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NEW DELHI: Last Tuesday, a family of six had gone to attend a function in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur. On Saturday morning, three of them, 39-year-old Marina Massey, her 62-year-old mother Madhur and four-year-old son Trishaan Kumar Verma, returned to west Delhi’s Khajan Basti in coffins.With the bodies came Marina’s distraught husband, Pradeep Kumar Verma, her…
The injured were rushed to Emmiganur government hospital for treatment. KURNOOL: At least eight people were killed and 13 others injured after a lorry collided with a tanker near Chilakaladona in Mantralayam mandal of Kurnool district on Thursday, police said. According to Kurnool police officials, the victims have been identified as pilgrims from Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru…
BHOPAL:One person was killed and three others were rescued after a four-storey building collapsed near the bus stand in Kotmatown of Madhya Pradesh’s Anuppurdistrict on Saturday evening.The incident took place around 5.30 pm when thenearly 10-year-oldlodgesuddenly collapsed, trapping guests,staffandlabourersunder the debris. Eyewitnesses said a loud sound was heard before the building came down, sending dust…
KAKINADA: At least 20 people were killed and 12 seriously injured when a massive explosion occurred at a firecracker manufacturing unit at Vetlapalem village in Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada district on Saturday afternoon. Officials said the toll could rise as many of the injured were unlikely to survive. Most of the workers in the unit were…
Ponduru Khadi from Andhra Pradesh has finally received a Geographical Indication (GI) tag, a century after Mahatma Gandhi lauded its craftsmanship. This recognition validates the dedicated work of Srikakulam district weavers, whose traditional handspun fabric, made with local cotton and meticulous processes, now stands protected from imitation. The GI tag promises better demand and fair…
By: G SivaVISAKHAPATNAM: Six Maoist, including the central committee leader and dreaded military -commander Hidma alias Santosh, were allegedly gunned down by the elite anti-Maoist force Greyhound of Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Tuesday in Maredmilli forest areas of Alluri Sitarama Raju district.Security forces say that another military commander, Chelluri Narayana Rao alias…
Uttar Pradesh CM with Yogi Adityanath and World Bank President Ajay Banga (file photo) LUCKNOW: World Bank Group president Ajay Banga on Thursday praised Uttar Pradesh’s resilient agriculture model for small farmers as a global benchmark for sustainable farming and climate adaptation, a govt official said in a statement.Banga also lauded the Yogi Adityanath government’s…
Avalanche in Dharamshala (PTI) NEW DELHI: Early Friday, Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh was hit by an avalanche on the snow-covered Dhauladhar Hills.A video captured by PTI news agency showed the powerful slide cascading down the mountains. No casualties have been reported so far.The avalanche comes after heavy rains in the first week of October, which…
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) BHOPAL: Three more children died in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara on Sunday after allegedly having cough syrup, taking the toll to 14 on a day a government doctor was arrested, an SIT was formed and the body of a two-year-old girl was exhumed for autopsy – the first among the reported…
NEW DELHI: An expert appraisal committee of the Union environment ministry has granted clearance to the 2,220MW Oju hydroelectric project located in a strategically important region in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district bordering China. One of the largest run-of-river hydro projects in India, it will cost around Rs 25,000 crore and is likely to take…
