Day: August 3, 2019

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Nepal nationals to learn Malayalam in Kerala

8:07 pm August 3, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: Not just local people but even Nepal nationals will also start talking Malayalam, the mother tongue of Keralites, soon, thanks to a state-sponsored literacy drive. Amidst criticism that youngsters were not keen to learn local languages, as many as 26 migrant workers from Nepal, who came to the southern state in search of greener […]

Three JeM militants killed in Baramulla, Shopian

8:04 pm August 3, 2019

Srinagar: Three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants were on Saturday killed in two separate encounters with security forces in Baramulla and Shopian districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. While two militants were killed in Sopore township of Baramulla district of north Kashmir, another was gunned down in Shopian district of south Kashmir in an operation which […]

Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

Railway provides free wifi facility in 2,000 stations

8:02 pm August 3, 2019

New Delhi: Free wifi facility is now available to passengers at around 2,000 railway stations across the country, officials said on Saturday. Rana Pratap Nagar railway station of Ajmer division in Rajasthan became the 2000th station in the country to have free internet facility, Puneet Chawla, the CMD of RailTel, said. “Our team is working […]

Suspension of IAS officer held for 'killing' scribe extended

IAS officer arrested for causing death of scribe

7:59 pm August 3, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman was arrested here Saturday for causing the death of a scribe by allegedly driving in an inebriated state, police said. The 33-year-old IAS officer, who was appointed Survey Director by the state cabinet on Thursday, was arrested under Section 279 (Rash driving on a public way) and 304 (punishment for […]

Plane makes emergency landing after child falls ill

7:56 pm August 3, 2019

Chennai: A Hong Kong-bound flight made an emergency landing at the airport here Saturday after being airborne for 20 minutes as a seven-year-old girl onboard developed breathing problems, airport sources said. The private airlines flight took off at 5.36 am and landed around 20 minutes later, and the child was taken to a private healthcare […]