Seven people were injured in a bus accident in Mumbai’s Powai area, marking the third reported bus-related accident in the city within a week and prompting renewed concerns over road safety and the risks faced by commuters and pedestrians. The incident took place in Powai, where a bus was involved in an accident that left...
Ten migrant workers from West Bengal were injured after an LPG cylinder explosion, suspected to have been triggered by a gas leak, occurred at a paying guest accommodation in Bengaluru’s Bommasandra area. The incident has raised fresh concerns over fire and gas safety measures in densely occupied residential buildings used to house migrant and industrial...
Mumbai is set to experience another spell of intense monsoon activity as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for the city, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the coming hours. The weather alert comes amid continued monsoon activity across Maharashtra, with neighbouring districts Thane and Palghar placed under a...
The death toll in the Sikkim tunnel disaster has continued to rise as rescue teams recover more bodies from an under-construction hydropower project tunnel in the State. The operation has been complicated by waterlogging, debris and the presence of toxic gases, creating extremely dangerous conditions for personnel working inside the tunnel. The incident took place...
A rapidly spreading brush fire in Ramona, San Diego County, California, has prompted emergency evacuations as firefighters work to contain the blaze, which is threatening structures in and around a residential area. The fire, reported in the vicinity of the 300 block of Creelman Lane, expanded quickly and raised concerns among residents as flames moved...
The conflict between the United States and Iran intensified further as military strikes, threats against critical infrastructure and attacks on commercial shipping raised fears of a wider regional confrontation. The latest escalation came as a Saudi-linked oil tanker was reportedly struck near Yemen, while Iran faced another round of US attacks and Kuwait reported that...
The Centre has appointed senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Anurag Jain as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog, placing an experienced administrator with more than three decades of public service at the helm of the government’s premier policy think tank. Jain, a 1989-batch IAS officer belonging to the Madhya Pradesh cadre,...
Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament Kalyan Banerjee was suspended from the Lok Sabha after complaints were raised against him over the alleged use of abusive language during parliamentary proceedings. The action has intensified political tensions between the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Opposition, adding another chapter to the ongoing confrontations inside Parliament....
Families of people who disappeared during Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil conflict staged a peaceful protest during a visit by a delegation from the European Union to the Chemmani mass grave site in the country’s northern region. The demonstrators called for an independent international investigation into the mass grave, insisting that only a credible external inquiry...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to grant an urgent hearing on a petition seeking immediate judicial intervention against the alleged police action on student protesters participating in the Citizens’ Justice Platform (CJP) demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The bench advised the petitioners to follow the regular judicial process instead of seeking an...