mamata after student's plea


India's national bird the peacock reproduces like any other bird, say Indian bird experts who have denounced claims by a Rajasthan High Court judge about the peacock being "celibate".


Peacocks are not celibate - Bird experts debunk Rajasthan judge's claims


An examination room for HIV positive students has been established at a school in China's Shanxi province, for the country's upcoming annual National Higher Education Entrance Examination, the media reported on Thursday.


China sets up entrance exam room for HIV students


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Sukhwant Kaur said she was denied wages; her husband approached the MEA for help

Thanks to Sushma Swaraj, woman sold as help in Saudi returns to Punjab

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A Malaysia Airlines plane was forced to return to the Melbourne airport after a man who claiming to have a bomb tried to enter the cockpit of the aircraft, police said on Thursday.

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