Kolkata: The Orange Line overcame its most difficult hurdle and managed to bridge the 62m viaduct gap atop the busy Chingrighata crossing early on Sunday.Making full use of the continuous day-night block since Friday night, RVNL was able to place 12 concrete pieces across the 34m viaduct gap between piers 318 and 319 around 7…
Margao: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd (KRCL) has undertaken a series of infrastructure upgrades and pre-monsoon maintenance works along its western coastal route, leading to temporary reduction in train speeds and minor delays at certain sections.The works being carried out include cutting and lowering, ballastless track repairs, track lifting, deep screening, through-track renewal and maintenance of…
Amritsar: Two women were killed and seven others injured when iron shuttering plates collapsed at an under-construction langar hall at Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj Baba Deep Singh Ji on Sunday.Preet Inder Singh, ACP (south), said a group of women was reciting prayers beneath the roof when the structure gave way during “sewa” (voluntary service) for the…
Silchar: Severe erosion by the Madhura, a major tributary of the Barak river, has triggered widespread panic at Goshaipur village in Cachar, with over 30 families staring at an uncertain future after continuous rain has caused large stretches of the riverbank to collapse into the river.Locals alleged that despite erosion being a perennial problem, no…
Lucknow: The Lucknow unit of Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) filed a massive 1.5-lakh-page chargesheet in the multi-crore interstate codeine-laced cough syrup trafficking racket, identifying 30 people involved in the illegal network that allegedly operated between 2019 and 2024.STF officials said the racket involved illegal transactions and trafficking worth more than Rs 1,000 crore,…
Jaipur: Jaipur police cracked the murder case of a Bundi youth who was beaten to death during a wedding function in Sitapura earlier this month, arresting the main accused, who was carrying a reward of Rs 20,000.Two other accused involved in the conspiracy were arrested earlier.Police said the murder was allegedly planned to avenge an…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has now taken suo motu cognisance of the death of Noida-based model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma, a development that has pushed the case beyond a local criminal investigation into a matter of national judicial scrutiny. The case, which began with the 26-year-old’s death under suspicious circumstances at her in-laws’ home in Bhopal…
A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenie has asserted that Tehran holds the legal right to manage the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most strategically important oil shipping routes, as nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States enter a crucial phase.Mohsen Rezaei, a former chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
Rupee began the week in green, gaining 40 paise to 95.20 against the US dollar in early Monday trade. The currency was driven by optimism in global markets over hopes of a potential peace deal between the United States and Iran. In the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 95.36 against the US…
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has one of the biggest lessons that he would want to pass down the family line, and it does not involve any sandwich or donut. The 59-year-old British personality revealed a non-negotiable in his household that requires zero money. Gordon Ramsay has rules within the household Ramsay stated that one of…
