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Six of a family killed as car falls into a canal

Siddipet (Telangana): Six people, including two children, of a family, were killed when their car lost control and fell into a canal on the outskirts of Munigadapa village in Jagadevpur Mandal in this district on Tuesday.

India test fires nuclear-capable Prithvi-II at Odisha’s Chandipur

New Delhi: India successfully conducted the training launch of nuclear-capable Short-Range Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Tuesday.

Ratan Tata shares throwback photos of his 'happy days' with brother Jimmy Tata

Mumbai/IBNS: Ratan Tata shared a throwback picture of his childhood with his brother Jimmy Tata dating back to 1945.

Rahul Gandhi visits Golden Temple ahead of Punjab leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra

Amritsar/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Tuesday, a day before he commences the Punjab leg of his party's Bharat Jodo Yatra.

'Multiple mistakes': DGCA sends notice to Go First airways after flight takes off leaving 55 passengers on bus

New Delhi/IBNS: After a Go First Airways flight took off from Bengaluru with more than 50 passengers left behind in a bus on the tarmac, aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sent notice to the airline for "multiple mistakes".

US Ambassador announces $250,000 project support for restoration of Paigah Tombs in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: US Ambassador A Elizabeth Jones visited the Paigah Tombs Complex here and announced $250,000 project to support the conservation and restoration of six tombs built in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Nagaon: Assam CM Sarma lays foundation for Rs 50cr tourist centre

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma last week laid the foundation stone for the construction of a tourist centre in Nagaon district of the state.

Mother and son die as under-construction Metro pillar collapses in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Two members of a family, which included a minor, died on Tuesday after an under-construction Metro pillar fell on them along the Nagawara line of the outer ring road.

Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu extends Sarok festival greetings

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has conveyed his heartiest greetings to the people, especially members of the Aka community primarily residing in East Kameng district on the eve of the latter’s Sarok festival.

Jammu and Kashmir: CRPF to train village defence guards

Rajouri: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)  is going to provide arms training to village defence guards or VDGs in Jammu and Kashmir in an attempt to counter terror attacks in the region, media reports said.

Joshimath situation worrying: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday expressed concern over the current situation in Uttarakhand's Joshimath.

Agra: Road mishap leaves one person dead, 16 others, including foreigners, hurt

Agra: One person was killed and 16 others, including six foreign tourists, were injured in separate accidents on Yamuna Express in Agra due to dense fog on Tuesday, police sources said here.

Assam: Vehicle carrying CM Sarma's mother met with accident, none injured

Guwahati: A vehicle carrying the mother of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met with a minor accident on National Highway 37 in Morigaon district on Tuesday.

Bengaluru: Woman, her daughter die as under-construction pillar of Metro collapses

Bengaluru: A woman and her two-and-a-half year old son died when an under-construction pillar of a Metro collapsed in  Bengaluru's Nagavara on Tuesday, media reports said.

Bomb blasts rock Imphal, no casualty

Imphal: A powerful bomb exploded at Nagamapal Kangjabi Laikangbam Leikai, here on Monday night.

Bengal: Ganga Arati programme on despite police's no permission, says BJP state chief Sukanta Majumdar

Kolkata/UNI: BJP's West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday said their party programme to organise "Ganga Arati" at Babughat, the eastern part of the Ganga, would go ahead this evening even after the Kolkata Police denied such permission.

Uttar Pradesh: 2 die, 1 injured as bike collides with truck

Ballia/UNI: Two youths were killed and one more was injured when a motorcycle collided with a truck in Ubhaon area of Ballia district here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here on Tuesday.

Droupadi Murmu arrives in Madhya Pradesh for 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention

Indore/UNI: President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Madhya Pradesh’s commercial capital on Tuesday to participate in the Valedictory Session of the three-day 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention.

Maharashtra: BJP and Shinde group announce 3 candidates for assembly council election

Mumbai/UNI: The Bharatiya Janata Party and Balasaheb's Shiv Sena faction have announced joint candidates for the five seats of the Graduate and Teacher Constituency of the State Assembly Council election in Maharashtra scheduled to be held on Jan 30.

Maharashtra: Six students drown in Raigad

Aurangabad/UNI: Six Students, who went for a trip along with teachers, were drowned in the Kashid Beach in Raigad district .

Maharashtra: Six students drown in Raigad

Aurangabad: Six Students who went for a trip along with teachers were drowned in the Kasid Beach in Raigad district.

Bomb Threat: No suspicious element found on Moscow-Goa flight

Jamnagar: No threat has been found in the  Moscow-Goa flight which was diverted to Gujarat's Jamnagar on Monday amid bomb scare.

MCD house ruckus: AAP, BJP hold protests against each other

New Delhi/UNI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) both of them held protests against each other over the mayoral poll in the national capital on Monday.

Kashmir: Search operations launched after suspicious movement spotted in Rajouri

Jammu/UNI: Security forces on Monday evening launched a cordon and search operation after a suspicious movement of people was noticed by villagers in Muradpur village near Rajouri town of Jammu and Kashmir.

Moscow-Goa chartered flight lands in Gujarat's Jamnagar after bomb threat

Jamnagar/IBNS: A Goa-bound chartered flight from Moscow was diverted to Gujarat's Jamnagar after the Goa Air traffic controller received a bomb threat, officials said on Monday.

'I have killed Rahul Gandhi': Rahul Gandhi says during Bharat Jodo Yatra

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said he has 'killed Rahul Gandhi' and is not worried about his own image, emphasising that the Bharat Jodo Yatra should not be about him.

'Had women been better educated...': Nitish Kumar sparks fresh controversy with sexist remark

New Delhi/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday sparked a fresh controversy blaming poor education levels among women responsible for the population boom in India.

Pee-Gate: DGCA sends fresh notice to Air India over 2 unruly passengers onboard Paris-Delhi flight

New Delhi/IBNS: Air India, which is of late dominating headlines after a drunken passenger was caught urinating on a co-passenger on a flight from New York to New Delhi, has been sent another show cause notice for incidents in a flight between Paris and Delhi.

Stones pelted at Vande Bharat Express in Bengal for third time? Railways contradict, calls it rumour

Kolkata/IBNS: In a  span of a week, another incident of stone pelting on the Vande Bharat Express in West Bengal came to light even as the railways have denied that nothing of the sort has taken place, media reports said.

Lawyers protest against Calcutta HC Justice Rajashekhar Mantha over recent verdicts, posters put up outside his home

Kolkata/IBNS: A group of lawyers Monday protested outside the chamber of Justice Rajashekhar Mantha of the Calcutta High Court and a few others blocked the entrance to his bench over some of his recent verdicts which led the functioning of the court proceedings to come to a halt.