Imphal: At least two houses were set on fire by a mob here on Thursday afternoon a day after an attack in the Khamenlok area left nine people dead and injured ten others, officials said. Security forces which tried to quell the mob were forced to use force and fired tear gas shells at the…
Gwalior: Two conservancy workers died reportedly of asphyxiation on Thursday after entering a manhole in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, an official said. The incident took place while two contract workers were engaged in cleaning a sewage line in Resham Mill area, Gwalior Municipal Corporation commissioner Harsh Singh said. “The person who entered the manhole first…
New Delhi: The Delhi University is planning to develop the Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute (VPCI) into a multispeciality hospital, Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh said Thursday. Started in the 1950s, the Patel Chest Institute has sent a proposal to the Government of India to make it a full-fledged medical college. “We have Patel Chest Institute. We wish…
Medellin: Teenage archer Bhajan Kaur grabbed a top-10 finish in the recurve women’s qualification round to brighten an otherwise lacklustre show by the Indians in the World Cup Stage 3. On a day when Koreans led the show on expected lines, the 17-year-old in her debut World Cup season put up a spirited show to…
Bhubaneswar: Kartik Kumar of Uttar Pradesh breached the Asian Games qualifying mark by a fair distance as he won the gold medal in men’s 10000 race on the opening day of the National Inter-State Athletics Championship here on Thursday. Kumar clinched the yellow metal with a timing of 29:01.84 seconds. The 24-year-old Kumar bettered the…
Jakarta: Kidambi Srikanth used his vast experience to quell the challenge of Lakshya Sen in straight games in an all-Indian second round duel to progress to the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 event here on Thursday. It was a hard-fought battle between the two Indians but Srikanth bagged the crucial moments…
New Delhi: Localised Pacific ocean currents were identified which provided much-needed sustenance to Palmyra island’s coral reefs in the Central Pacific, which from April 2015 to May 2016 witnessed one of the strongest El Nino events ever recorded, said a new research. Researchers say that the phenomenon they identified could help coral reef managers better…
Kolkata: The fire that broke out at the Kolkata airport on Wednesday night started at a small room that is used by airlines to store various stationery items, its director C Pattabhi said. Speaking to PTI on Thursday, he said an investigation has already started to ascertain the exact cause of the fire. “The small…
New Delhi: The government has reduced the import duty on refined soybean and sunflower oils to 12.5 per cent from 17.5 per cent with effect from Thursday to boost the domestic availability and check prices, a finance ministry notification said. Usually, India imports ‘crude’ soybean and sunflower oils and not their ‘refined’ form. Yet, the…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation of a developed India by creating world-class infrastructure in nine years of his government. Shah also said that from completing languishing projects to implementing new ones with unprecedented speed, India emerged as the global supply chain leader in…
