National-level powerlifter shot dead in Sonipat | India News – The Times of India

ROHTAK: A drunk man shot dead a 20-year-old national-level powerlifter, firing five bullets at him after an argument over the sportsperson’s parked motorcycle, which the assailant alleged was blocking his car in a residential lane in Haryana’s Sonipat on Sunday.Vansh, a district-level gold medallist and national silver medallist, had gone to meet his classmates, Akshita…

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8 Kumbh pilgrims die in accidents; toll rises to 79 | India News – The Times of India

VARANASI/BHOPAL: Eight Kumbh pilgrims – four from Chhattisgarh’s Raipur, three from MP’s Satna district, and one from Odisha’s Kandhamal – were killed in separate road accidents on Sunday, raising the death toll from such mishaps since the start of the world’s largest religious congregation to 79, report Rajeev Dikshit.An SUV carrying ten pilgrims returning to…

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Mizoram government bid to hand over airport to IAF stirs political row | India News – The Times of India

AIZAWL: Mizoram’s main opposition, Mizo National Front (MNF), vowed to prevent Lengpui airport in state capital from going into the hands of Indian Air Force even as Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) government has been making efforts to hand over the lone airport to IAF. A team of MNF legislators, led by opposition leader Lalchhandama Ralte,…

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Three women labourers, toddler killed as dumper falls on them | India News – The Times of India

PALANPUR/AHMEDABAD: An accident at a road construction site in Banaskantha district claimed the lives of three women and a toddler when a sand-laden dumper truck toppled onto them.The deceased were identified as Renuka Ganawa (24), Sonal Ninama (22), Ila Bhabhor (40) and Rudra (2).The accident took place on Saturday night at Khengarpura village, where labourers…

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