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Ramsetu bridge suffered structural damage after the first rainfall since its construction AJMER: In a damning indictment of public infrastructure management, the Ajmer Judicial Magistrate Court Number-2 on Wednesday ordered to immediately close the newly inaugurated Ramsetu bridge that suffered structural damage last week after the first rainfall since its construction.Rajasthan’s Rs 243 crore project,…
By Ashok Singh ShekhawatJHUNJHUNU: Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed after a Jaguar trainer aircraft crashed during a routine training mission near Bhanuda village in Rajasthan’s Churu district on Wednesday afternoon, reports Ashok Singh Shekhawat.The IAF has ordered a court of inquiry to determine the cause of the crash – the third such accident…
PATNA: The special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar has gained pace with 57% (4.5 crore) of the 7.89 crore enrolled voters submitting their enumeration forms by Wednesday. But the process seems to have thrown up an urban-rural divide, TOI found after speaking to officials and people across regions. While officials were seen…
Arunachal CM Pema Khandu (File photo) Arunachal Pradesh shares a 1,200km border with Tibet, not China, chief minister Pema Khandu declared Wednesday in a surgical swipe at Beijing for repeatedly laying claim to the northeastern state, and also creating what he called a ticking “water bomb” in the form of the world’s largest dam project…
Around 7.30 am, a large slab of the 43-year-old bridge over the Mahisagar River gave way. The bridge connected Vadodara and Anand districts, serving as a vital link between Central Gujarat and Saurashtra VADODARA: At least 13 people, including two children, died Wednesday morning when six vehicles plunged 50 to 60 feet into Mahi river…
BATHINDA/NEW DELHI: In a massive crackdown on illegal immigration rackets operating from several cities in Punjab and Haryana, the Enforcement Director on Wednesday conducted searches at 11 locations in seven cities on some of these agents, including on the premises of farmers’ union leader Sukhwinder Singh, also known as Sukh Gill, the president of BKU…
NEW DELHI: Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday directed all zones to put in place a CCTV system with necessary recording facilities at all level crossings (LCs) on the railway network. This comes a day after a passenger train collided with a school van at a level crossing in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district, killing at…
NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva on Wednesday ridiculed AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s recent comment that he deserves a Nobel Prize for governance, calling the remark “laughable” and claiming the former chief minister would be better suited for awards in “corruption” and “incompetence,” news agency PTI reported.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hit back swiftly,…
NEW DELHI: India achieved a major milestone in naval defence with the successful user trials of the indigenously developed Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ERASR). The trials were carried out on Tuesday from INS Kavaratti, showcasing the growing capabilities of homegrown defence technologies.Defence minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the defence research and development organisation (DRDO), the Navy,…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday launched the ‘School Bachao Abhiyan’ (Save Schools Campaign) in Jaunpur, slamming the Uttar Pradesh government for shutting down thousands of government schools. With the slogan “Not Liquor Shops, We Need Schools,” Singh marched with local residents to a primary school in Meerganj Khas that…
