Heavy rains lashed some parts of Punjab inundating the kharif crops including paddy in several villages of Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala and Sangrur districts. The maximum temperatures in Punjab and Haryana however continued to remain above normal by one to three degrees while in Himachal Pradesh they plummeted due to fresh spells of monsoon showers. The [...]
At least six labourers have been killed and 20 others injured when an under-construction Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) flyover collapsed in Lajpat Nagar area in South Delhi early this morning. The incident was reported from near Lady Shri Ram College in Lajpat Nagar around 5:00 am.
The under-construction bridge fell on a water pipeline, which [...]
Noted Freedom Fighter, literateur and journalist Swaraj Prasad Trivedi passed away today afternoon following a cardiac arrest in Raipur. He was 89 years old. Trivedi was survived by his wife, four sons and two daughters. he was admitted to a city hospital for the last 12 days due to a heart ailment.
Trivedi took to journalism [...]
A military court has on Saturday sacked Captain Poonam Kaur on charges of disobedience and leveling false charges of physical and mental harassment on her seniors.
Last year in July, Captain Poonam Kaur of Kalka based Army Services Corps Battalion had accused her commanding officer Colnel R K Sharma, Lieutenant Ajay Chawla and Major Suraj Bhan [...]
Marathi poet, writer, lyricist and music director Shantaram Nandgaonkar passed away on Saturday morning in Mumbai after a long illness. He was 75 years old. Mr. Nandgaonkar was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and related ailments for the past three years.
He had been in the Bombay Hospital for the past six months where he died this [...]
At least 12 passengers have been injured after two coaches of Howrah-Dehradun Express derailed in Bihar’s Gaya district on Friday. PRO of East Central Railway U K Jha told mediapersons, “The SLR van and guard’s coach of the train jumped the rails near Bilwa station about 50 km from here at about 3.55 am”.
Eye witnesses [...]