Fear of eviction adds to trauma of Kolkata flyover collapse
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) An eerie silence, the dust of debris and the fear of eviction hung over the site of a collapsed flyover in this eastern metropolis on Friday, a day…
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13 Pakistani Islamic preachers arrested in Ghana
Accra, April 1 (IANS) At least 13 people who claimed to be Islamic missionaries from Pakistan were arrested while preaching in Ghana’s Assin Foso district. All 13, who claimed to be Ahmadiya missionaries and said…
Himachal HC expresses displeasure over jaundice outbreak report
Shimla, April 1 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday expressed displeasure over the state government’s status report on jaundice outbreak and directed the chief secretary to file another report on the steps taken…
HC seeks response on extension to UP chief secretary
Lucknow, April 1 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response to a petition filed over the three-month extension granted to Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan. Hearing…
BJD leaders have links with criminals: Odisha Congress
Bhubaneswar, April 1 (IANS) As Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik hailed the Odisha Police for its drive against the mafia and anti-social elements, the Congress state unit on Friday accused certain ruling BJD leaders of having…
17 injured in Paris gas explosion
Paris, April 1 (IANS) At least 17 people were injured, one critically, on Friday when a gas unit exploded in a building in the heart of Paris, the authorities said. Six of the injured were…
Obsessed man gets life term for killing woman in Delhi
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A sessions court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for fatally stabbing a woman neighbour he was obsessed with after her marriage was fixed elsewhere. Convicting Rohit, in…
Flyover project faulty from inception, says Trinamool MP
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the where a part of a portion of Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkata on March 31, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) With West Bengal’s ruling…
Heartlessness, thy name is selfie
Kolkata: The site where a part of a portion of Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkata on March 31, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Even as hundreds in Kolkata did their best to rescue…
Kolkata police team at IVRCL office in Hyderabad
Kolkata: Rescue operations underway at the site where a part of a portion of Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkata on March 31, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, April 1 (IANS) A team of Kolkata police is…
Indian Bank’s former CMD among six convicted in fraud case
Chennai, April 1 (IANS) A special court here has convicted including Indian Bank’s former chairman and managing director M.Gopalakrishnan and five others in a fraud case and sentenced them to two years rigorous imprisonment, a…
Explosion rocks Paris, five injured
Paris, April 1 (IANS) An explosion in a building in central Paris on Friday left five people injured, the media reported. The cause of the blast, at sixth district of Paris, was a gas explosion,…
Explosion rocks Paris
Paris, April 1 (IANS) An explosion occurred in a building in central Paris on Friday leaving numerous casualties, Daily Mail reported. The cause of the blast may have been a gas explosion, it said. The…
IVRCL denies negligence in Kolkata flyover construction
Kolkata: Rescue operations underway at the site where a part of a portion of Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkata on March 31, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, April 1 (IANS) Hyderabad-based IVRCL, the firm building the…
Firm denies using substandard material in Kolkata flyover
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The construction firm that was building the now collapsed Kolkata flyover on Friday denied it had used substandard material in it. The flyover crash has claimed 24 lives. “The work…
Kolkata flyover tragedy: Celebs vent anger at negligence
Kolkata: Rescue operations underway at the site where a part of a portion of Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkata on March 31, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) A string of sports stars and…
PIL seeks court-monitored probe into Kolkata flyover collapse
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) A petition was filed on Friday at the Calcutta High Court for a court-monitored probe into the flyover tragedy here that has claimed 24 lives so far. Filed before the bench…
Kolkata tragedy: BJP alleges fraud, seeks CBI probe
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Calling the Kolkata flyover tragedy an “act of fraud protected by the West Bengal government”, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday sought a CBI inquiry into the incident. Addressing mediapersons…
Goods train derails in UP
Lucknow, April 1 (IANS) A goods train derailed on Friday on the Ballia-Varanasi network in Uttar Pradesh, disrupting rail traffic, officials said. The train split up and ran off the tracks near Sagarpali railway station….
I lived on but many women can’t; so help me stop this: Acid attack survivor
By Vivek Singh Chauhan New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) On a hot summer day 11 years ago, 16-year-old Laxmi was passing by the Khan Market bus stand in central Delhi when a spurned lover threw…