AGARTALA: A fresh incident of arson, allegedly carried out by a group of displaced Bru tribe from Mizoram, was reported in Gandatwisa sub-division of Tripura‘s Dhalai district early Tuesday. Homeless families living in nearby shelters claimed two shops were set on fire. Police had to resort to lathicharge to disperse the crowd, resulting in injuries…
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Commission of Railway Safety (CRS), in its provisional findings in the Kanchanjunga Express accident that claimed 10 lives, has pointed to wrong authority letters issued to loco pilots on how to negotiate defective signals and lapses at “multiple levels” in train operations following failure of automatic signals.In its report to the Railway Board,…
While recommending a 10-fold increase in electromagnetic field (EMF) emissions from mobile towers, a government committee in its report also noted that the measure may adversely impact public opinion and lead to “heightened mistrust”. “The revision of EMF norms could lead to heightened public mistrust due to the negative health effects of EMF radiation,” it…
Good train rear-ended Kanchanjunga Express KOLKATA/SILIGURI: The bereaved family of goods train loco pilot Anil Kumar has been vindicated as a chief commissioner of railway safety (CCRS) report has cleared him of the blame for the June 17 Kanchanjunga Express accident, which claimed 10 lives and left 43 injured.“My husband was blamed for the accident…
LUCKNOW: Deoria district in eastern Uttar Pradesh needed someone to put into practice the IIT Kanpur tagline — “Lead me from darkness to light”. In an extraordinary convergence of talent, the top four helming the backward district now are all IIT graduates. Deoria watches with hope for a brighter future.The key figures responsible for Deoria’s…
NEW DELHI: The Railway Board has constituted a multi-disciplinary committee to look into the grievances of the loco pilots and train managers (guards) raised by their unions. The panel will submit a report within a month. This comes after recent train accidents and opposition MPs, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, rasing the issues of loco…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta HC has restrained Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, newly elected Trinamool MLAs Sayantika Banerjee and Reyat Hossain Sarkar, and ex-MP Kunal Ghosh from “making any defamatory or incorrect statement by way of publication and on social platforms” against governor CV Ananda Bose till August 14, when it hears the latter’s defamation suit next.Justice…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday found itself engulfed in a chaotic environ as a medley of senior advocates and lawyers appearing for various parties attempted to speak in one voice as soon as it took up a petition filed by West Bengal govt challenging a Calcutta HC order cancelling appointment of 25,000 teachers and…
President Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail in Nevada on Tuesday with a speech to a crowd of black voters majorly at the NAACP national convention. It was his first political address since the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Biden expressed gratitude for Trump’s well-being, calling for a crucial national discussion on…
NEW DELHI: Critiqued by Supreme Court on Tuesday for breaching fairness norms, Justice L Narasimha Reddy declined to continue as the one-man commission to inquire into alleged power sector irregularities caused by K Chandrashekar Rao-led BRS government. Telangana government said it will notify a new chairperson by Monday, reports .A bench of Chief Justice D…
