Day: August 3, 2019

Efforts to shore up UK dam intensify ahead of storms

8:44 pm August 3, 2019

Whaley Bridge (UK): Emergency services battling to stop a reservoir dam in central England from collapsing brought in new pumps Saturday to reduce the water levels, as more storms were forecast. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the Derbyshire town of Whaley Bridge, after part of the dam holding back the Toddbrook Reservoir above […]

Indian Army inducted 364 women officers in 2019

Tourists, pilgrims leave Valley in wake of J&K advisory

8:35 pm August 3, 2019

Srinagar: Tourists and Amarnath Yatra pilgrims started to leave the Kashmir Valley on Saturday in the wake of J&K authorities issuing an advisory, asking them to cut short their stay citing security threats. An official at Srinagar Airport said Indian Air Force flights have been pressed into service “as per requirement”. Jammu and Kashmir Tourism […]

Three dead as sea cliff falls on California beachgoers

8:28 pm August 3, 2019

Los Angeles: At least three people died when part of a cliff collapsed onto beachgoers on the California coast on Friday, authorities said. The incident took place near a staircase leading to Grandview Surf Beach, north of San Diego. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said one person was killed and the City of Encinitas […]

Major blaze in Mumbai building; three hurt, four rescued

8:13 pm August 3, 2019

Mumbai: A major fire occurred in a four-storey building in Masjid area of south Mumbai in the wee hours on Saturday, officials said, adding three personnel were injured during the 12-hour operation in which four persons were rescued from upper floors before the flames were doused. The fire was put out around 4:45 pm and […]

TMC govt playing with emotions of Hindus: Adityanath

Knew mediation effort will fail: Adityanath

8:10 pm August 3, 2019

Ayodhya: Visiting here a day after the Supreme Court noted that a mediation panel had not come up with a solution to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said he knew that the effort would fail. We knew all along that nothing is going to come out of mediation, he […]