A man driving away with a van he had stolen was nabbed near Puzhal on Wednesday night when it stalled and two men he called for assistance turned out to be plainclothes policemen. The vehicle thief was Balaji alias Balakrishnan, 27 of Periapalayam, a previous offender. Police said Balaji had broken into the Tata Ace …
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Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) B D Mishra took a pregnant woman, who urgently needed medical attention, in his helicopter from Tawang to a hospital. When the chopper developed a snag after refuelling at Tezpur, the Governor requisitioned an Air Force helicopter and let the woman and her husband leave first for the capital city. He returned later in another …
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India seems to be on a roll when it comes to the development of the railway infrastructure. We have a bullet train under way between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, a train that will connect India to Nepal, another project that will lead us straight to Andamans and now we have India’s first engineless train, Train 18 that has successfully completed its …
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A thick haze engulfed Delhi as the air quality deteriorated and eight areas of the national capital recorded severe pollution level, authorities said Tuesday. The overall air quality index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded at 360, which falls in the ‘very poor’ category, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data. Also Read: More Than Five Thousand Marriages To Take Place …
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Malaysian police have arrested 21 people over riots that broke out amid a dispute over the relocation of a Hindu temple outside Kuala Lumpur. The clashes began on Monday morning when a group of intruders attacked Indian devotees praying at the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in central Selangor state’s Subang Jaya township and torched vehicles. Another group of men retaliated …
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In a welcome news for flyers, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has agreed on a proposal where passengers won’t have to get their laptops and small bottles of liquid to be screened separately. The proposal will be rolled out in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad airports soon on an experimental basis. BCCL “On an experimental basis, BCAS has allowed …
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Three couples with identical names — Charanjeet Singh and Manjit Kaur — kept the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court, busy for more than a quarter of a century with a property dispute. The property in question was CSR Poultry Research and Breeding Farm, belonging to a partnership firm floated by Charanjeet Singh Rekhi and wife Manjit Kaur, which owned …
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Indian wrestlers have achieved several milestones in the last one decade. Medals at major world wrestling events show the development and professionalism of Indian wrestlers over the years. Whether it was Sakshi Malik’s picture on the shoulders of her coach – after she won an Olympic bronze in Rio – or Vinesh Phogat’s marathon run for gold at recently concluded …
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Hadiya Aarbi, a 15-year-old girl from Sindh, Pakistan, was preparing to return home from Delhi. A student of class 9 came to India for her liver transplant in December 2017 and had successfully undergone treatment. She had to leave studies midway through the semester because of her health conditions. However, the last-minute U-turn by her uncle, who refused to donate …
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The pollution levels in Delhi and the National Capital Region has once again plummeted to ‘Very Unhealthy levels’. On Sunday morning, across many parts in the national capital, the AQI was above 300 for PM2.5 presence. ANI The air had briefly improved on Saturday due to increased wind speed, favourable for dispersion of pollutants, and settled in the ‘poor’ category. …
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