A bus accident left 19 people dead and 30 others injured on Thursday afternoon in Jammu’s Reasi district. Reasi Deputy Commissioner Ravinder Kumar said around 15 injured people were shifted to the Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu for specialised treatment. “Figures may change as some people are severely injured,” said Mr. Kumar. The incident too place near Gurnak area […]
» Read moreEight persons were killed due to asphyxiation after they got stuck inside a private scan centre that was engulfed by thick smoke following a fire accident in a nearby cracker shop in Sivakasi on Thursday. The police said that among the deceased were six women and two men. Six of the victims were employees of scan centre. They were identified […]
» Read moreIn a jolt to the Congress, senior leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi resigned from that party and her membership of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Thursday to join the BJP in the presence of party president Amit Shah. Ms Joshi’s brother, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna is already in the BJP and was made a part of the party’s executive […]
» Read moreUnion Minister Babul Supriyo was on Tuesday attacked with bricks allegedly by Trinamool Congress activists when he was on his way to a police station to stage a protest against the arrest of some BJP workers. “I was going to the police station to secure release of some of my partymen. I was hit with bricks and windowpanes of my […]
» Read morePakistan’s media regulatory authority on Wednesday decided to enforce a complete ban on Indian TV and radio contents from Friday and warned that the licences of those found guilty of violating the ban will be suspended. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) decided to ban airing of Indian content from October 21 at the request of the federal government, it […]
» Read moreAfter protracted negotiations, Russia has agreed to lease a second nuclear submarine to India in a deal which will cost around $2 billion. Sources on Wednesday said the deal was struck during the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 15 on the sidelines of the BRICS meet in Goa. However, it was not part of the […]
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