25 Aug, 19:09 (IST)

Rahul Gandhi On Vijay Mallya Row: 'Indian prisons are tough places. Vijay Mallya met BJP leaders before leaving India', news reports.

25 Aug, 17:47 (IST)

India's Sreeshankar qualifies for Men's Long Jump final. 

25 Aug, 17:06 (IST)

Saurav Ghosal takes home bronze after losing to Chun Ming Au of Hong Kong in men’s singles squash semis at Asian Games 2018.

25 Aug, 16:37 (IST)

Four hideouts of terrorists have been busted in South Kashmir, incriminating materials related were recovered, suspects have been detained. Investigation is underway: Jammu & Kashmir police, reports news agency ANI.

25 Aug, 16:13 (IST)

25 Aug, 15:39 (IST)

Joshna Chinappa takes home bronze medal after losing to Malaysia's Sivasangari Subramaniam in women's singles squash semifinal at Asian Games 2018.

25 Aug, 15:28 (IST)

25 Aug, 14:36 (IST)

PV Sindhu beats Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska 21-12, 21-15 to enter Badminton women's singles quarterfinals at Asian Games 2018.

25 Aug, 14:22 (IST)

15 coaches of a goods train derailed near Digaru Railway Station in Assam earlier today. This affected the movement of trains on that route. No casualties or injuries have been reported.

25 Aug, 14:12 (IST)

Dipika Pallikal takes home bronze medal after losing to Malaysia's Nicol David in women's singles squash semifinal.

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New Delhi, August 25: In the wake of the deadly deluge in Kerala, the Union Health Ministry has approved a grant of over Rs 18 crore under the National Health Mission (NHM) for disbursing to village health, sanitation and nutrition committees in the flood-ravaged state. The ministry had earlier said it is extending all support to the relief measures in the flood-battered state, where 3,757 medical relief camps have been set up.

According to a report by PTI,  people from relief camps started returning to their homes as the floodwaters began to recede. More than 10.40 lakh of them remain in 2,770 camps across the state. The torrential rains and flooding in the southern state have killed 417 people since August 8 in the second spell of the monsoon.

Union Health Minister J P Nadda had earlier said no outbreak of the communicable disease was reported from the flood-hit districts of Kerala. The initial flood damage estimate of Kerala government is Rs 20,000 crores. For this, the Central government has sanctioned Rs 6,000 crores so far. At this time, UAE, which said they can send Rs 700 crores for relief and rehabilitation but, the central government has declined this request.