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NEW DELHI, July 13 (Xinhua) -- A massive fire broke out Sunday on a freight train carrying crude oil in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with no casualties reported, police said. However, train services to and from Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu, have been disrupted. Southern Railway announced the cancellation of some trains departing from Chennai and the diversion of five trains. The fire broke out when a freight train with 45 coaches, ferrying crude oil, caught fire while pa ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 12 (Xinhua) -- An eight-year-old female Namibian cheetah died Saturday at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, officials said. The cheetah succumbed to her injuries that she sustained approximately a week ago, reportedly during a possible hunting attempt inside a soft-release boma (enclosure) at the KNP. "Nabha, an eight-year-old Namibian female cheetah, died today... She had fractures in both the Ulna and the Fibula on the left side, alon ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in Wednesday's bridge collapse in India's western state of Gujarat rose to 15 on Thursday, even as relief and rescue works continued overnight, confirmed a local official. He said that at least three people were still missing. Nine people were rescued from the spot of the incident and admitted to a local hospital. A portion of the four-decade-old Gambhira bridge had collapsed in Gujarat's Vadodara district, resulting in several vehicles plying on i ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Two pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) died when the trainer jet they were flying crashed in the country's western state of Rajasthan on Wednesday, confirmed the IAF. The trainer aircraft crashed during a routine training mission in Rajasthan's Churu district. "An IAF Jaguar trainer aircraft met with an accident during a routine training mission and crashed near Churu in Rajasthan today. Both pilots sustained fatal injuries in the accident. No damage to any civi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 8 (Xinhua) -- At least three children were killed and six others injured after a passenger train hit a school van attempting to cross a manned level crossing in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, police said. The accident took place at Semmankuppam of Cuddalore district, about 204 km south of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. According to officials, the school van was badly mangled in the accident. Reports said a bystander, identified as a 55-year-old man, was als ...Read More >
Chennai: Trumpeting his agricultural roots and claiming familiarity with the woes of the pastoral community. AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami kicked started his State-wide election tour on Monday by offering prayers at the Vanabadrakaliamman temple in Mettupalayam and raising the slogan 'Save People, Redeem Tamil Nadu' (Makkalai Kaapom, Tamilagan Meetpom). After invoking divine blessings, Palaniswami's maiden rendezvous was a group of farmers, weavers and brick makers, who were w ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Five persons of a family were burnt alive in a village in India's eastern state of Bihar on Monday over the doubt that the deceased were involved in witchcraft, or black magic, said the local police. The incident was reported from Bihar's Purnea district. The local police recovered the dead bodies and detained at least three persons allegedly involved in the killings. It was believed that most residents of the village were involved, either directly or indirectly, ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A wave of spiritualism swept Puri as the divine siblings Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra received a ceremonial send-off by lakhs of devotees on the occasion of Bahuda Yatra on Saturday, marking the deities' return journey to Jagannath Temple from their birthplace at Gundicha Temple.The deities, who had embarked on their annual journey to Gundicha Temple during Rath Yatra on June 27, will be escorted from their chariots to Jagannath temple during Niladri Bije on July 8.The success ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 5 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and several others feared trapped after a portion of a coal mine collapsed Saturday in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, the police said. The portion of the mine collapsed at government-run Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) in Karma area of Ramgarh district, about 55 km north of Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand. "Four bodies were recovered from the accident site. However, the villagers took away three bodies before the pol ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 5 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people, including a groom, were killed and two others injured critically after a vehicle carrying a wedding party crashed into the boundary wall of a college in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday. The accident took place Friday evening in Junawai town of Sambhal district, about 383 km northwest of Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. "The vehicle was reportedly being driven at high speed when the driver lost cont ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 3 (Xinhua) -- India has demanded that the government of Mali secure the safe and expeditious release of three Indian nationals who were abducted two days ago in the West African nation. The three Indians were employed at the "Diamond Cement Factory" in Kayes, Mali. They were abducted on July 1 when a group of unidentified armed assailants carried out a coordinated attack at the factory premises where they were working, and later kept them as hostages. In an official statement, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 3 (Xinhua) -- India has demanded that the government of Mali secure the safe and expeditious release of three Indian nationals who were abducted two days ago in the West African nation. The three Indians were employed at the "Diamond Cement Factory" in Kayes, Mali. They were abducted on July 1 when a group of unidentified armed assailants carried out a coordinated attack at the factory premises where they were working, and later kept them as hostages. In an official statement, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in a chemical factory in India's southern state of Telangana rose to 40 on Wednesday. The massive blast took place on Monday in the Pashamylaram industrial area of the state's Sangareddy district. The ill-fated unit belonged to the Sigachi Industries, which announced a monetary compensation of 10 million Indian Rupees (116,645 U.S. dollars) for the families of each of the dead in the mishap. Besides, as many as 33 people were also injured in the bl ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people were killed and 34 others went missing after multiple cloudbursts and flash floods hit India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh, officials said Wednesday. According to the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), the state witnessed 16 cloudbursts and three flash floods in 24 hours as a result of incessant rains that wreaked havoc and caused widespread devastation. The worst-affected area was Mandi district, about 133 km north of Shimla, the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 35 people were killed and over 30 others injured in a massive explosion inside a chemical factory in the southern Indian state of Telangana, officials said Tuesday. The death toll swelled due to the recovery of more bodies from the debris during the overnight rescue operation. The blast took place on Monday in the Pashamylaram industrial area of Patancheru, Sangareddy district, about 48 km northwest of Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana. According ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- At least four people, including an elderly woman, were shot dead Monday by unidentified gunmen in India's northeastern state of Manipur, officials said. The attack took place near Mongjang village in Churachandpur district, about 96 km south of Imphal, the capital city of Manipur. "Unidentified assailants today afternoon ambushed a car, killing a rebel leader affiliated Kuki insurgent group along with his two bodyguards. An elderly woman also lost her life near t ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- With the recovery of four more bodies, the death toll in Monday's blast at a chemical factory in the southern Indian state of Telangana has risen to 12, officials said. Thirty-four others injured in the blast are undergoing treatment at the hospitals. The blast took place in the Pashamylaram industrial area of Patancheru, Sangareddy district, about 48 km northwest of Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana. Telangana local health minister Damodara Raja Narasimh ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, June 29 (Xinhua) -- At least four workers were killed and four others injured Sunday after soil caved in during pipeline excavation work in India's western state of Rajasthan, officials said. The incident took place at Jangi ka Nagla village in Bharatpur district, about 190 km east of Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan. "Today, a mud wall of a 10-feet-deep trench collapsed at a site where work is going on under the Chambal drinking water scheme. A total of six people were rescued ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, June 27 (Xinhua) -- India's foreign exchange reserves declined 1.015 billion U.S. dollars to 697.935 billion dollars during the week ending on June 20, the central bank said on Friday. In the preceding two weeks, the country's forex reserves had increased 2.294 billion dollars and 5.171 billion dollars, respectively. The data also revealed that foreign currency assets decreased 357 million dollars to 589.069 billion dollars, and gold reserves fell 573 million dollars to 85.743 billi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, June 6 (Xinhua) -- India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday slashed the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.5 percent. This was the third consecutive reduction in the repo rate announced by the RBI since February 2025. Repo Rate is the interest rate at which the RBI extends loans to commercial banks. ■ ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, June 6 (Xinhua) -- India's foreign exchange reserves declined by 1.24 billion U.S. dollars to 691.49 billion dollars during the week ended May 30, showed the weekly data released by the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday. In the preceding week, the country's forex reserves had increased by nearly 7 billion U.S. dollars. According to RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, the forex reserves were robust and sufficient to cover more than 11 months of goods import ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Indian currency Rupee's value fell steeply on Monday taking it to over 86.60 against the U.S. dollar, described as the lowest ever. An online report by "The Indian Express" quoted market analysts as saying that the country's central bank the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had allowed the fall in Rupee's exchange rate versus the dollar amid dwindling forex reserves and declining emerging market currencies. "The Rupee logged its steepest single-day fall in nearly two ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- India's federal government has appointed V Narayanan as the new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and secretary of the Department of Space, officials said Wednesday. According to a government order, Narayanan will assume office on Jan. 14. He will succeed the incumbent ISRO chairman S Somanath. A distinguished scientist at ISRO, Narayanan presently serves as the director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Center. India's state-run broadcaste ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced the launch of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Proba-3 mission slated for Wednesday has been rescheduled to Thursday. The space agency has attributed the decision to the detection of an anomaly in Proba-3 spacecraft. The space agency, however, has not clarified the anomaly. The launch, initially set for Dec. 4, 2024, at 4:06 p.m. (local time), will now take place on Dec. 5 at 4:12 p.m. from the Satish Dhawan Spa ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- At least four people died in a boiler blast inside a factory in India's western state of Gujarat on Tuesday, local police said. All the deceased were industrial workers. The blast occurred inside the factory of Detox India Private Limited situated in Ankleshwar area of Gujarat's Bharuch district. The factory was in the business of industrial waste treatment and disposal. Bharuch's Superintendent of Police Mayur Chavda told the media that apart from the four death ...Read More >
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