Techies AM Navya, 26, HC Manasa, 27, and Milana Narayanamurthy, 26, shared PG accommodation in Bengaluru. While Navya and Manasa were burnt to death in the crash near Hiriyur, Milana survived. The three were headed to Sigandur temple in Shivamogga. Both Navya and Manasa were brides-to-be. Manasa’s wedding preparations were underway, while Navya’s nuptials were…
CHITRADURGA/BENGALURU: Nothing seemed amiss to Sachin (25), driving a private bus with 43 pre-university students on board, when a sleeper bus overtook him along the highway in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district early Thursday. “I saw the bus overtake mine. Everything looked normal,” he recalled. “But within seconds, the scene outside my windscreen turned horrific.” A container…
MUMBAI: Marking a long-awaited milestone for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) formally entered India’s commercial aviation map on Thursday with the arrival and departure of its first scheduled passenger flights.The inaugural arrival was IndiGo flight 6E460 from Bengaluru, which touched down at 8am and was welcomed with a ceremonial…
PM Narendra Modi attends Christmas morning service at the Cathedral Church of the Redemption in Delhi. In a special prayer for the PM, Rt Rev Dr Paul Swarup, bishop of Delhi, sought a ‘double portion’ of the lord’s ‘wisdom, understanding, discernment that he would lead this nation in the paths of truth, justice, and righteousness’….
Karnataka: Returning from prayers, 4 youths killed in bike crash near Chikkaballapura CHIKKABALLAPURA: Four youths were killed on the spot when the motorcycle they were travelling on collided head-on with a tipper near Ajjavara village on the outskirts of Chikkaballapura, which is 70 kms from Bengaluru, on Thursday night. The accident occurred around 9.30 pm,…
NEW DELHI: The Himachal Medical Officers’ Association has announced a mass leave on December 26, demanding the revocation of the suspension of a resident doctor in connection with an alleged assault on a patient at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC). The association has also called for legal action against those responsible in…
Beijing on Thursday rejected a Pentagon report that accused China of using easing border tensions with India to weaken US-India ties, calling the claims false and aimed at creating discord.“The Pentagon’s report distorts China’s defence policy, sows discord between China and other countries, and aims at finding a pretext for the US to maintain its…
NEW DELHI: The much-hyped reunion of the Thackeray cousins after 20 years has altered the political landscape of Maharashtra with the new alliance signalling the silent end of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) – the opposition front which Uddhav formed with the Congress and Sharad Pawar’s NCP in 2019 to keep the BJP out of…
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality improved for the second consecutive day on Thursday, though pollution levels continued to remain a concern. The city’s 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) stood at 234 at 4 pm, placing it in the ‘poor’ category, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The reading marked an…
Thailand on Thursday defended the demolition of the Vishnu idol, describing it as a “decorative structure” along its border with Cambodia, after criticism from India.Thailand’s prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul also defended the move, telling reporters on Thursday that “a destroyed statue cannot compare to soldiers’ lives or limbs”.The Thai government further said that the structure…