LUCKNOW, India — Four people returning from a Hindu pilgrimage have died while traveling in a non-air-conditioned coach on an Indian train during a summer heat wave. Temperatures during the day Tuesday had soared to 48 Celsius (118 Fahrenheit). Railway official Manoj Kumar says the four, who were […]
Mumbai, Jun 12: Mumbai and some neighbouring coastal areas of Maharashtra witnessed a windy Wednesday morning as cyclone ‘Vayu’ turned into a “very severe cyclonic storm”, the weather department said. As the cyclone continued to progress towards Saurashtra and Kutch regions of neighbouring Gujarat, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) […]
MUMBAI – Indian authorities are preparing to evacuate 300,000 people along the western coast as a severe cyclone is expected to make landfall on Thursday morning in the state of Gujarat. Storm Vayu, which formed in the Arabian Sea, is likely to cross the Gujarat coast with gust […]
Mumbai, Jun 11: Veteran lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar has said while he understands the disappointment with the verdict in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, he believes capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime. Akhtar admitted that he did not […]
New Delhi, Jun 11: Vigilance Commissioner Sharad Kumar has been named interim CVC until a new incumbent is chosen by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-headed selection panel. Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) K V Chowdary and Vigilance Commissioner T M Bhasin completed their tenure at the anti-graft body on Sunday and […]
Barrackpore, Jun 11: At least two people were killed and three others severely injured when bombs were hurled at them late Monday night in the Kankinara area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, police said Tuesday. The TMC claimed that the victims were supporters of the party and […]
The black softshell turtle is officially extinct in the wild, but a centuries-old Indian temple and its nature-loving caretaker are helping the creature make a tentative comeback. The northeastern state of Assam was once rich in freshwater turtles, but habitat loss and over-exploitation — they were once a […]
New Delhi, Jun 11: A dust storm is expected to hit the national capital Tuesday afternoon, MeT officials said, as the city witnessed a cloudy sky in the morning. The minimum temperature was recorded at 30.4 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. A Met Department official said, […]
New Delhi/Lucknow, Jun 9: The Editors Guild Sunday condemned the “arrest” of a journalist, and the editor and the head of a television channel over alleged objectionable content related to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, describing the police action as an “authoritarian misuse of laws” and an effort […]
Muzaffarnagar, Jun 9: A seven-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by a juvenile at a village here, police said Sunday. The juvenile, aged 15, has been apprehended and a case registered, they said. Police said the juvenile took the boy to his house promising him sweets and committed the crime. […]
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