Mumbai, 21/8: On a five-day official trip to Japan, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP stalwart Devendra Fadnavis, travelled on a Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto – driving home the point for faster transportation networks in India. The National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) is executing India’s first bullet train project between…
Telangana, 21/8: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday announced the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)’s list of candidates for all 119 seats for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state. KCR himself will be contesting from two seats—Gajwel and Kamareddy—while his son, K T Rama Rao will contest from Sircilla.
New Delhi, 21/8: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the national team’s squad for the upcoming Asia Cup, on Monday. Along with the regular faces like captain Rohit Sharma and star-batter Virat Kohli, the 18-member squad also included the likes of Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan. The upcoming tournament…
Mumbai, 21/8: Two persons were injured after a 19-year-old college student allegedly rammed a Mercedes car which he was driving into another car on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai, a police official said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday morning following which the accused, identified as Jay Bansode, was arrested, the official…
New Delhi, 21/8: The ISRO on Monday released images of Lunar far side area captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC). This camera that assists in locating a safe landing area — without boulders or deep trenches — during the descent is developed by Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre (SAC), a major research…
Uttarakhand, 20/8: Seven people were killed and 27 injured when a bus carrying pilgrims from Gujarat fell into a gorge in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand on Sunday. The bus with 35 people on board was returning from Gangotri when it met with the accident at Gangnani. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who is in Delhi,…
Canberra, 20/8: This Spain won the Women’s World Cup for the first time after beating England 1-0 in the final on Sunday. Captain Olga Carmona scored in the 29th minute, drilling in from the left of the area after England lost possession in midfield and Spain countered quickly to take advantage in the clash at…
Thiruvananthapuram, 20/8: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday inaugurated Rs 2,400-crore Kerala Solid Waste Management Project (KSWMP) as part of the second phase of its ‘Malinya Muktham Navakeralam’ (garbage free) campaign. He posted about the launch on social media. Addressing a gathering, Vijayan said the southern state was being urbanised at a rapid pace…
Kolkata, 20/8: A 28-year-old government doctor allegedly killed his wife in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district and surrendered before the police on Sunday, officials said. The incident happened in Helencha in Bagda police station area, they said. Dr Arindam Bala, who works at the state-run SSKM Hospital, went to the police station in the…
New Delhi, 20/8: The Centre on Sunday approved the release of Rs 200 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund as advance assistance to Himachal Pradesh to help the rain-battered state undertake relief measures for affected people. A spokesperson of the Union Home Ministry said the Centre had earlier approved the advance release of Rs…
