Fire brigade personnel and emergency responders conduct a rescue operation after a tree fell on a school van in Chembur on June 30. The incident claimed the life of an 11-year-old student and left several others injured Mumbai: Even as the Municipal Engineers Association and Brihanmumbai Municipal Engineers Union have sought the revocation of the…
The deputy engineer said the constant travel, mental stress, workload and lack of rest seriously affected her health Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: As the row over the suspension of a deputy engineer — for failing to expedite the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city water project — intensified, the officer said years of hard work and personal sacrifice had gone…
Vijayanagara: Lakhs of farmers across Vijayanagara district are staring at an uncertain future, with the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) allegedly failing to provide compensation for crop losses suffered during the previous kharif and rabi seasons.Nearly 80% of the district’s farmers reportedly suffered extensive crop loss. The destruction was caused by a combination of…
Stone-pelting on Indian trains is a growing menace, with thousands of incidents reported annually. A passenger is injured after a stone crashes through a train window. An alert loco pilot spots an iron pipe on the tracks seconds before disaster. A low-intensity blast damages a freight corridor, triggering a multi-agency investigation.Different states. Different methods. But…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police wishes to use the new slip road at Chingrighata that was constructed by Metro authorities and links Metropolitan with Chingrighata Crossing on the Ultadanga bound flank, all year round instead of shutting it down once the Metro construction at the crossing is completed.Sources mentioned that the current schedule allows all…
NHL-Darnell Nurse of the Edmonton Oilers (Credit: Getty Images) The move closed a major chapter for the Edmonton Oilers, who drafted Nurse in the first round in 2013 and saw him develop into one of the franchise’s most important defensemen. It also gave Edmonton immediate salary-cap flexibility, which made the trade one of the biggest…
India-Japan deepen ties ‘UNICORN’ (Unified Complex Radio Antenna / NORA-50 integration mast) India and Japan have announced their first-ever defence co-development project, the Naval Radio Antenna ‘UNICORN’ (Unified Complex Radio Antenna / NORA-50 integration mast), with Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing it as a “new chapter” in the defence technology partnership between the two nations.Speaking…
Indian-origin CEO Sanjay Mehrotra announces $250 million donation to Trump Accounts on behalf of his company Micron. Indian-origin CEO of Micron Technology, Sanjay Mehrotra, announced that on the occasion of American turning 250 on July 4 this year, his company will make a $250 million investment in Trump Accounts, the largest donation that any company…
An invasive snake that likely arrived on Guam hidden inside military cargo after the Second World War went on to transform the island’s ecosystem in ways scientists are still trying to understand. The brown tree snake, native to parts of Australia, Papua New Guinea and nearby islands, found an environment unlike any it had encountered…
Man dies after falling into open manhole in Mumbai (Fike Photo) MUMBAI: A 60-year-old man died after falling into an open manhole on Khairani Road in Sakinaka on Thursday afternoon while civic drain maintenance work was underway.The deceased, identified as Aslam Sheikh, allegedly stepped into an uncovered manhole. According to eyewitnesses, three contractual workers had…