Vishakapatnam: A new train connecting Andhra Pradesh to New Delhi was flagged off by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today. Visakhapatnam-New Delhi-Visakhapatnam Super Fast AC AP Express began its maiden journey from this coastal city with the minister flagging off the train through video linking from Rail Bhavan in New Delhi. The tri-weekly express will leave from Vizag, as the coastal […]
» Read moreThere was high drama near Mumbai’s Gateway of India on Tuesday afternoon, when notes of Rs 1,000 denomination were noticed floating in the water and several people ventured in to grab them. According to Colaba resident Harichandra Somar, “I heard that currency notes were floating in the water near Gateway and when I rushed to the spot I saw several […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Chennai-born Sundar Pichai on being appointed Google’s chief executive officer. “Congratulations Sundar Pichai. My best wishes for the new role at Google.” Modi tweeted.
» Read moreMAIDUGURI, NIGERIA: A blast at a market in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state killed at least 47 people and injured another 52, a military source and a civilian joint task force member said on Tuesday. The explosion, in a region where hundreds of people have been killed in attacks by suspected members of militant Islamist group Boko Haram in the last […]
» Read moreBangaluru: The people of Bengaluru were in for a huge scare when they came across an anaconda on the road. The Namma Bengaluru Foundation (NBF), an activist organization working towards the betterment of the city, decided to remind the inhabitants to sit up and take notice of their city’s civic problems, indiatimes.com reported. In an attempt to embarrass the Bruhat […]
» Read moreColombo: The Maldives has arrested seven foreigners who left the country illegally by trawler and were headed for a US military base on Diego Garcia, a minister said on Tuesday. The foreigners were intercepted in the locally hired boat on Monday off the Maldives’ southernmost atoll of Addu heading to Diego Garcia several hundred kilometres away, said Mohamed Shareef, a […]
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