The leak occurred at the unit’s ammonia plant, located about 50m from the workers’ accommodation on the factory premises Chennai: At least two people were killed and 62 others fell ill after an ammonia leak at a seafood export firm at Kannigaipair near Periyapalayam in Tiruvallur district on Sunday morning. The death toll is expected…
Bicholim: The agitation against a mega housing project in Karapur entered its 78th day on Sunday, with villagers reiterating that they will continue their protest until the project is scrapped. Residents allege that the project violates environmental norms.Under the banner Karapur Gramastha Ekvoticho Aawaz, villagers have been staging a sit-in protest near the Shri Shantadurga…
Varanasi: NEET re-examination conducted by the National Testing Agency was completed successfully at various centres across the district. A total of 25,480 candidates were registered at 47 examination centres in the district. Of them, 23,787 appeared for the examination, while 1,693 remained absent, resulting in an attendance rate of 93.36 per cent.District magistrate Satyendra Kumar…
Ahmedabad: Alert passers-by helped avert a tragedy on the CTM-Ramol double-decker overbridge on the Narol-Naroda highway after a man climbed the bridge’s iron safety railing and stood on the ledge. After a tense few minutes of persuasion by locals and commuters, the man climbed back to safety.The incident took place on the busy overbridge on…
Patiala: Volunteers on Sunday cleared four trolley-loads of garbage from the 18th-century Nabha Fort and an adjoining park, renewing demands that the monument linked to Maharaja Ripudaman Singh be protected and developed as a tourism destination.The clean-up was led by newly elected municipal councillor Yadvinder Singh, who said he acted on public demand despite the…
Guwahati: The NEET-UG re-examination was conducted smoothly across the northeast on Sunday, with students turning up in large numbers at most centres and displaying determination despite recent controversies surrounding the exam. The retest was held at centres ranging from major urban locations in Assam to the conflict-affected hill district of Churachandpur in Manipur.In Guwahati, authorities…
times news networkLucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that anyone who dares to trouble women or daughters in Uttar Pradesh is now sent to ‘Yamraj’ (The god of death).Speaking at a programme in UP’s Hamirpur, where he inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 75 development projects worth more than Rs 630 crore,…
Jaipur: Civic authorities Sunday began cleaning drains and removing stagnant water in Jawahar Nagar Kacchi Basti ahead of the monsoon season after residents raised concerns over recurring flooding in the settlement.The action followed a memorandum submitted by the Jawahar Nagar Kacchi Basti Vikas Sangharsh Samiti to district collector Sandesh Nayak, highlighting the annual problem of…
NEW DELHI: Multiple rib fractures, a major surgery, oxygen support and need for chest drain could not stop Shrishti Dubey from taking the NEET-UG re-examination Sunday. A week after a serious road accident, the West Bengal candidate entered a specially prepared room at her Kolkata centre, determined not to lose the opportunity for which she…
‘Balan: The Boy’ box office collections day 3: Chidambaram’s thriller jumps 27.7 percent; Sunday collections touch Rs 3 Cr Chidambaram’s thriller film ‘Balan: The Boy’ continued its steady run at the box office on its first Sunday. The film witnessed healthy growth on Day 3 and recorded its best single-day collection since release. According to…
