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Major fire at Haldia Petrochemical’s unit; 15 injured

1:13 pm September 20, 2019

Haldia: A major fire broke out at the naphtha cracker unit of the Haldia Petrochemicals Limited here on Friday injuring 15 people, a senior police officer said. The blaze that broke out at 11.15 am, was yet to be brought under control, Purba Medinipur Superintendent of Police V Solomon Nesakumar said. The injured have been […]

UAE: Indian man stabs wife to death in Dubai

12:28 pm September 11, 2019

Dubai: An Indian man in UAE allegedly stabbed his wife to death after a heated argument, according to a media report. The 43-year-old man, identified as U.C, killed his wife C. Vidhya Chandran, 39, after a heated argument in a car park in Al Quoz here on Monday, the Khaleej Times reported. The Dubai-based couple’s […]

Donkey ‘Pola’ celebrated in Akola district

1:52 pm August 31, 2019

Akola: While the festival of ‘Pola’ is dedicated to bulls in Maharashtra, people from certain communities in Akola district worship donkeys on that day. Farmers in Maharashtra worship bulls and oxen on the occasion of ‘Pola’, also called as ‘Bail Pola’, as a mark of gratitude for their year-long hard work for farming. The festival […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Man held for sharing objectionable posts on social media

7:23 pm August 25, 2019

Lucknow: A man was arrested here for allegedly posting objectionable comments and images on social media to hurt religious sentiments of people, police said on Sunday. The accused was arrested on Saturday for sharing objectionable posts and images relating to a Hindu deity on Facebook, police said in a statement. A case has been registered […]

Several rivers in flood in Madhya Pradesh, four dead

11:54 pm August 14, 2019

Bhopal/Mandsaur/Betul: Four people, including a woman and her daughter, drowned in Mandsaur and Betul districts of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday as around 3,000 people were shifted following heavy rains and floods. Almost the entire state is receiving rains, and some areas are expected to have “very heavy to extremely heavy” rain by Thursday morning, the […]