Gumla: Two persons, including a 46-year-old woman and a teenager, died in separate snakebite incidents in Gumla district on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.Dashri Devi, a resident of Madhuban Toli under Kasira village in Gumla sadar police station limits, was sleeping on the floor of her house with the rest of her family…
Gulmarg’s gondola ride resumes after a month SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah Thursday re-opened Gulmarg’s popular gondola (cable car) ride that was closed on May 25 after a technical snag left more than 300 tourists stranded for nearly seven hours. Gulmarg’s gondola is among the world’s highest ropeways.Omar said operations were resumed after the manufacturer,…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday blamed the previous Trinamool Congress dispensation for the collapse of the under-construction warehouse in Taratala, telling off the party, “This is the result of the sins you committed.”Holding a copy of the sanctioned building plan of the structure, which bore the signatures of then Trinamool mayor of Kolkata Municipal…
The steering wheel airbag casing allegedly hit the victim with high intensity, causing deep injuries and fatal haemorrhaging inside the stationary vehicle Mumbai: A 25-year-old man allegedly died in a freak accident in Mira Road after a parked car’s airbag unexpectedly deployed and struck him in the neck on Wednesday.The steering wheel airbag casing allegedly…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has planned to complete key restoration and rejuvenation works of east Delhi’s 52-acre Sanjay Lake in phases by next May.DDA announced the timeline Thursday following a recent visit by lieutenant governor TS Sandhu, who inspected the ongoing works and took note of the reports highlighting the lake’s deteriorating condition…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider Union govt’s proposed disinvestment of up to 3% stakes of NLC India Ltd. In a letter to the PM, Vijay said any further dilution of Union govt’s stake would undermine the public sector undertaking’s strategic character and weaken long-term public…
Gaya: The monsoon has already been delayed by 10 days in Gaya district and as per meteorological predictions, the chances of rainfall in the next few days are extremely slim. The unusual heatwave-like conditions prevailing at this stage of the kharif season have worsened the situation.Consequently, kharif crops have been badly hit and kharif sowing,…
Dumka: A mutilated body of a man was found on the railway tracks near Isakpur cabin between Pakur and Tilbhita railway stations on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Rajesh Sarkar, 45, a resident of Chapadanga village under Shaharkol Panchayat. According to family members, Rajesh worked as a driver and was married three times. He…
Chatra: A woman of Uraili village in Chatra district died of a suspected snakebite after she mistook the bite as that of an insect and failed to seek immediate medical help, police said on Thursday.“Ranju Kumari was bitten in the early hours of Thursday when she had gone to a nearby field. She returned home…
Sanjay Dina Patil issued apology and expressed regret over the altercation with journalist NEW DELHI: Hours after hurling abuse at journalists, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Dina Patil on Thursday issued an apology and expressed regret over the altercation.“Ever since I joined the Shiv Sena, I have been subjected to continuous humiliation. When journalist friends came…
