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02 May

SpiceJet aircraft faces massive turbulence while landing; 40 injured

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A passenger aircraft of SpiceJet experienced massive mid-air turbulence while landing at Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport at Andal in the West Burdwan district of West Bengal on Sunday evening. Around 40 passengers received minor injuries after the overhead cabin luggage fell on them. The flight was coming from Mumbai. SpiceJet authorities have confirmed the event of the Mumbai-Andal flight facing air turbulence at the time of landing. The pilot of the aircraft, however, managed the situation and somehow landed at the airport. But, several passengers were injured. Andal Airport sources said that the injured passengers were immediately rushed to a…

02 May

SpiceJet aircraft faces massive turbulence while landing; 40 injured

editor0 CommentsIndiaSpiceJet aircraft

A passenger aircraft of SpiceJet experienced massive mid-air turbulence while landing at Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport at Andal in the West Burdwan district of West Bengal on Sunday evening. Around 40 passengers received minor injuries after the overhead cabin luggage fell on them. The flight was coming from Mumbai. SpiceJet authorities have confirmed the event of the Mumbai-Andal flight facing air turbulence at the time of landing. The pilot of the aircraft, however, managed the situation and somehow landed at the airport. But, several passengers were injured. Andal Airport sources said that the injured passengers were immediately rushed to a…

01 May

West Bengal Governor In War Of Words With Vice-Chancellors Over Functioning Of Universities

editor0 CommentsEducation, West Bengal

The time-honored secretary of the West Bengal Vice-Chancellors' Council on Saturday stated no convocation was held on the campuses of the kingdom universities in the closing two years due to the pandemic, as Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar lamented that he was once not being invited to the ceremonies even though he used to be the chancellor. Alleging that the state of universities in West Bengal was once worrisome, Mr Dhankhar at a programme on Friday stated he was once unable to "sleep at night" because of the situation. "What the governor has said does not replicate the actual situation. How many…

01 May

West Bengal BJP MP Arjun Singh meets Piyush Goyal over ‘jute price capping’

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal

Bharatiya Janata Party MP from West Bengal Arjun Singh met Union Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal in the national capital on Saturday to express concern over the capping of raw jute charges by the central government. The assembly comes a day after the central government intervened in the election of chief ministers of 5 states, including West Bengal MP Mamata Banerjee, over capping raw jute fees. “I met Union Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal regarding (jute industry). The meeting was once 1.5 hours long. He is fully satisfied that there is some issue and asked me to meet the textile secretary before…

01 May

“Kick Me Out If I Don’t…”: Arvind Kejriwal On Schools In Gujarat

editor0 CommentsPoliticalarvind kejriwal, Gujarat

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal these days made some other pitch for alternate in Gujarat, providing the governance mannequin that has been vastly profitable in Delhi and more recently, in Punjab. Citing the Delhi faculties in Gujarat's Bharuch -- where tribals form a chunk of the population -- he claimed the situation of faculties in Gujarat is truely bad."There are 6,000 government colleges in Gujarat, which have been shut. Many others are in dilapidated conditions. The future of lakhs of teens has been disrupted. We can alternate this future. The way we modified colleges in Delhi," the Delhi Chief…

01 May

Nurse Found Hanging In Uttar Pradesh Hospital On Day 1 At Work, Family Alleges Rape

editor0 CommentsIndiarape, Uttar Pradesh

A woman's body was found hanging from the wall of a private nursing home in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao on Saturday morning. The parents alleged that the woman was raped and then killed and named three people including the nursing home administrator. “The body of a woman has been kept at New Life Hospital. An autopsy has been ordered to ascertain the circumstances of death. The family alleged that the girl was killed after being raped once. An FIR has been lodged against the three and strict action will be taken against them,” said Shashi Shekhar Singh, Additional SP, Unnao. According…

01 May

Why The Long Summer Vacation In Schools In The State of West Bengal: Subhas Sarkar

editor0 CommentsEducation, West Bengal

Union Minister of State for Education, Subhash Sarkar on Friday wondered why colleges in West Bengal have been given long summer vacations this 12 months when offline instructions are in place in states where heat wave conditions are worse. States, where the weather conditions are hot, have not declared any summer holidays so far, he told reporters here. “The heat wave conditions are more acute in many different states but they have no longer taken any step like Bengal. Then why are faculties being closed for summer time vacation for such a long time from May two to mid June?”…

01 May

Actress Angelina Jolie’s presence in war-torn Ukraine gives citizens a reason to smile

editor0 CommentsInternationalhollywood, Russia-Ukraine crisis

Hollywood celebrity Angelina Jolie was recently stranded in the Ukrainian metropolis of Lviv as the war with Russia continued. The Eternals actress was clicked in the western metropolis of Lviv sporting a plain outfit, with a bag on her back. She congratulated fans who admitted to stopping her by saving her at an espresso. Maya Pidhorodetska posted Jolie's photo from the cafe on Facebook and captioned it, “Nothing special. Only in Lviv. I just went for coffee. Only Angelina Jolie," she wrote in Ukrainian after filming the actress, who waved at him from the counter. "Ukraine is clearly supported using…

30 Apr

Robotic Surgeons Society Formed ARIS’s Society in Guwahati

editor0 CommentsAssam, Health

ARIS (The Association of the Robotic and Innovative Surgeons) is formally launched here today in Guwahati by Shri Chandra Mohan Patowary, Honourable Minister of Transport, Parliamentary Affairs, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Industries and Commerce in Government of Assam. The Hon Minister was joined by renowned Robotic Surgeon Dr. Subhash Khanna who has been unanimously elected as President and other founding members from all over India and abroad. Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Director IIT and Prof. Bhabesh Chandra Goswami, V.C Cotton University were the other invited Guest of Honour apart from various other dignitaries. ARIS – the Association of Robotic & Innovative…

30 Apr

BJP holds massive protest outside Kejriwal’s residence, demands reduction of fuel tax

editor0 CommentsPoliticalarvind kejriwal, BJP

Amid rising fuel prices, the Delhi unit of the BJP on Saturday staged a huge protest outside the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, traumatic that VAT be reduced on fuel. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first reaction to rising gas prices, had said some states had not reduced gasoline taxes. He asked these states to decrease taxes now. He said, "States like Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Telangana, Maharashtra, Kerala and Jharkhand did now not limit tax on fuel, and should do it now." "Centre decreased the excise obligation on fuel costs closing November and also requested states…