NEW DELHI: In a major mishap at Rau’s IAS coaching centre in central Delhi’s Old Rajender Nagar, three students drowned after rainwater accumulated on the road flooded the library in the basement on Saturday evening. Two of the dead were girls, the third was a male student.There were 30 students in all at the coaching…
NEW DELHI: A four-storey building collapsed in Navi Mumbai’s Belapur area early on Saturday, leading to the rescue of two individuals, while efforts are ongoing to find another person feared trapped, according to an NDRF official. The incident took place around 5 a.m. in Shahbaz village. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Navi…
KOLKATA: Authorities launched a rescue operation after a massive fire was reported at a mall at Acropolis mall in east Kolkata, TV reports suggested.The civic authorities pressed at least 10 fire tenders into service to control the blaze.As per the reports, the blaze was reported from the food court situated on the fifth floor of…
UTTARKASHI: Five individuals have been confirmed killed, and four others are feared dead after a group of 22 “highly experienced” trekkers, aged between 34 and 71, returning from Sahastra Tal, a high-altitude lake 4,232 metres above sea level in Uttarkashi, were struck by adverse weather conditions and strayed off course in the mountains.A collaborative effort…
PATNA: Two persons lost their lives when a boat overturned in the Ganga River near Mahavir Tola ghat at Maner, located in the Patna district on Sunday morning.The boat was carrying a total of 12 passengers, all of whom were farmers carrying their vegetables from the Diyara area to Mahavir tola. According to the Police…
NEW DELHI: In a dramatic rescue operation, a US Navy and Coast Guard team successfully saved three mariners who had been stranded for over a week on a tiny islet in the Pacific Ocean. The trio had ingeniously used palm fronds to spell out “HELP” on the sandy beach of Pikelot Island, part of Micronesia,…
NEW DELHI: Indian Navy on Saturday said that 9 pirates who surrendered following the Navy’s rescue operation on an Iranian fishing vessel are being brought to India for further legal action under the Maritime Anti-Piracy Act, 2022.According to a statement from the Navy’s spokesperson, the crew which consisted of 23-Pakistani nationals were given a medical…
NEW DELHI: Responding to yet another piracy attack, the Indian Navy intercepted and rescued a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel Al-Kambar 786 and its 23-member Pakistani crew in the Arabian Sea on Friday.“The nine armed pirates, who had boarded the fishing vessel around 90 nautical miles south-west of Socotra late on Thursday evening, were forced to…
NEW DELHI: Responding to yet another piracy attack, the Indian Navy on Friday intercepted an Iranian fishing vessel Al- Kambar 786 in the Arabian Sea after diverting two warships for the maritime security mission.The fishing vessel was reportedly boarded by nine armed pirates around 90 nautical miles south-west of Socotra late on Thursday. “Based on…
