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3-year-old girl who fell in 110-feet deep borewell in Bihar's Munger rescued
MUNGER: Sanno, a three-year-old girl who fell in a 110-feet deep borewell in Munger district of Bihar, was safely rescued after several hours of coordinated efforts by the SDRF and the NDRF officials. News agency ANI confirmed that the 3-year-old girl who was stuck in a 110 feet deep borewell for
Jazeera airways flight, carrying 150 passengers, catches fire after landing; passengers safe
Hyderabad: One of the engines of a Jazeera Airways aircraft, carrying about 150 passengers, caught fire after the plane landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here in the early hours on Thursday. Airport sources said the Air Traffic Control and also some members of the ground staff noti
Tantrik inserts 9 needles in Kolkata girl’s throat, Doctors spend 3 hours to save her life
Religion is a concept that can give people hope, peace of mind and a sense of security to help them get through tough times. However, considering how it’s on the polar opposite end of science, mixing them up usually leads to catastrophic conclusions. As religion has an overbearing influence on almos
FIR against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for remarks against draft Assam NRC
On Tuesday, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BYJM), the youth wing of BJP has filed an FIR in Naharkatia police station at Assam's Dibrugarh, after the Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister reportedly remarked that expanding the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in her state would
4-month old dies after developing breathing problem on board IndiGo flight
New Delhi/Hyderabad: A four-month-old baby died after developing a breathing problem onboard a Patna-bound IndiGo flight at the Hyderabad airport on Tuesday. The boy was travelling with his parents from Bengaluru in the flight when he developed the breathing problem, police said. IndiGo said t
40 lakh in Assam labelled ‘illegals’ after massive SC-monitored drill
GUWAHATI: After a massive Supreme Court-monitored exercise to identify illegal migrants living in Assam, the Registrar General of India (RGI) on Monday found 40 lakh people ineligible to be included in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC). This set off strong political reactions with the op
Two more suicides in Maharashtra over Maratha quota demand
Mumbai: The Maratha quota protest has led to three suicides in the state in as many days, taking the total number of suicides to five. A body of a 35-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in a forest at Beed, 390 km from Mumbai, today morning. In a suicide note left behind by Abhijeet Deshmukh,
Hackers deposit Re 1 in Trai chief's account
Ethical hackers on Sunday claimed to have the bank account details of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman R S Sharma and posted the same on Twitter. Users also posted screenshots of sending Re 1 to Sharma via the Aadhaar-Enabled Payment Service using apps like BHIM and Paytm, and t
7 members of a family commit suicide in Ranchi
Just days after mass suicide by 11 members of a family in Burari in the national capital shocked the country, a similar case has come to the fore. At least seven members of a family allegedly committed suicide in Jharkhand capital Ranchi. The mass suicide was allegedly committed by the family res
Woman sues doctors for ‘wrongly diagnosing’ tumour as pregnancy
CHENNAI: A woman, who alleged that she was wrongly diagnosed for a tumour in her abdomen as pregnancy by doctors of Kasturba Government Maternity Hospital at Triplicane has approached the Madras High Court seeking a compensation of `five lakh besides appropriate action against the doctors and other
Big boost for Yogi’s UP: PM Modi launches projects worth Rs 60,000 crore; Jio, TCS, Adani among big names
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched projects involving an investment of Rs 60,000 crore which were materialised following the Uttar Pradesh Investors Summit earlier this year. The summit had led to the generation of investment intent for 81 out of the 1,045 Memorandums of Understandin
Pregnant goat dies after being allegedly gangraped by 8 men in Haryana
Police have booked eight men in a village in Haryana’s Mewat district for raping a goat Wednesday night. The seven-year-old goat was pregnant and died a day after the assault, police said. Police said the accused are locals and alleged history-sheeters. Three of them were beaten up by villagers i
33 killed as bus carrying tourists falls into gorge in Raigad in Maharashtra
Thirty three people were killed when a bus carrying 34 people to Mahabaleshwar on a picnic fell into a deep gorge off Ambenali Ghat in Raigad district on Saturday. Raigard collector Vijay Suryawanshi confirmed the death toll. Only one person, Prakash Sawant Desai, survived as he jumped out of
Uttar Pradesh: 27 killed as heavy rains wreak havoc
Lucknow: At least 27 people were killed as heavy rains wreaked havoc in different parts of Uttar Pradesh, a government spokesperson said on Friday in Lucknow. Thundershowers are likely to continue at many places across the state, the MET office said. Widespread rains in different parts of the state
West Bengal assembly passes resolution to rename state as 'Bangla'
KOLKATA: The West Bengal Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday to rename the state as 'Bangla' in three languages -- Bengali, English and Hindi. The move is aimed at climbing the alphabetical sequence of state names in which West Bengal appears last in the list now. The state will have to wai
Maratha stir: Mobile internet suspended to keep Navi Mumbai calm
NAVI MUMBAI: With the worst violence during the Maratha agitation on Wednesday erupting in Koparkhairane here in the evening and the area remaining tense even on Thursday, mobile internet and messaging services were cut, most likely for the first time, in the satellite city. The services, curtail
'Govt had no role in Rafale deal,' Anil Ambani told Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Eight months ago, billionaire Anil Ambani wrote to Congress President Rahul Gandhi refuting allegations of his Reliance Group lacking experience to get the Rafale fighter jet deal and said the government had no role in French Group Dassault picking up his company as a local partner. In
Taj Mahal preservation: SC irked at UP govt for filing draft of vision document, not consulting ASI
Irked at the Uttar Pradesh government for filing a draft report of the vision document on protection of Taj Mahal, the Supreme Court Thursday asked: “Are we supposed to vet it?” The apex court also expressed surprise why the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which is responsible for the protecti