By Priyanka Rajpal | Updated: August 24, 2017 10:53 AM IST
Indian Coast Guard ship 'Varuna,' with a service of 30 years was decommissioned with full armed forces honours on Wednesday in a traditional military ceremony held at the naval base in Kochi. The ceremony was presided over by Inspector General K R Nautiyal, Commander, Coast Guard region (West).
An earthquake of intensity 5.0 on Richter scale hit Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours today. There have been no causalities and any damage to property or infrastructure reported yet. The epicentre was located at a depth of 90 km.
The resident doctors at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi went on strike for indefinite period on Wednesday after their colleague was allegedly manhandled by the attendants of a patient. The emergency services were also interrupted at the hospital. The strike badly affected the patients who were asked to return from the emergency gate by the security guards without being treated.
Devotees observe the sacred festival of Hariyali Teej in northern parts of India. It is a festival that celebrated the reunion of revered Hindu deities Shiva and Parvati. Here
Nepalese PM Sher Bahadur Deuba along with his wife Arzu Rana Deuba arrived in India and was also honored with reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
A bench of nine judges passed their unanimous decision of upholding the Right to Privacy as a fundamental right.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flew over Faizabad for personally inspecting the current scenario in flood hit regions of Faizabad.
RBI is all set to launch the denominations of Rs. 200 tomorrow which is believed to further control black marketing in our country. RBI has kept the base colour of the note Fluorescent Blue and it also has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse.