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Fire breaks out in Telangana Express, passengers safe

12:11 pm August 29, 2019

New Delhi: A fire broke out in two coaches of the Hyderabad-New Delhi Telangana Express at Asaoti station in Haryana on Thursday, Northern Railway officials said. All passengers are safe. Fire broke out in two coaches of the train at 7:43 am and both have been isolated, said Northern Railway Spokesperson Deepak Kumar. Fire has […]

No proposal for JNU name change: Pokhriyal

HRD Minister launches school education portal ‘Shagun’

8:10 pm August 28, 2019

New Delhi: Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Wednesday launched a web portal ‘Shagun’, which links over 15 lakh schools across the country, to provide all information on school education. The schools have been geo-tagged and all the data provided by them can be accessed through this portal. “The progress of the […]

Give unique ID numbers to water bodies: NGT panel

7:01 pm August 28, 2019

New Delhi: Land owning agencies must ensure prevention of encroachments of water bodies in the city and unique ID numbers should be given to them for identification, a monitoring committee has told the National Green Tribunal. The committee led by a former high court judge told a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar […]

Fire breaks out at DCW office in central Delhi

11:34 pm August 27, 2019

New Delhi: A major fire broke out on the second floor of the Delhi Commission for Women’s office at Vikas Bhawan in central Delhi on Tuesday, fire officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, they said. However, DCW sources said several documents and office furniture were gutted in the fire and they estimated […]

PM Modi visits Jaitley’s residence

3:25 pm August 27, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the family members of former Union minister Arun Jaitley at his residence here on Tuesday and offered floral tributes to a portrait of the departed leader. Jaitley (66) passed away at the All Institute of medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived at […]