According to the Fire and Emergency services personnel, around 6.30 a.m., a gas cylinder in the house exploded, bringing down the building. At least six people were killed in the incident. Sharavana (30) and his eight-month-pregnant wife, Ashwini (21), both of whom living in the ground floor, were found dead. National disaster response force officials also recovered the bodies of […]
» Read moreTwenty-four rail passengers were hospitalised on Sunday due to food poisoning after they had breakfast on-board Indian Railways’ premium train Tejas Express between Goa and Mumbai. “A case of food poisoning was reported on train no. 22120 Tejas Express upon information from passengers. The train was stopped out of course at Chiplun railway station and treatment was given to passengers […]
» Read moreSix out of seven corporators of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Friday joined the Shiv Sena, giving the party, which rules the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, an edge over the BJP. With this, Shiv Sena’s strength in the BMC, the country’s richest municipal body, has increased to 90, eight more than that of BJP, a senior Sena leader […]
» Read moreVeteran historian of medieval India and noted educational administrator Satish Chandra passed away on Friday. He was 95. He will be cremated at the Lodhi Road crematorium on Saturday, after which a prayer meeting will be held at Chinmaya Mission. Prof. Chandra was the author of the NCERT’s medieval India textbook that was in circulation from some time in the […]
» Read moreIn an effort to boost national productivity, the Union Cabinet announced on Wednesday that it would send a lakh youth to Japan as part of a bilateral technical training programme. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, said after a Cabinet meeting that Indian recruits will receive training in Japan for a period of three to five years. They […]
» Read morethe Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has given push to its plan to make Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) the country’s first airport to have complete Aadhaar-enabled entry and biometric boarding system . According to the Request For Proposal (RFP) issued by BIAL, the airport is expected to be completely Aadhaar-enabled by December 2018, and the initiative is in line with […]
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