Chennai: In yet another incident highlighting the continuing tensions in the Palk Strait, the Sri Lankan Navy Thursday arrested 22 fishermen from Tamil Nadu for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in Sri Lankan waters. According to fisheries department sources, the fishermen hailed from Rameswaram and Mandapam in Ramanathapuram district. They had…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday had a meeting with Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc, and discussed the work India is doing in artificial intelligence and how the technology giant can work with Indian students and professionals in this field.Pichai is here to attend the ongoing India AI Impact…
Mumbai, February 17: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday supported suspicions within the Pawar family over the January 28 plane crash that killed former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, calling the burned condition of the aircraft’s black box “mysterious” and “very serious”.At a press conference, Raut said, “Ajit Pawar’s flight’s black box has…
The East Coast railway (ECoR) is set to lead a major shift in passenger hygiene as six of its most prominent long-distance services, including the bhubaneswar-bengalur Prashanti Express, have been selected for a new national reform. Titled ‘Better Onboard Services’, the initiative was unveiled by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday as the inaugural step in…
Jaipur: A devastating fire at a chemical manufacturing unit in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, claimed the lives of seven workers on Monday morning, while two others were feared trapped inside the premises, officials said.Authorities confirmed that approximately 25 workers were present at the time of the incident. The fire broke out at around 9.30 a.m. at plot number…
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Saturday, inaugurated the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the national highway in Moran in Assam’s Dibrugarh district — a first kind of such facility in the entire northeastern region, government officials said.Prime Minister Modi also witnessed an air show by the Indian Air Force (IAF) soon after the ELF was inaugurated….
Kerala: 10-month-old Aalin Sherin Abraham, who lost her life in a road accident yesterday, reminds people of love, courage and humanity as she becomes the youngest organ donor of her state, Kerala.The girl Aalin Sherin Abraham is the daughter of Arun Abraham, and Sherin Ann John who are the residents of Mallappally in Pathanamthitta.Aalin, the little…
Mumbai: A ticket checker at Kurla Railway Station saved an elderly woman from slipping between a train and the platform amid heavy rush on Mumbai’s suburban network, officials said.The incident occurred as the woman was alighting from a Thane–Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus local train. According to eyewitnesses, she lost her balance in the crowd and slipped…
Rayagada: A police bus suffered brake failure in Rayagada district of Odisha today. However, the alert driver managed to save the lives of hundreds of protestors. The incident was witnessed this morning at Siriguda Chhaka in Rayagada.As per reports, Bharat Bandh was being observed today, called by Trade Unions. Since morning, protestors had taken to…
A 37-year-old Indian-origin tech professional from Karnataka was shot dead in a suspected targeted attack at the parking lot of a busy shopping mall in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday afternoon. The victim has been identified as Chandan Kumar Raja Nandakumar, a resident of Brampton in the Greater Toronto Area Chandan, a native of Thyamagondlu village…
