Guwahati, Sep 5: Many passengers on board a boat were reported missing on Wednesday after it capsized in the Brahmaputra river in Assam.The Kamrup Metro district administration confirmed the incident but could not say if anyone had died. A search operation was on. Witnesses said they saw several passengers from the ferry trying...
Kolkata, Sep 5: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday remembered Mother Teresa on her 21st death anniversary.Mother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta) passed away on this day in 1997, after a lifetime of service for the poorest of the poor. Sincerest tribute to her. In her memory, the @UN declared...
Imphal, Sep 5: Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren announced on Wednesday that the troopers and police commandos have been rushed to Tamenglong district here to arrest the militants of the NSCN(IM), for beating up some AMSU members and singers.The NSCN(IM) militants had used communally inflammatory words. We have rushed police commandos and...
Mumbai, Sep 5:A political furore erupted in Maharashtra on Wednesday after a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party legislator threatened to abduct girls and bring them to their spurned suitors.The threat came on a public platform from BJP MLA Ram Kadam during a post-Gokulashtami celebration event in his Ghatkopar constituency when he addressed a...
Srinagar, Sep 5: Militants attacked a patrol party of the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday, police said.The 55 Rashtriya Rifles' (RR) patrol party was fired upon by the militants in Haji Darpora village. The fire was returned by the RR troops. There was a brief exchange of gunfire...
Hyderabad, Sep 5: A crucial meeting of the Telangana cabinet is likely to be held on Thursday to recommend dissolution of the state assembly to pave way for early polls.Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has asked his cabinet colleagues to be available at 6 a.m. on September 6 for the cabinet meeting,...
Ahmedabad, Sep 5: The Gujarat Police on Wednesday detained for questioning former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt here in a case relating to falsely framing a lawyer in a criminal case in 1998.The Gujarat CID, which took Bhatt into custody following directives from the Gujarat High Court, also detained six other people, including...
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 5: The Kerala government on Wednesday decided that despite the Congress-led opposition's opinion about KPMG, an international professional service company, selected as consultant partner for rebuilding the flood-ravaged state, it will stick with them, a minister said.Industries Minister E.P. Jayarajan, deputising for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who is presently in...
Kolkata, Sep 5: Rescue operations are still going on Wednesday after a portion of a 40-year-old bridge collapsed in south Kolkata a day earlier.A part of the Majherhat bridge between Taratala and Mominpur collapsed around 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday. So far, one person has died and 19 others injured in the accident. Our...
