A toll gate on a highway. | Photo Credit: BASHKARAN N Starting April 1, as part of its annual revision, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has raised toll rates on the access-controlled Bengaluru-Mysuru and Bengaluru-Hyderabad highways, and on the Hoskote-Devanahalli section of the Bengaluru Satellite Town Ring Road (STRR). On the Bengaluru-Mysuru access-controlled … Read more
A cheetah after being released inside a special enclosure of the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on September 17, 2022. Image for representation purposes only. File | Photo Credit: PTI One more cheetah at the Kuno National Park imported from Africa passed away, authorities confirmed on January 16. Namibian Cheetah Shaurya is the seventh … Read more
With over a dozen dead in State-run hospitals in two districts of Maharashtra in little over 48 hours, the Opposition has slammed the government for gross negligence, and trigged calls for an investigation. Authorities on Tuesday confirmed an additional seven patient fatalities, including four newborns, between October 1 and 2, at Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government … Read more
A toll booth on the Bengaluru Mysuru Expressway. On the first day of toll collection following the inauguration, protests and technical glitches are being observed on the expressway. | Photo Credit: BHAGYA PRAKASH K After a few outfits staged protests opposing the NHAI’s decision to impose toll on the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway from March 14 (Tuesday), … Read more
LATAKIA: Syria – Ibrahim Zakaria lost track of time drifting into and out of consciousness while trapped for nearly five days in the rubble of his home following the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria this week. The 23-year-old cellphone shop worker from the Syrian town of Jableh survived on dirty drips of water … Read more
Sanliurfa: Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled bitter cold Tuesday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 7,800 people. Tremors that inflicted more suffering on a border area, already plagued by conflict, left people on the streets burning debris to try to stay warm … Read more
News of public figures’ deaths has sparked speculation about greater losses than officials have reported. Source link
The death toll in the cylinder explosion during a wedding in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district rose to 32 on December 16, with four more people succumbing to injuries at a hospital in Jodhpur. Slamming the Congress government in the State, BJP leader Rajendra Singh Rathore said while Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is yet to visit Bhungra … Read more
Morbi-based Oreva Group was awarded the contract in March this year to maintain and manage the bridge Morbi-based Oreva Group was awarded the contract in March this year to maintain and manage the bridge A day after the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat, the police arrested nine persons, including the managers of private contractor Oreva … Read more
The State government has officially not given any casualty figure but the Prime Minister and Chief Minister have announced the ex gratia for the dead and for the injured. The State government has officially not given any casualty figure but the Prime Minister and Chief Minister have announced the ex gratia for the dead and … Read more