Two coaches of A.P. Express catch fire near Gwalior

At least two coaches of the A.P. Express caught fire near Birlanagar in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, officials said. No one was injured. According to a Railway Ministry official, the fire was detected in the B-6 coach around 11.50 a.m. The fire spread to the B-7 coach, Railway Ministry spokesperson Ved Prakash told IANS. Following the fire, the guard stopped […]

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Six killed, around 3000 families displaced in Tripura floods

Flash floods caused by incessant rain triggered mudslips, killing six people, and marooned at least 3000 families in Tripura in the past four days. Several localities in capital Agartala are waterlogged, while the water was flowing above the danger level in three rivers. Officials said the flood situation remained grim owing to torrential rains in the hills of north Tripura […]

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BSF jawan killed in firing along IB in Jammu

One Border Security Forces (BSF) jawan and two civilians were killed as Pakistan violated the Ramzan ceasefire agreement and resorted to shelling on the International Border in Jammu on Friday. An official said Pakistani troops targeted Indian positions and civilian areas on Thursday night, which left one BSF jawan dead in R.S. Pura. “In continuing shelling, two civilians were also […]

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Telangana Congress leaders book rooms for Karnataka MLAs as marriage party

In a midnight operation that put the top functionaries of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) leaders managerial skills to ultimate test, the party’s central leadership issued a diktat to arrange accommodation for the newly elected party legislators from Karnataka on war footing. With clear instructions that the entire exercise should be a closely guarded affair, the TPCC leaders led […]

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Walmart buys 77% stake in Flipkart

Walmart Inc has agreed to pay $16 billion for a roughly 77% stake in online shopping site Flipkart, the U.S. retailer’s biggest foreign investment ever as it battles rival Amazon in one of the world’s biggest emerging markets. The remainder of the business will be held by some of Flipkart’s existing shareholders, including Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, China’s Tencent Holdings […]

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