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Army builds Bailey bridge over Tawi within 12 hours

Jammu, Aug. 30 -- The Indian Army swiftly constructed a 110-foot Bailey bridge over the Tawi river in Jammu city within 12 hours after a section of the Rs.147-crore bridge collapsed due to heavy rainf... Read More


Himachal assembly passes bill to defer polls by 2 years

Shimla, Aug. 30 -- The Himachal Pradesh assembly on Friday passed amendments to the Municipal Council and Municipal Corporation Acts, empowering the state government to postpone elections in the newly... Read More


mayawati makes nephew national convener of bsp

Lucknow, Aug. 30 -- BSP chief Mayawati appointed her nephew Akash Anand as the national convener of the party, people in the party said. The move establishes him as the number two in the party with th... Read More


CM Mann forms 3-member panel to oversee flood relief ops

Chandigarh, Aug. 30 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday constituted a high-powered committee comprising three top officers of the state to supervise the relief and rescue operations in the flood... Read More


Principal booked for sexually harassing staff

Karnal, Aug. 30 -- The Ambala police have registered a case against the principal of an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) under charges of sexual harassment, insulting modesty of a woman and others ... Read More


Hathnikund restaurant failed due to poor planning: CAG

Chandigarh, Aug. 30 -- The construction of a restaurant near Hathnikund barrage rest house in Yamunanagar without a prior firm plan of its utilisation and lack of consultation with tourism department ... Read More


Naidu ousts NTR, takes over as CM in AP family coup

India, Aug. 30 -- The last week of August 1995 saw unprecedented political drama in Hyderabad that thrust a hitherto low-profile N Chandrababu Naidu into the national spotlight as he replaced his fath... Read More


Orange alert after downpour

Mumbai, Aug. 30 -- The city woke up to cloudy, overcast skies on Friday, with bouts of showers disrupting normal life intermittently. By afternoon though, the rain turned into a constant downpour, pro... Read More


45-yr-old woman dies in Saki Naka wall collapse

MUMBAI, Aug. 30 -- Amidst constant rains, the collapse of a retaining wall in a passage in Saki Naka at around 3:30pm on Friday led to the death of one person. The deceased, 45-year-old Mangala Gaonka... Read More


Tokyo eyes India as industrial hub for exports to Africa

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- Japan is keen to leverage Indian talent and its technological edge to position India as a manufacturing hub for exports to other countries, particularly in Africa, officials said... Read More