Day: May 27, 2019

Shower facility installed for temple elephant in Trichy

Shower facility installed for temple elephant in Tiruchy

7:35 pm May 27, 2019

Tiruchirappalli: A shower bath that very few people get to have these days, let alone a jumbo, in this sweltering heat, considering the shortage of water. To help a temple elephant beat the heat, a giant-size shower facility has been installed by the Jambukeswarar temple here. According to the temple officials, the facility was donated […]

JNU online entrance exams begin

7:30 pm May 27, 2019

New Delhi: Over 1.16 lakh aspirants will be appearing for the online entrance exams of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, which commenced on Monday, officials said. This is for the first time that the varsity has switched to computer-based mode of entrance exams that are being conducted by the National Testing Agency across 122 cities in […]

Fire breaks out at factory in Jaipur, no casualties

7:26 pm May 27, 2019

Jaipur: A fire broke out at a pesticide factory in Vishwakarma Industrial Area near here on Monday but there was no loss of life, police said. Nine fire tenders were pressed into service and the blaze was doused after much efforts, fire officer Mohar Singh said. The fire apparently broke out due to a short […]

Odisha alerts coastal districts amid cyclone warning

IMD sent nearly 65 lakh SMS to give Fani alert

7:20 pm May 27, 2019

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sent nearly 65 lakh messages to the people in eastern and southern India to give them updates about Cyclone Fani that hit the Odisha coast earlier this month, a report said. According to the report, which was sent to the Union government, the IMD sent over 59 […]

Sanctity of CWC meet should be respected: Cong

7:17 pm May 27, 2019

New Delhi: After the debacle in the Lok Sabha polls and calls for accountability, the Congress on Monday urged everyone to respect the sanctity of its working committee meeting, while asking the media not to fall into the trap of “conjectures, insinuations, gossip and rumour mongering”. Referring to the May 25 meeting of the Congress […]