New Delhi: The SWISS Airbus A330 with 245 people on board had aborted takeoff on April 26, after reaching a speed of about 110 knots when its “engine one failed with a large bang and spitting a large flame forward which was visible from the cockpit.” The aircraft had “veered to the left and the…
Mumbai: The BMC T-ward office carried out demolition of 150 unauthorised residential and commercial structures at Amar Nagar, Khindipada, obstructing the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road project, which connects the eastern and western suburbs of Mumbai. The remaining 234 unauthorised structures will be removed next week. The Goregaon-Mulund Link Road is 12.20 km in length. The work…
Bengaluru: After a decade of consistently reducing its infant mortality rate (IMR), Karnataka in 2024 saw a slight increase, according to the sample registration system (SRS) report released recently by the Registrar General of India.IMR is defined as the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1,000 live births in a…
Choosing his words: Joseph Vijay took oath in the name of god when he was sworn in as chief minister in May. In the assembly, he took the oath upon his conscience R S Raveendhren Tamil Nadu’s new chief minister’s theatrical oath in the name of god may have sent his party cadres into thunderous…
Hyderabad: Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, officials have raided a medical shop at Ramanthapur for allegedly selling habit-forming medicines without prescription and seized 120 bottles of a cough syrup.Acting on specific intelligence, the DCA officials raided SVR Medicals at Sri Nagar Colony, Ramanthapur, on Saturday and seized stocks of codeine-containing Tossex cough syrup and tramadol-containing…
Three fire tenders were pressed into service to contain the blaze Gurgaon: A fire broke out at a four-storey building located in DLF-1 on Sunday evening.Fire officials said the cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained. No injuries were reported in the incident that occurred on the fourth floor of the S+4 commercial…
Kolkata: Students of a girls’ hostel of Presidency University in Salt Lake sector I allegedly chased away a man after spotting him flashing and masturbating on a road near the hostel late on Saturday night, triggering fresh concerns over security in the area.According to students, the man was seen engaging in an alleged obscene act…
More than five times, protesters spilled onto the highway, briefly blocking traffic before police pushed them back using mild force Ghaziabad: For the second day in a row, Khoda’s grief was overtaken by a show of force. A family’s plea for justice for a murdered boy soon swelled into a charged mobilisation as groups of…
Panaji: A 34-year-old Kerala native, Manu, who allegedly came to Goa after committing theft to party and visit casinos, was detained by Goa police at a venue in Calangute on Sunday and later handed over to Kerala police for investigation.PI (crime branch) Dattaguru Sawant said that on May 27, a case was registered at the…
Municipal corporation officials have placed the blame for the park’s condition on an NGO that had voluntarily accepted the responsibility for its upkeep. Ludhiana: Once a sprawling urban oasis, Ludhiana’s Leisure Valley has degenerated into a dilapidated wasteland, sparking outrage among residents who are demanding the immediate restoration of the Dugri-Pakhowal Road green belt ahead…
