Gandhinagar: Atleast four people were killed in a boiler explosion at Kovika Color Company in Chhatral GIDC, where a fire broke out on Thursday, Gandhinagar Superintendent of Police Ravi Teja Vasamsetty said.Further details are awaited.In a separate incident in the state on October 11, a massive fire broke out in the medicine store room of…
Meerut: The family of Saurabh Rajput, former Merchant Navy officer, whose body was found stuffed inside a blue drum after his cold-blooded murder by his wife Muskan and her lover, Sahil Shukla, welcomed the capital punishment for the duo, as awarded by the district court Wednesday.The two were awarded death penalty by the district judge,…
Patna: At least 11 people, including eight children, died after a boat carrying passengers capsized in the Ganga River in Bihar’s Vaishali district on Tuesday.The accident occurred near Rampur Shyamchand village under the Raghopur police station area while the passengers were reportedly travelling to attend a feast.Around half a dozen people were also reported injured,…
Jaipur: An Air India aircraft from Frankfurt to Delhi was diverted to Jaipur Wednesday morning following a hijack alert, according to sources.However, the alert turned out to be false.The flight AI2030, operated with a Boeing 787-9 aircraft, made an emergency landing at the Jaipur International Airport and was taken to an isolation bay for security…
Weighing in on the escalating row over the de-notification of Delhi’s historic Jantar Mantar protest site, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has come down heavily on the administration, condemning the five-day judicial custody imposed on Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.The CJP leaders were remanded to…
New Delhi, October 12: India to host the first Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Home Ministers’ meeting in New Delhi on October 13, with a focus on strengthening regional cooperation to tackle terrorism, transnational organised crime, narcotics, radicalisation, trafficking, illicit financial flows and cyber threats.Union Home Minister Amit Shah…
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Monday, said that the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has advised the INDIA bloc leaders to approach the Supreme Court through a petition over the controversy surrounding the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, while…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant addressed media queries regarding his decision to decline a meeting requested by Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Rajya Sabha Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge.The senior opposition leaders had sought an audience to present a memorandum regarding electoral roll revisions and election management controversies.Maintaining…
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for stronger states to build a stronger nation, stressing cooperative federalism as he inaugurated development projects worth Rs 13,000 crore and laid the foundation stones for national highway projects in Tamil Nadu.Addressing a gathering attended by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, PM Modi said the Centre and…
An IndiGo flight travelling from Delhi to Chennai was diverted to Hyderabad on Sunday after a power bank caught fire onboard the aircraft.Flight 6E 6115, operated by an aircraft registered as VT-NOE, was en route to Chennai when crew members detected smoke and flames originating from a passenger’s portable power bank.Following standard emergency procedures, the…
