Day: July 15, 2019

BJP takes early lead in Karnataka Assembly bypolls

BJP will form govt in 4-5 days: Yeddyurappa

10:41 pm July 15, 2019

Bengaluru: As the Congress-JDS coalition government faced uncertainty over its numbers, BJP’s Karnataka unit chief B S Yeddyurappa Monday said he was confident of forming the government in the next four to five days. Yeddyurappa’s claim came on a day when the assembly speaker K R Ramesh Kumar fixed July 18 for taking up the […]

Air India flyer seeks damages over data breach

IOC threatens to cut fuel supply to Air India

10:38 pm July 15, 2019

Mumbai: State-owned Air India’s flights services are likely to be hit partially as public sector oil marketing firm Indian Oil Corporation has threatened to cut fuel supply at some of the airports from Tuesday evening on non-payment of bills, according to a source. The disinvestment-bound carrier, which is incurring Rs 15 crore loss per day, […]

Odisha prepares for possible rain-triggered flash floods

Tripura flood situation improves as water level recedes

10:33 pm July 15, 2019

Agartala: The flood situation in Tripura Monday showed signs of improvement as Khowai and Haora rivers started receding, officials said. Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and security forces rescued a number of people in the flood affected Khowai and West Tripura districts, they said. “Water level of Khowai and Haora rivers started […]

13 soldiers among 14 dead in Himachal building collapse

10:31 pm July 15, 2019

Shimla: Fourteen people died and 28 others were injured after a multi-storey building collapsed in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district, officials said Monday. The bodies of 13 Army personnel of 4 Assam Regiment from nearby Dagshai Cantonment and a civilian were extricated from the debris, they said. Twenty-eight people, including 17 Army personnel and 11 civilians, […]

Last of 15 lions saved from circuses dies in MP facility at 21

Three lions spotted at marble unit in Amreli district

10:21 pm July 15, 2019

Vadodara: Three lions were spotted early Monday at a marble unit near Rajula town in Gujarat’s Amreli district, a forest official said. Forest department is investigating the likely reasons behind the lions straying near residential areas on Hindorna Road. “There may be several reasons behind lions straying to Hindorna. They might have walked from a […]