Mumbai: Mumbai Central may become the first station in the Indian Railways to have Google-powered Wi-Fi system. A total of four stations are likely to get this facility in Mumbai, including CST and LTT. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently in the United States, had announced that Google has decided to tie up with Indian Railways to provide Wi-Fi facility at […]
» Read moreCHAYGAON (Assam): An overcrowded mechanised boat carrying nearly 200 people on Monday capsized in River Kolohi in Assam’s Kamrup district. The details on the casualty is not known yet, and there are no reports yet on any passenger being rescued. The engine of the boat, carrying the passengers from Chaygaon to Champupara to attend a boat race, failed to function […]
» Read moreAir India’s New Delhi-San Francisco flight will offer a three-class cabin configuration, with eight seats in first class, 35 in business class and 195 seats in economy. San Francisco will become Air India’s fourth destination in the U.S. Air India operates daily non-stop flights to New York, Newark and Chicago, the national carrier said in a statement. Passengers from Bengaluru, […]
» Read moreChennai: Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday announced an Amma Mobile scheme for the benefit of 20,000 trainers at self-help groups in Tamil Nadu. Making a suo motu announcement in the assembly, the chief minister said the scheme would be introduced in the current fiscal. It will incur an expenditure of Rs 15 crore to the state exchequer. The groups […]
» Read moreSriharikota: Isro on Monday successfully launched India’s first astronomy satellite Astrosat, eleven years after the government cleared the project. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C30) carrying Astrosat and six other satellites lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 10am. In around 25 minutes after liftoff, PSLV-C30 injected Astrosat and other satellites — four US nano satellites, […]
» Read moreA few days after a Kannada producer declared his plan of making a film on Tipu Sultan and roping in Rajinikanth for the film, the BJP and other political parties in Tamil Nadu have allegedly warned Rajinikanth against accepting the proposal. BJP has called Tipu Sultan “anti- Tamil” and thus Rajini should not take up the project, reports Indianexpress.com. BJP […]
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