Bhopal, March 6 (IANS) In a tragic incident, three coal miners lost their lives due to a slab collapse at the Chhatarpur-I coal mines operated by Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) – a subsidiary of Coal India Limited on Thursday. Nishchal Jharia, Superintendent of Police, Betul district, confirmed the deaths while speaking to IANS over phone, … Read more
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested a person at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Petrapole, in the North 24-Parganas district of West Bengal, for attempting to smuggle gold into India across the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB). The accused confessed that he had procured the gold in Dubai and was smuggling it … Read more
Chennai, March 6 (IANS) A Tamil Nadu-based lawyer has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court, seeking the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and West Bengal. Chennai-based lawyer G.S. Mani filed the PIL on Thursday, arguing that these states are constitutionally and legally obligated to implement … Read more
Gwalior, March 6 (IANS) A devastating incident of fire is reported in the Lal Tipara Gaushala (cowshed), some 15 km away from Gwalior main city, when an unknown source of fire ignited the straw-made sofas, causing a massive fire. The incident occurred in the Morar police station locality. The inadequate safety arrangements in the cowshed … Read more
Chandigarh, March 6 (IANS) In a move aimed at further making Mohali a safe and crime free city, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday inaugurated Phase-I of the city surveillance and traffic management developed at a cost of Rs 21.60 crore. The Chief Minister said this is a significant step towards enhancing urban surveillance … Read more
Jammu, March 6 (IANS) J&K DGP Nalin Prabhat on Thursday said that he has cut two-thirds of his personal security in a manpower optimisation drive. Asserting that charity must begin at home, the DGP told reporters at a ‘Thana Diwas’ meeting here that as part of the major manpower optimisation drive, he has cut his … Read more
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday assured the state Assembly that the government will accelerate the redevelopment of dangerous, dilapidated and old buildings in Mumbai. He said that a meeting will soon be held with public representatives to remove obstacles and thereby give push to the redevelopment of such … Read more
Hyderabad, March 6 (IANS) Cadaver dogs of the Kerala Police on Thursday joined the rescue operation in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district where eight persons were trapped since February 22 after a portion of the tunnel’s roof collapsed. Two cadaver dogs, that are specially trained to locate missing humans … Read more
Bhubaneswar, March 6 (IANS) The BJP held a protest on Thursday alleging that the miscreants arrested for damaging the statue of Biju Patnaik in Mahanga area of Cuttack district are the workers of opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD). The BJP workers accused the BJD party of hatching a conspiracy to malign the state government. The … Read more