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No more potholes in Bengaluru? CM Kumaraswamy assures BBMP will find solution

The newly-elected Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy held a meeting with the BBMP officials last week to look for a permanent solution to the pothole issues in Bengaluru.

Jun 7, 2018

From less food to costlier luggage fees, is Railways taking Indians for a ride?

One proposal says Indian Railways wants to reduce the quantity of food served and focus on quality, while another says passengers will be charged six times the luggage fees for their excess baggage.

Jun 6, 2018

World Environment Day 2018: India to fund innovative ideas for waste management

Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan added that a lot of measures have been taken since October 2017 to address air pollution when the capital city of Delhi suffered with the quality of air.

Jun 5, 2018

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Disruption looms large as Bengaluru metro employees threaten strike, BMRCL gets Kochi staff

A decision on the strike will now depend on the high court verdict, the proceedings for which are expected sometime in the afternoon. If the decision is not in their favour, Bengaluru metro employees have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from the third shift that begins at 9.30 pm on June 4

Jun 4, 2018

Samsung Galaxy J7 Max, Galaxy J7 Pro launched in India

Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro gets a generous price cut: Key features

Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro sports 5.5-inch super AMOLED full HD screen and comes Exynos octa-core processor with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage, which can be expandable up to 128GB. Read to know more about the Android phone.

Jun 3, 2018

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project: Opposition parties to join villagers' protests in Palghar

PM Narendra Modi's ambitious pet project, expected to be completed by 2022, faces land acquisition issues as nearly 2,000 tribal villagers are all set to stage a protest in Palghar on Sunday, June 3.

Jun 2, 2018

Tata Boeing Aerospace delivers 1st AH-64 Apache combat helicopter fuselage from Hyderabad facility

The facility, which is spread over 14,000-square meters and will be employing 350 highly skilled workers at full production, was inaugurated by Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in March.

Jun 1, 2018

7 killed after bus veers off road in Himachal Pradesh

The bus was on its way to Tikkar from Shimla when the accident occurred on the Theog-Hatkoti road.

Jun 1, 2018

Delhi fire: 15 hours on, 70 fire engines and IAF toil to douse Malviya Nagar blaze

The fire started on a truck in Malviya Nagar, but spread to a nearby five-storey rubber godown around 5 pm on Tuesday, and fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The thick smoke was reportedly visible even from areas such as Greater Kailash and Nehru Place, which is about five kilometres away.

May 30, 2018

India's first underwater metro tunnel to carry passengers across Hooghly in 60 seconds

Tunneling has been completed under the river and regular metro services are expected to begin in 2019, with the entire Sealdah to Howrah link seeing completion in 2021.

May 29, 2018

Badge-engineered Vitara Brezza, Baleno by Toyota will be priced lower than Maruti Suzuki?

Toyota has decided to increase the localisation in its badge-engineered version of Maruti Suzuki's Vitara Brezza and Baleno. Will it see Toyota's small car prices undercutting Maruti Suzuki models?

May 28, 2018

Summers bring Shimla's water woes to a boil

While the residents are grappling with water woes -- not exactly for the first time -- civic body Mayor Kusum Sadret of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is helming the Municipal Corporation for the first time in three decades since June 2017, is away to China on an official tour.

May 28, 2018

Snake bites mother who later breastfeeds baby, both succumb to poison

The shocking incident reportedly occurred in a village in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh.

May 26, 2018

This is how Samsung plans to take on Chinese handset makers

Xiaomi held 30.3 per cent market share in the first quarter of 2018, while Samsung came second with 25.1 per cent share, according to a report from International Data Corporation.

May 24, 2018

14 hospitalized as 40 passengers of Puri-Howrah Shatabdi Express fall sick after breakfast

The passengers of the Puri-Howrah Shatabdi Express said that they had eaten the breakfast of bread and omelet served by the IRCTC and fell sick soon after. They complained of abdominal pain, uneasiness and nausea, after which 14 passengers were admitted to the hospital in Kharagpur.