Wednesday

Driver dies, Kansas highway shut in fiery FedEx truck crash

10:45 pm December 9, 2020

Kansas City : The driver of a FedEx semitrailer died after the truck sailed over the side of a highway bridge in suburban Kansas City, Kansas, early Wednesday, crashed onto the road below and erupted in flames, authorities said. The crash happened around 4 am, when the truck launched off the side of the Kansas […]

Boat capsizes, two drowned, four missing

11:35 pm December 2, 2020

Mangaluru: Two fishermen drowned and four others were reported missing after their boat capsized near an estuary, eight nautical miles of the Mangaluru coast, police said on Wednesday. Local people managed to rescue 19 fishermen with a dinghy. The boat with 25 persons on board, capsized as it was overloaded with their catch and the […]

Cyclone Nivar brings torrential rains to AP, one dead

11:11 pm November 26, 2020

Amaravati: Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, under the influence of severe cyclone Nivar, ranging from 6 cm to 30 cm wreaked havoc to crops in thousands of acres in several districts of Andhra Pradesh and left one person dead, besides damaging the road network on Thursday. Another farmer was feared washed away while National Disaster Response Force […]

Cochin shipyard to build electric vessels for Norway

10:03 pm November 25, 2020

Kochi: The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), the largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility in the country, is building two autonomous electric vessels with zero carbon emission for a Norwegian company. The production of the vessels began with a plate-cutting ceremony organised virtually at the CSL here on Wednesday, a CSL statement said. The two vessels are […]

Avoid travelling to Delhi, Chandigarh health dept issues advisory

11:59 pm November 18, 2020

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh health department on Wednesday issued an advisory, asking city residents to avoid travelling to Delhi in the wake of rise in COVID-19 cases there. Due to the current surge and steep rise in COVID-10 cases in the national capital, people should avoid travelling to high risk zones like Delhi-NCR unless unavoidable as their probability […]