Itanagar, April 2 The Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO, on Thursday to study lightning phenomena and associated atmospheric processes in Arunachal Pradesh, officials said.The collaboration aims to...
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Patna, March 21 – The Patna district administration has ordered an investigation into the collapse of an under-construction bridge on the outskirts of the city, a day after the incident, officials said on Saturday.The incident occurred on Friday in Dhebra village, under the Shahpur police...
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Islamabad, March 16 – As many as eight women were killed and over 50 others injured on Monday when the roof of a building collapsed during the distribution of welfare payments in the Rahim Yar Khan district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, local media reported.Authorities said the roof...
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New Delhi, March 13 The Supreme Court said on Friday that it would not entertain a plea seeking "sweeping" directions to ensure public safety by maintaining roads, bridges, and electric wiring, among other things, as the petitioners were asking the court to run the entire country.A bench of...
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Mumbai, February 22 – Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday challenged the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) to provide concrete evidence to support its allegations against the government during the upcoming Budget Session, which begins this week.Speaking at a press...
Mumbai, February 22 – Leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), including Vijay Wadettiwar, Bhaskar Jadhav, and Aaditya Thackeray, announced on Sunday that they would boycott the customary tea meeting organized by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on the eve of the Maharashtra Legislature’s Budget...
Karachi, February 19 – At least six people were killed after a gas explosion caused a partial building collapse in Karachi, Pakistan, local media reported on Thursday, citing officials.The blast occurred at a house in the Gul Rana Colony area of Soldier Bazar, where a suspected gas leak is...
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New Delhi, February 16 Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan expressed his concern over the recent collapse of a Metro slab in Mumbai and said the incident is "heartbreaking and traumatic" and urged for strict action by the authorities.Roshan re-shared a video on his Instagram story on Sunday, which...
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Mumbai, February 14 – The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) imposed a penalty of ₹5 crore on contractor Rajv Milan Infra and ₹1 crore on the general consultant – a consortium of DB Engineering & Consulting, Hill International Inc, and Louis Berger Consulting Private...
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Mumbai, February 14 – The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Saturday constituted a high-level inquiry committee headed by Basavraj M. Bhadragond, Director, to investigate the collapse of a portion of an under-construction Metro Line 4 pillar that fell onto moving...