Five people died in a freak accident near Madakasira village of the district when a truck carrying a granite boulder rammed into the Nanded bound Bangalore-Nanded express train at around 2:30 AM today. While five including the truck’s cleaner, who is yet to be identified, have been pronounced dead by doctors at the Hindupur government general hospital, more than 30, […]
» Read moreGuwahti: Ahead of assembly elections in Assam next year, the BJP managed to poach a prominent Congress leader Himanta Biswa Sarma. Sarma, who will be joining the BJP, is a former health and education minister in the state. The party working on the deal for a while now. Sarma, a dissident for some time now has been bargaining with both […]
» Read moreA moderate earthquake of magnitude 5.0 has struck 15 kilometres south-east of Kodari in Nepal. Nepal was hit by a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake on April 25 which resulted in widespread devastation and killed over 8,000 people. Whole villages were destroyed in the quake while large parts of Kathmandu were destroyed, leaving nearly 18,000 people injured and tens of thousands […]
» Read moreTo strengthen security on trains, Indian Railways is expediting the process of installing CCTV surveillance cameras in 20,000 coaches at a cost of Rs. 700 crore, which will be derived from Nirbhaya Fund. “It has been decided in a recent meeting held at the PMO to speed up certain projects which include works on new lines, construction of rail over-bridges […]
» Read moreDubai: An Indian-origin Gaurang Desai has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange in the UAE. Gaurang Desai, one of the founding members of the team that setup DGCX in 2005, is ideal to take the Exchange to its next stage of development, the company said in a statement. Desai was previously […]
» Read moreThe Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Enforcement Directorate’s attachment proceedings before the Adjudicating Authority under the money laundering law against Sun TV assets in connection with the Aircel-Maxis case. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu, however, said the provisional attachment order issued by the ED would stay alive even if the 180-day period for confirming […]
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