• India
  • December 25, 2024
Chemical Tanker Catches Fire Near Mumbai-Pune Highway; Traffic Hit

Mumbai: A speeding tanker carrying a chemical caught fire after it overturned near Mumbai-Pune highway in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Wednesday morning, police said. Chemical Tanker Catches Fire No casualty was reported, an official said, adding that traffic movement on the road was affected for a couple of hours. The incident took place at 6.15 am at Patel Nagar, Shilphata, near the highway…

  • India
  • December 25, 2024
Congress ‘Shameless’ Party, Using Ambedkar for ‘Political Gains’: CM Sarma

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday termed the Congress as a “shameless” party which is using Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s name for “political gains” only. He claimed that Congress had launched innumerable schemes and established many institutions in the name of leaders from Jawaharlal Nehru’s family, but there was no such establishment after Ambedkar.  “Congress does not have any shame. The…

  • India
  • December 25, 2024
Intense Cold Wave Conditions in Kashmir, Srinagar Records Minus 7.3 degrees

Srinagar: Minimum temperatures decreased at most places in Kashmir as the valley continued to reel under intense cold conditions, leading to the freezing of several water bodies and water supply lines in many areas. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 7.3 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night — down from the previous night’s minus 6.6 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said on Wednesday. It…

  • India
  • December 25, 2024
Manipur CM Pays Tributes to Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on His Birth Anniversary

Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Wednesday paid tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary. He said the former PM’s principles and teachings have inspired the building of a robust economy for this nation. In a post on X, Singh said “Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji has been a pivotal figure in shaping India’s diplomacy and…

  • India
  • December 25, 2024
Odisha Guv, CM Extend Greetings to People on Christmas

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Ragubar Das and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday greeted people on the occasion of Christmas. In a message, the governor said that Christmas is a festival of peace, harmony and humanism. “On this occasion, I extend my heartiest greetings and wishes to all the people of Odisha, especially the Christian brothers and sisters,” Das said. He also wished…

  • India
  • December 25, 2024
‘Fraudulent’: Delhi Departments Red-Flag Kejriwal’s Sanjeevani and Mahila Samman Schemes, Trigger Row

New Delhi: A fresh controversy has erupted in the national capital, involving the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), as two schemes announced by party supremo Arvind Kejriwal have been termed “non-existent” by the welfare departments of the Delhi government itself amid the registration drive for them.  Soon after the public department’s notice emerged in newspapers, a war of words erupted between the AAP…

  • India
  • December 25, 2024
Mumbai Shocker: 6-Year-Old Boy Hit by Airbag, Dies After Car Crash

Mumbai: In a rather shocking and heartbreaking incident reported in Mumbai, a 6-year-old boy who was sitting in the front seat of his car, tragically lost his life in a car crash. What is surprising is that the boy did not die because of the accident; he passed away after being hit by the airbag that opened following the crash. Mumbai Shocker: 6-Year-Old…

  • India
  • December 25, 2024
UN Sec-general Pays Tributes to Indian Peacekeeper

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has paid tributes to Brigadier General Amitabh Jha of India, who was serving with the UNDOF at Golan Heights, and said he will be remembered for his “leadership and unwavering commitment to United Nations peacekeeping.” Brigadier Jha was serving as Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) from April 2023 and had recently served as…

  • India
  • December 25, 2024
Delhi Police Arrest 2 Women in Kidnapping Case of 4-Year-Old Girl

New Delhi: Delhi Police have arrested two women for kidnapping a 4-year-old girl, the police said. The child was rescued after 20 days. The accused, Roma Gupta (36) and Mona Kashyap (32) revealed during interrogation that one of them, struggling with infertility issues planned to abduct a child, police said.   The investigation began after the mother of the kidnapped girl filed a…

  • India
  • December 25, 2024
Man Held for 12-year-old Girl’s Murder in Maharashtra’s Thane

Thane: Police arrested a man in connection with the murder of a 12-year-old girl in Maharashtra’s Thane district on wednesday. The girl was allegedly kidnapped by an unidentified person at around 4 pm on Monday when she was playing outside her house in Kalyan town, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-III Kalyan) Atul Zende said. The body was found near the wall of a…