CHAYGAON (Assam): An overcrowded mechanised boat carrying nearly 200 people on Monday capsized in River Kolohi in Assam’s Kamrup district. The details on the casualty is not known yet, and there are no reports yet on any passenger being rescued. The engine of the boat, carrying the passengers from Chaygaon to Champupara to attend a boat race, failed to function […]
» Read moreAir India’s New Delhi-San Francisco flight will offer a three-class cabin configuration, with eight seats in first class, 35 in business class and 195 seats in economy. San Francisco will become Air India’s fourth destination in the U.S. Air India operates daily non-stop flights to New York, Newark and Chicago, the national carrier said in a statement. Passengers from Bengaluru, […]
» Read moreMallorca: Fourteen-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal said he is not sure if he will win a major tournament anytime soon and add to his tally. Nadal struggled to rediscover his best form lately and his dominant reign at the French Open came to an end during a barren year without a major triumph. He has won two Wimbledon, nine […]
» Read moreChennai: Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday announced an Amma Mobile scheme for the benefit of 20,000 trainers at self-help groups in Tamil Nadu. Making a suo motu announcement in the assembly, the chief minister said the scheme would be introduced in the current fiscal. It will incur an expenditure of Rs 15 crore to the state exchequer. The groups […]
» Read moreSriharikota: Isro on Monday successfully launched India’s first astronomy satellite Astrosat, eleven years after the government cleared the project. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C30) carrying Astrosat and six other satellites lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 10am. In around 25 minutes after liftoff, PSLV-C30 injected Astrosat and other satellites — four US nano satellites, […]
» Read moreSaint Petersburg: Second seed Milos Raonic of Canada won the ATP Saint Petersburg Open, beating Portuguese seventh seed Joao Sousa 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in Sunday’s final.
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