Thousands of people were stranded as 82 trains were delayed and 16 cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India on Monday, railway officials said. A Northern Railway official said 23 trains were rescheduled as the visibility dropped to 400 metres on Monday. The 14005 Lichchvi Express was running 34 hours behind its schedule, 12459 Amritsar New Delhi […]
» Read moreThe Tamil Nadu Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Saturday, decided to construct a memorial to the former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at a cost of Rs. 15 crore. “Since she has been buried on the precincts of former Chief Minister MGR’s mausoleum, its existing name Bharat Ratna Dr. MGR Memorial would be renamed MGR and Puratchi Thalaivi Selvi […]
» Read moreAt least 16 people died early Sunday in a suicide truck bombing outside the port of the Somali capital Mogadishu, the director of the ambulance service said. “We assisted 48 wounded people and carried 16 others who were killed in the blast,” said Abdikadir Abdirahman Adem, director of Mogadishu’s AMIN ambulance service.
» Read moreAIADMK today said 470 persons had died of “shock” after the demise of party supremo and former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on December 5, and announced a relief of Rs. 3 lakhs each to the families. The party released a list of 190 persons, who had died of shock, and said the toll of such persons stood at 470.
» Read moreThe roof of a church collapsed on to worshippers in southern Nigeria on Saturday, killing at least 160 people with the toll likely to rise, according to a hospital director. Mortuaries in the city of Uyo are overflowing after the incident, Etete Peters, medical director of the University of Uyo teaching hospital, told the Associated Press. The Reigners Bible Church […]
» Read moreA helicopter crashed and caught fire in Aarey Colony today, killing one person and injuring three others. The chopper crashed in an open ground in Aarey Colony, a green belt in suburban Goregaon, a Fire Brigade official said. Four persons, all occupants of the chopper, suffered burns and were rushed to a hospital where one of them succumbed to injuries, […]
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