If things go according to plan, you can hope to reach Mumbai to Delhi and vice versa in only 10 hours via a superfast train. Similarly, one can reach Delhi to Howrah in just 12 hours. The Indian Railways has set the target to increase the maximum speed of these trains travelling on these routes …
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As the heatwave is forcing many to stay indoors, it may also attract reptiles to the households, seeking refuge from the extreme weather condition. Cases of reptiles venturing into urban settings generally tends to increase by the end of June, with monsoon rains also flooding the burrows, animal experts said. Wildlife SOS, an animal rescue NGO said they have been …
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A man posing as an IPS officer with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) was arrested from east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar. The accused had allegedly raped numerous women after promising to marry them. Police said that the accused has been identified as Piyush and a fake ID card was also recovered from him. Representational Image Piyush came on the police radar …
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In last 48 hours, Delhi has witnessed six murders in different corners of the city. The incidents ridicule tall claims of formidable law and order in the national capital. The latest victim of this crime spree was a 19-year-old boy who was found allegedly murdered at his house in Gandhi Nagar, the news agency ANI quoted Delhi police while reporting …
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‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan Requests PM Modi Not To Agree To Delhi Govt’s Free Ride Scheme For Women ‘Metro Man’ as he is fondly called, former Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to agree to the proposal as it would set an ‘alarming precedence’. Opposing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s proposed free travel …
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Our refusal to treat sanitation workers with dignity has once again claimed more lives as seven persons, including four sanitation workers, died after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning sewer of a hotel in Vadodara district of Gujarat. The incident happened on Saturday shortly after midnight at Darshan Hotel in Fartikui village of Dabhoi tehsil, around 30 kms from Vadodara city. …
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Parts of north India including national capital Delhi is in the grip of an unusually long heatwave, which has thrown normal life out of gear. Well, there is some good news and bad news. The good news is that Delhi could get some respite from the sweltering heat as early as Wednesday itself as the Indian Meteorological Department has predicted …
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In an appalling incident, a local journalist was thrashed mercilessly by Government Railways Police (GRP) personnel in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district. The incident took place when the journalist, identified as Amit Sharma, was covering the derailment of a goods train near Dhimanpura. Hours after a journalist in Shamli was beaten up on camera by a group of GRP personnel for …
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2019 is shaping up to be one of the deadliest years on record for the Indian Air Force (IAF). With nearly six months to go in this year, there have been a total of nine incidents where an IAF aircraft was involved in a crash. In the latest incident, an AN-32 with 13 people on board, including eight crew members …
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In a rather strange directive, the Collector of Bijapur district KD Kunjam has issued an order barring government employees from wearing “T-shirts, jeans and bright-coloured clothes” to office. In an order dated June 11, the Collector said that the officials and employees were to attend office in formals or prescribed uniforms. AFP/Representational Image The order reads, “As per rules, government …
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