Tamil Nadu,Aug 26: At least nine people died and 20 others sustained injuries after a major fire erupted on a train at Tamil Nadu’s Madurai railway station on Saturday. The Railways has announced an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the families of deceased. The blaze was reported at nearly 5:15 am inside a […]Continue Reading
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NEW DELHI,AUG 26 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Isro scientists and officials at the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Telemetry, Tracking and Command Centre in the Peenya industrial area of Bengaluru and lauded the scientists for the success of Chandrayaan-3. PM Modi reached Bengaluru this morning after concluding his two-nation visit. PM Modi said Chandrayaan-3 Continue Reading
World Athletics Championships: Neeraj Chopra qualifies for javelin final, seals Paris Olympics berth
NEW DELHI,AUG 25 : One throw and done! Tokyo Olympics champion Neeraj Chopra needed only one throw to qualify for the final of men’s javelin at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Friday. The Olympic gold medalist threw his season-best 88.77m in his first attempt after going 17th in Group A of the qualification […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 25 : Former US president Donald Trump surrendered on Thursday on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, a brisk 20-minute booking that yielded a historic first: a mug shot of a US ex-president. He was released on $200,000 bond and headed back to the airport for his […]Continue Reading
SAHARANPUR/LUCKNOW,AUG 24: A tractor-trolley fell into a drain near Redhibodki village in the Saharanpur district, leaving nine people dead, four of them children, police on Thursday said.The incident took place Wednesday evening in the Tajpura area when a tractor carrying around 50 devotees was on its way to Randaul village for a religious event, Superintendent […]Continue Reading
NEPAL,AUG 24 : Six Indian pilgrims were among seven people killed when the bus they were travelling in plunged some 50 metres from a mountain road in Nepal’s Madhesh province, a media report said on Thursday. The accident happened in the early hours of Thursday in the province’s Bara district when the bus carrying pilgrims […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 24: BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the admission of six new countries from next year as the club of large and populous emerging economies seeks to reshape the global order. The BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — agreed at their annual summit to make Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 24: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s Pragyan rover was successfully deployed on the Moon on Thursday, after the successful soft landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. This comes hours after India’s third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, scripted history as Vikram lander touched down on the Moon surface on Wednesday evening. “The Ch-3 Rover Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 24 : Russia’s most powerful mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane which crashed on Wednesday evening north of Moscow with no survivors, the Russian authorities said, two months to the day after he led an abortive mutiny against the army top brass. There was no official comment from the Kremlin or […]Continue Reading
Gujarat,Aug 24 : At least 28 people were hospitalised after inhaling a toxic gas that leaked in a chemical factory near Jambusar in Gujarat’s Bharuch district on Wednesday, officials said. The affected people complained of breathing problems after they inhaled bromine gas that leaked due to a fire that broke out in a tank at […]Continue Reading
