The death toll in the motorcycle-rickshaw accident near Badar village here has risen to four, a police official said on Sunday (February 23, 2025). Three teenage girls, including two sisters, died on Saturday (February 22, 2025) evening when their motorcycle lost control and rammed into a rickshaw here. The accident occurred near Badar village in […]
India remains a cornerstone of UN peacekeeping and its women peacekeepers have demonstrated that missions with greater female representation improve operational outcomes and contribute to lasting peace, the United Nations peacekeeping chief has said. UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix will visit New Delhi this week to attend the conference ‘Enhancing the Role of […]
Telangana tunnel collapse The rescue operation to save eight persons trapped inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project tunnel following its roof collapse on Saturday morning is in progress but there is no breakthrough even in contacting or communicating with the trapped persons till Sunday morning. A joint rescue team formed with about 300 […]
Two pedestrians on a padayatra (foot march) to Dharmasthala were ran over by a private bus on National Highway 75, near Hassan early morning on Sunday (February 23, 2025). Suresh, 60, and Kumar, 50, of K.R. Pet taluk in Mandya district were among hundreds of devotees on a padayatra to Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada distant […]
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) 10th Battalion has deputed four teams to rescue the persons trapped in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Telangana. Eight persons were trapped in the tunnel at Domalapenta village in Nagarkurnool district, when a part of the tunnel caved in on Saturday. Speaking to The Hindu on […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday (February 23, 2025) that he will hand over his various social media accounts to women achievers in different fields to mark the International Women’s Day on March 8. In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address, he said these successful women in different fields will speak about their work […]
Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Shashi Tharoor, MP, appeared to have ruffled his party’s feathers by purportedly underscoring the “absence of a leader in Kerala’s Congress” in a newspaper interview published from New Delhi on Sunday (February 23, 2025). Arguably, Mr. Tharoor also appeared to advocate for his candidacy as the party’s leader ahead of the […]
The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday (February 23, 2025) announced that a team of four Ministers would hold talks in the Secretariat on February 24, Monday with representatives of various State government employees’ associations over their demands. Their demands include restoring of the Old Pension Scheme and resumption of various incentives that were withdrawn by […]
Former Chief Minister and ADMK Workers Rights Retrieval Committee leader O. Panneerselvam on Sunday (February 23, 2025) criticised the DMK government over the death of a man, who despite having been recruited as a teacher, had not received his appointment order for the past eights months. The man identified as A. Velmurugan of Oddanchatram taluk […]
The Bihar government has decided to appoint 140 full-time ‘protection officers’ across the state to support women affected by domestic violence more effectively. The Social Welfare Department has decided to create a separate cadre under which sub-division, district and state-level protection officers will be appointed. The decision has been taken in view of the rising […]
