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23 Jun

All 5 on Titanic Submarine dead after a ‘catastrophic implosion’

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All the fears came true and the submarine Titan was destroyed. The fate of submarines is similar to that of visiting the wreck of the famous ship Titanic. According to the sources of the USA Cost Guard, the submarine collapsed shortly after diving under the water. Five people in the submarine died. The wreckage of the submarine was found around noon on Thursday US time. Incidentally, the submarine Titan was missing since last Sunday. In a press conference on Thursday, the US Navy said that the submarine Titan had broken down very close to the wreckage of the Titanic. The…

16 Jun

Conman Sukesh Chandrashekar Offers Rs 10 Cr Donation for Odisha Train Accident Victims

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Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, the prime accused in a Rupees 200 crore extortion case who has been put behind bars in Delhi's Mandoli Jail, has provided Rs 10 crore to Indian Railways to help the victims of horrific train accident in Odisha's Balasore district. He has also written a letter to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw seeking his permission to accept the amount and claimed that the fund is from his "legitimate source" of earning. In his letter, Sukesh said the provided fund can be used for the education of children who lost their parents in the accident. Terming the train accident…

16 Jun

Union Minister’s House Set On Fire In Manipur

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This time the home of the central minister was affected by tribal violence in Manipur! A frenzied mob attacked the house of Union Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh in the Kongba area on Thursday night. His house was set on fire by throwing petrol bombs! According to administration sources, Minister Ranjan was not at home at that time. The attack on Meitei community leader Ranjan's house is believed to be due to the death of several people in the firing by miscreants in the area. Ignoring the curfew, more than a thousand people gathered in the…

10 Jun

Rate of road accident deaths drops in Kerala since AI cameras came up

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Kerala Transport Minister Antony Raju has claimed that since the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) cameras, the death rate in road accidents has come down in the state. The AI cameras installed across the state became operational on June 5. "Kerala reports an average of 12 road accident deaths per day, but since the introduction of AI cameras, the number has come down to 5-8," Minister Raju said on Friday. In the first four days since installation, 3,52,730 traffic violations were detected by the cameras. The minister said that Keltron has uploaded 19,790 cases to the Integrated Transport Monitoring System,…

08 Jun

31 are still missing in Odisha train Accident, says West Bengal CM

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on June 6 said at least 31 passengers from her state are still missing five days after the devastating triple train accident at Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Odisha's Balasore district. Ms Banerjee, who landed in Cuttack to review the condition of the injured passengers, said the bodies of 103 passengers from West Bengal had been identified and 86 of them had reached their destination. In West Bengal, around 200 injured persons were under treatment, she said. Odisha officials declined to comment on Ms Banerjee's statement about the 31 missing passengers.

08 May

Over 23,000 Rescued From Violence-Hit Areas In Manipur

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Curfew was lifted for a few hours on Monday morning, and life was slowly returning to some degree of normalcy in violence-torn Manipur as people left their homes in the state capital Imphal to buy essentials, officials said. According to PTI, drones and helicopters carried out close surveillance, while the military and the Assam Rifles carried out flag marches in various areas rocked by communal violence in recent days.In response to the Meiti community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, tribals staged a protest in ten hill districts of the state on Wednesday.Meitis represent about 53% of Manipur's population and…

08 May

22 Killed In Kerala Tourist Boat Tragedy

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At least 22 people, most of them children, drowned when a tourist boat carrying around 40 passengers capsized in Kerala's Tanur area of Malappuram on Sunday evening. According to the district administration, the death toll has now stood at 22. According to Minister V Abdurhiman, the condition of 7 people is critical. It is believed to be more people trapped under the boat. Efforts are underway to bring the sunken boat to shore. Rescue work is going on with the help of fire service personnel and volunteers. According to the police, this incident happened around 7 pm. However, the exact…

05 May

Two soldiers killed, four injured in ongoing Rajouri encounter

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Two army soldiers were killed and four others, including an officer, were injured after terrorists planted an explosive device during an encounter with security forces in Kandi area of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Friday morning. According to army officials, the terrorists belong to the same group that ambushed an army truck on April 20 killed at least five soldiers and injured another. “Based on specific information about the presence of terrorists in the Kandi forest of the Rajouri sector, a joint operation was launched. A search party makes contact with a group of terrorists holed up in a…

04 May

Army Helicopter crashes in Jammu Kashmir’s Kishtwar District

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An army helicopter carrying two people crashed in a forest area on Thursday in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, according to officials. No casualties have been reported yet, but more details are awaited. Officials said the accident took place in the Marwah area of the hill district. A defense spokesman said a search operation had been launched. Earlier this March, two pilots were killed after an Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashed in the Mandalay hills of Arunachal Pradesh. A search operation was launched by the Indian Army, Armed Seema Bal (SSB) and police after the accident. The officials informed…

19 Apr

Fire in Thane commercial complex brought under control after 10 hrs

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A major fire broke out at a commercial complex in Maharashtra's Thane city on Wednesday morning and was brought under control after 10 hours, officials said. Thane Municipal Corporation Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said at least 15 cars parked in the building were burnt and many offices were destroyed. He said that no casualty was reported. The fire broke out around 8.30 pm on Tuesday at the ground-plus-five-story Orion Business Park building, which houses around 90 shops and offices, including a private blood bank, and is located next to Cine Wonder Mall on Ghodbunder Road, officials…