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Chandigarh, Mar 2 (PTI) The regional passport office in Chandigarh received a bomb threat email on Monday, prompting authorities to carry out anti-sabotage checks after the evacuation of staff and applicants, police said. Nothing suspicious was found during the operation, they said. After receiving information about the threat mail, police and fire brigade personnel, bomb and dog squads and an ambulance were rushed to the passport office, the police said. The staff and passport applicants wer ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Traffic police have announced road restrictions on February 17 for the main event of the India-France Year of Innovation, which will be attended by the Prime Minister and the President of France.A) South Mumbai - Restrictions from 2 pm to 9 pmB) Western Suburbs - Western Express HighwayHeavy vehicles will not be allowed to move on either northbound or southbound carriageways of the Western Express Highway between Vakola Flyover and Dahisar Toll Naka from 8 am to 9 pm. Ambulances, fire br ...Read More >
Odisha Bandh, January 28: The Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS), a group that campaigns on farmers' issues, has called for a statewide Odisha Bandh on Wednesday, January 28. The bandh aims to demand the release of Rs 800 per quintal input assistance at state-run mandis and to remove middlemen and millers from the paddy procurement process. NNKS also raised objections to the installation of electricity smart meters and heavy penalties on vehicle owners under pollution certificate rules. The org ...Read More >
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 18 (ANI): A fire broke out in an LIC Office in the Periyar area of Madurai on Tuesday night. The fire tender and ambulance have been reported to be at the scene. One woman died during the incident, according to the Madurai City Police. An eyewitness, Manikandan, said, "I came to withdraw cash from the ATM at exactly 8.45 pm. At that time, I learned that a fire had broken out on the upper floor, so I immediately went upstairs. I broke the glass door, and th ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In the early hours of December 13, a medical emergency turned fatal for 34-year-old Venkataramanan, a motor vehicle mechanic from Balaji Nagar in south Bengaluru. At around 3.30 am, he complained of severe chest pain at home. With no ambulance arriving despite attempts, his wife Roopa decided to take him on a two-wheeler to the nearest private hospital. According to the family, the first hospital refused to admit him, stating that no doctor was available. Hoping for help, Roopa took ...Read More >
Lucknow: After a series of accidents that claimed almost two dozen lives in UP due to fog, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered immediate tightening of traffic norms on expressways across Uttar Pradesh. The state government has reduced speed limits on the Agra and Purvanchal Expressways for the next two months in view of dense fog and rising accidents. For light vehicles including cars and jeeps, the maximum speed has been cut from 120 kmph to 80 kmph. Heavy vehicles such as buses and tru ...Read More >
Road accident victims will be entitled to cashless medical care of up to Rs 1.5 lakh for the first seven days, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Rajya Sabha. In what can be described as a major push to remove cost-related delays in emergency care, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that road accident victims across the country will now be eligible for cashless medical treatment of up to Rs 1.5 lakh for the first seven days of hospitali ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17: Expressing concern over the high number of fatalities in road accidents, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari ,on Wednesday, said the Centre plans to provide states with modern ambulances, with the condition that they must reach accident sites within 10 minutes. Replying to supplementary questions during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Gadkari said the ambulances would be equipped with specialised tools to evacuate victims from accident spots. He al ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Expressing concern over high fatalities in road accidents, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the Centre plans to provide states with modern ambulances with the condition that these vehicles must reach accident spots within 10 minutes. Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of Road Transport and Highways acknowledged that the government has not been successful in reducing the number of deaths due to road accident ...Read More >
A mechanic's death in South Bengaluru highlights critical failures in emergency medical care and public apathy. After being denied help at two hospitals and then involved in a road accident, the man succumbed to his injuries. Despite pleas, motorists allegedly ignored him until a cab driver intervened. A tragic incident from South Bengaluru has brought attention to serious shortcomings in emergency medical care and a disturbing lack of public compassion. A 34-year-old mechanic, identified as Ve ...Read More >
A CEEW study shows the PM EDRIVE scheme delivered 1.13M EVs with half the subsidy of FAME II. Despite a lower incentive (₹5,000/kWh vs ₹10,000), annual sales volumes surged, signalling a major shift in India's EV market maturity.PM EDRIVE Outperforms FAME II with Lower Subsidy PM EDRIVE delivered 1.13 million EVs with half the subsidy per vehicle compared to FAME II, according to a new study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). The report highlighted that the government no ...Read More >
Erode, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Elaborate security arrangements, led by the police and supplemented by extensive measures from the organisers, have been put in place ahead of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay's visit to Tamil Nadu's Erode on Thursday. The police have issued several security-related instructions, all of which are being implemented in full, according to a statement issued by TVK chief coordinator K.A. Sengottaiyan. The senior leader, who is a former Tamil Nadu minister, ...Read More >
The annual martyrdom congregation in memory of Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh - the younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh - and their grandmother Mata Gujri will begin at Fatehgarh Sahib on December 25 and continue till December 27. Chairing a meeting of the concerned officials, Mann said around 50 lakh devotees are expected for the 'Shaheedi Sabha' for whom foolproof arrangements should be made, according to an official statement.Major focus should also be laid on their security along with the clea ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Dec 16 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday delivered a strong message to gangsters and criminals, asserting that the state government will not tolerate any attempt to disturb law and order. Addressing a press conference here, Mann warned that the belief of escaping consequences after opening fire must be abandoned, as police will take strict action against those involved in gun violence. Responding to questions on the law and order situation, the Chief Minister bla ...Read More >
The Kamrup (Metro) chief judicial magistrate's court on Tuesday, December 16, began the proceedings in the high-profile death case of singer and cultural icon Zubeen Garg, moving the matter from the investigation phase into the judicial arena. All seven accused were produced not in person, but via video conferencing, a calibrated decision by the court after the Assam Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) warned of possible law-and-order complications if they were brought physically to ...Read More >
Dense fog across Delhi NCR caused a massive multi vehicle pile up on the Delhi Mumbai Expressway near Nuh on Monday, killing at least four people and injuring several others. According to Times of India reports, extremely low visibility triggered chain collisions, once again highlighting winter road safety risks. NEW DELHI: Thick fog enveloped Delhi NCR early Monday, leading to a devastating multi vehicle crash on the Delhi Mumbai Expressway near Nuh that claimed at least four lives and left se ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A Karnataka ex-MLA and doctor by profession, Anjali Nimbalkar, saved the life of an American woman passenger who suffered a medical emergency mid-air during a Goa-New Delhi flight, official sources said on Sunday. The incident occurred when Nimbalkar, AICC secretary co-incharge of Goa, Daman & Diu, Dadra Nagar Haveli, was travelling to Delhi to attend the "Vote Chori" rally organised by the Congress at Ramleela Maidan. During the flight, the woman complained of uneasiness and shiveri ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: The Erode police have issued a set of fresh guidelines, including a two-hour time restriction for Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Vijay's campaign in Erode on Thursday. Even as the party functionaries are busy with the preparatory works for the actor-politician's campaign, the police have set a time limit by permitting the meeting to be held only between 11 am and 1 pm. The scheduled venue, belonging to the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department near the toll p ...Read More >
Ranchi, Dec 15 (PTI) A CRPF personnel, critically injured in an IED blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, was airlifted to Delhi on Monday for better treatment, an official said. Ranchi police created a special 'green corridor' for the ambulance to transport the personnel from the hospital to the airport, he said. He is one of the two jawans of a CoBRA battalion who sustained severe injuries in separate IED blasts during an anti-Maoist operation in the Saranda forest on Sunday. "One j ...Read More >
At least seven people have been reported dead after another body was pulled out from the rubble of an explosion that ripped through a firecracker factory in Hyderabad a day earlier, it emerged on Sunday. Rescue officials confirmed to Dawn the recovery of one more body from the rubble, which was pulled out late on Saturday. On Saturday, a statement from the Rescue 1122 spokesperson said that "a powerful explosion was reported in a firecracker factory on the banks of the Laghari Goth river, Lati ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: At least six people were killed and seven injured when a powerful explosion tore through an illegal fireworks factory in the city on Saturday, officials said. Deputy Commissioner Zain ul Abideen Memon confirmed that a fifth body had been recovered from the debris, adding that three of the injured were in critical condition. A spokesperson for Rescue 1122 said the explosion occurred at a firecracker manufacturing site located on the banks of the Laghari Goth river within the Latifaba ...Read More >
The five passengers in the car -- two men, two women and a 3-year-old girl -- were among the dead Eight people have died and multiple others have been injured after a truck lost control and plowed into other vehicles on a busy highway in India, according to local media reports. The incident occurred on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 13, at around 5:45 p.m. local time, after a Mumbai-bound trailer truck hit at least 13 vehicles on the Bhumkar Bridge-Navale Bridge stretch of the busy Pune-Bengalu ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], October 31 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel flagged off the 'Sardar@150 Unity March' organised by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. On this occasion, he offered floral tributes to the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and paid heartfelt homage to the Iron Man of India, the architect of a united and integrated nation, on his 150th birth anniversary. He stated that under the leadership of Prime ...Read More >
''The inspector of Bellandur police station was so arrogant, with no empathy to a father who lost his only child. Very sad state. I had money, I paid. What will the poor do?' Sivakumar K wrote on LinkedIn. (AI-generated image) A retired senior public sector executive has alleged that he was forced to pay bribes at multiple levels of Bengaluru's civic and law enforcement machinery following the sudden death of his only child. Sivakumar K, former Chief Financial Officer of Bharat Petroleum Corpor ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 31 (PTI) Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday asserted that the government will not be lenient on allegations of payment of bribe to anyone in any department including police and asserted that appropriate action is being taken. He was reacting to retired chief financial officer of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) Sivakumar K's allegation that he was forced to pay bribe. Following the death of his 34-year-old daughter from a brain haemorrhage in September, Siva ...Read More >
Mumbai Hostage Crisis: Kidnapper Rohit Arya Shot Dead During Police Operation, 17 Children RescuedA tense hostage crisis at Mumbai's RA Studio ended tragically on Thursday when police rescued 17 children held captive by 35-year-old Rohit Arya. The suspect, who worked at the studio, was shot during the rescue operation and later died in hospital. A frightening hostage situation unfolded in Mumbai's Powai area on Thursday when a man identified as Rohit Arya took at least 17 children hostage at RA ...Read More >
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 27 (ANI): As Cyclone Montha moves closer to the eastern coast, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has directed officials to take immediate action to safeguard lives and minimise damage in coastal areas, a release said on Monday. As per the release, during a teleconference from the RTGS Centre at the Secretariat, the Chief Minister instructed district collectors and superintendents of police to "shift residents of vulnerable coastal are ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav delivered a sharp critique of the Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party government today, alleging that the state's public health infrastructure has crumbled. Yadav said the healthcare system under the current administration has seen a severe decline in service delivery. "The BJP's misrule has turned ambulances into 'bullock carts'. In UP, bullock carts are running instead of ambulances," the SP chief stated in a pointed message s ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Equating drunk drivers to terrorists and describing drunk driving as an "act of terror on the roads of Hyderabad", police commissioner VC Sajjanar has vowed to adopt a stringent zero-tolerance policy against drunk driving cases going forward.In a scathing attack against offenders who choose to drive while being under the influence of alcohol, the commissioner called the Kurnool bus tragedy a preventable massacre, caused by the reckless and irresponsible behaviour of an intoxicated bik ...Read More >
He further said that when UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath goes out to inspect crops, he "should look at the condition of roads and ambulances." "If he can't see them, he should make good use of Delhi's binoculars or drones," Yadav added. The video shows a woman sitting in a bullock cart, which is travelling through a muddy, waterlogged, and unpaved road. The cart was used to transport the pregnant woman after an ambulance reportedly failed to reach her village, PTI reported. Yadav further ur ...Read More >
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