New Delhi, May 14 , 2024 : Primarily driven by high food and vegetable prices, India’s wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation rose to 1.26% year-on-year in April 2024 from 0.53% in the previous month, data released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry showed on Tuesday. The data showed that the rate of inflation based…
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Mumbai, May 14 , 2024 : A massive Ghatkopar hoarding collapse in Mumbai has resulted in 14 deaths on Tuesday, prompting the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to conduct overnight rescue operations. According to reports, a large hoarding for advertisements, erected by a private party, crashed in the gusty winds on several houses and a…
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Bengaluru, May 14 , 2024 : Amid a volatile political environment, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday firmly asserted the stability of the Congress government, dismissing any threats posed by Operation ‘Kamala’. Their strong stance comes amid growing speculations and parallels drawn with the political turmoil in Maharashtra. During…
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Srinagar, May 14, 2024 : Police arrested two drug smugglers and recovered heroin worth Rs 2 crore from their possession in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Police said that they intercepted two persons at a checkpoint established at Ganie Mohalla Trikanjan, and during their search, 446 grams of contraband heroin-like substance worth approximately…
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Srinagar, May 14 , 2024 : Jammu and Kashmir Police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at 11 locations in South Kashmir districts in connection with investigations into the killing of a migrant worker last month, officials said. SIA officials said the searches were carried in three districts of Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian…
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Asansol (WB), May 14 , 2024 : The alleged mastermind of illegal coal mining and theft in West Bengal, Anup Majhi alias Lala, on Tuesday surrendered before the CBI Special Court in Asansol after months of remaining underground, official sources here said. Sources said Majhi on Tuesday morning gave himself up before the special court…
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Washington, May 14 , 2024 : A controlled precision-cut demolition was conducted on Monday to break down a large steel section of a collapsed bridge in Baltimore, U.S. state of Maryland, aiming to free the cargo ship Dali that hit and destroyed the bridge in March from the fallen structure. Brandon M. Scott, mayor of…
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Canberra, May 14 , 2024 : The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Tuesday that it will strengthen the justice system to better protect domestic and family violence victims by making it more difficult for those accused to get bail. Legal reforms by the NSW government will include reversing the presumption of…
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Houston, May 14 , 2024 : Amid severe weather across the U.S. South, a lightning strike on Monday afternoon hit a runway of William P. Hobby Airport, one of the two major airports in the fourth largest U.S. city of Houston, Texas, according to the Houston Airport System. Airport authorities shut down the runway immediately…
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Jakarta, May 14 , 2024 : Up to 52 people were found dead and 17 went missing after cold lava floods destroyed houses, buildings and public facilities in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province, a senior official of local disaster agency said on Tuesday. Search for the missing persons resumed on Tuesday as several heavy machinery equipment…
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