Day: July 21, 2019

Centre proposes ‘Metrolite’ train for small cities

2:26 pm July 21, 2019

New Delhi: The Centre has proposed light urban rail transit system – ‘Metrolite’ – in small cities and towns having lower projection of ridership, with each train having three coaches and a restricted speed of 25 kmph. The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has issued standard specifications of the ‘Metrolite’ system which will be […]

Maha: Bizman running hotel in Dubai killed

2:23 pm July 21, 2019

Thane: A 48-year-old businessman, who ran a hotel in Dubai, has been killed in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said Sunday. Suresh Munaje, a resident of Mumbai who was into hotel business in Dubai, had a bungalow in Thane’s Sahapur taluka where was staying for past few days, an official at the police control room […]

Fire at building in Mumbai; some persons trapped

2:21 pm July 21, 2019

Mumbai: A fire broke out on the third floor of a building located behind the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in south Mumbai on Sunday, trapping some persons, officials said. The fire brigade got a call around 12.17 pm of the blaze in Churchill Chamder building, located on Merry Weather Road, an official said. The […]

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

5-yr-old Asiatic lion dies at Nehru Zoological Park

2:19 pm July 21, 2019

Hyderabad: A five-year-old Asiatic lion died at the Nehru Zoological Park here due to multiple organ failure, zoo officials said. The lion, Jeetu, born in the zoo on May 28 2014, was suffering from Paraplegia (paralysis of the hind legs) since July 8 and was under intensive care treatment. Veterinary experts had examined the feline […]

Elderly farmer commits suicide in Chhattisgarh

2:16 pm July 21, 2019

Janjgir-Champa: A 65-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir-Champa district, police said. The body of Goti Ram Yadav was found hanging from a tree at a field in Sothi village on Sunday morning, sub- divisional officer of police, Champa area, Udyan Behar said. The farmer’s son informed the […]