Day: July 15, 2019

Labourer dead as lift collapses at construction site

8:38 pm July 15, 2019

Thane: A 24-year-old labourer was killed after a lift malfunctioned and collapsed from the 11th floor of an under-construction building in Mira Road in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said Monday. The deceased, Mohammad Zulfiquar Mallik, died on his way to hospital on Sunday afternoon, a police officer said. A case has been registered against […]

Man seriously injured as mobile explodes while speaking

8:36 pm July 15, 2019

Krishnagiri (TN): A 30-year-old man was seriously injured after his mobile phone exploded when he was speaking to a relative while riding a bike, police said here Monday Arumugam had tucked the phone in his helmet and was speaking to the relative while riding his motorcycle Sunday when it exploded, they said. He managed to […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Sharanya Ruia Champions the Rights of the LGBT Community

8:34 pm July 15, 2019

Mumbai: Sharanya Ruia, a student of The Cathedral and John Connon School has taken up the cause of championing the rights of transgenders in our country. With a mission to create gender inclusive spaces, Sharanya kick-started sensitization workshops in several corporate and retail establishments across the country. She now partners with the country’s first gay, […]

Delhi man stabs himself with knife after argument with family

MP woman killed in Ajmer hotel by man she eloped with

7:58 pm July 15, 2019

Jaipur: A 30-year-old woman was strangled to death in a hotel room in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district on Monday, allegedly by a man she had eloped with, police said. The woman, Shaista Gul, and Rafiq, both from Lalpura village of Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh, had checked into the hotel on Friday and introduced themselves as a […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Demand to raise royalty on coal in Rajya Sabha

7:53 pm July 15, 2019

New Delhi: Demands to raise royalty on coal, roll back of steep hike in airfares between Kerala and Gulf region and government intervention to help release fishermen captured by Pakistan were among issues raised during the Zero Hour in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Amar Patnaik (BJD) said the rate of royalty paid to state governments […]