Doubles stars Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty kept India’s proud run alive at the BWF World Championships, extending the country’s medal streak at the event that dates back to 2011. On Friday, August 29, in Paris, the World No. 9 pair produced a breathtaking display of fearless, attacking badminton to stun their familiar rivals —…
NEW DELHI: Potholes claimed 2,161 lives in 2023, an increase of around 16.4% from the previous year, according to the latest report of the road transport ministry. Deaths caused due to wrong side driving and lane indiscipline also increased, to 9,432 in 2023 from 9,094 in the previous year.The road transport ministry released the report…
Ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday expressed shock over the recent killings of journalists in Gaza’s Khan Younis in Israeli strikes, calling it “deeply regrettable.” In an official statement, ministry of external affairs spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, said, “The killing of journalists is shocking and deeply regrettable.”In response to media…
The United States has immediately paused the issuance of all worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday, citing public safety concerns and the need to protect American jobs. “The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on US roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods…
NEW DELHI: Heavy rains wreaked havoc in the national capital on Thursday, claiming three lives within 12 hours and leaving parts of the city paralysed by waterlogging, fallen trees and traffic chaos.In southwest Delhi’s Vasant Vihar, two boys died after a wall collapsed on them in Basant Nagar near Hanuman Mandir around 4.40 pm. Police…
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann (ANI) Punjab’s Road Safety Force (SSF), launched in January 2024 under the leadership of chief minister Bhagwant Mann has saved over 35,000 lives by providing rapid medical assistance at accident sites.The force has made significant strides in improving road safety, emergency response times, and public security across the state,…
A sharp sob broke the silence at the mass gravesite. A woman collapsed beside the twin graves of Panakkadan Shajahan and his daughter Faiza as the cleric ended their death anniversary prayers. “Poovi has fainted… It was too much for her,” said an elderly relative as others rushed to help.Nearby lies the scattered grave of…
Thirty people have died and over 80,000 others were relocated in the latest round of heavy rainstorms in Beijing, the city’s municipal flood control headquarters said on Tuesday. The deaths took place in Beijing’s northern mountainous districts, with 28 in Miyun and two in Yanqing. A total of 80,332 people have been relocated across the…
NEW DELHI: Mansa Devi temple authorities on Sunday dismissed reports of electrocution as the cause behind a stampede that killed six people and left over two dozen injured near the shrine in Haridwar. The chaos, which unfolded early Sunday morning, was reportedly triggered by a rumour of a snapped electric wire. However, officials said the…
A small plane that took off from neighboring Germany crashed in the Austrian Alps on Saturday, killing all four people on board, authorities said. The propeller plane crashed near Wald im Pinzgau, in Salzburg province, at 12:45 p.m. local time and apparently burst into flames. Police said three men and a woman were killed, and…