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PM Modi inaugurates India's first seaplane service; to fly between Ahmedabad and Kevadia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country's first seaplane service in Gujarat on the 145th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Saturday. He inaugurated the service by boarding the first flight from Sardar Sarovar in Kevadia to Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad.

Oct 31, 2020

ACT Fibernet fails customers; poor service, negligence malign brand

Customers of ACT Fibernet broadband service have taken to social media to narrate their plight of poor internet services including connection loss for days and miserable customer care services in Hyderabad and Bengaluru.

Oct 31, 2020

Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star smashed again; accused hands himself in

US President Donald Trump's Walk of Fame star in Los Angeles has been vandalised again, authorities said, adding that the perpetrator, who has attacked the monument multiple times since 2016, turned himself in.

Oct 31, 2020

Who is Harpreet Singh, the first woman to head an Indian airline

Harpreet A De Singh is appointed as the CEO of Air India's (AI) regional subsidiary Alliance Air making her the first-ever woman head of an Indian carrier.

Oct 31, 2020

World's strongest 2020 typhoon to approach, Philippines orders evacuation

Philippine officials on Saturday ordered evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island as a category 5 storm that is the world's strongest this year approaches the Southeast Asian nation.

Oct 31, 2020

National Unity Day: Remembering Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel the 'Iron man of India' on his birth anniversary

On Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 'Rashtriya Ekta Diwas' parade in Kevadia.

Oct 31, 2020

Durgapur barrage lock gate damaged, panic of flood in Bengal villages

A portion of lock gate of Durgapur barrage got severely damaged on Friday night triggering panic among villagers that it may lead to inundation of a large part of low-lying areas in West Bengal's West Burdwan district.

Oct 31, 2020

Saudi man rams speeding car into gate of Mecca's Grand Mosque; arrested | Watch

A driver rammed his car into the outer-perimeter gate of the Grand Mosque in Mecca late in an incident that went viral on social media. No casualties were reported. The driver has now been arrested.

Oct 31, 2020

Three Indian nationals kidnapped in Libya return safe to Andhra

Three welders of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh, who were abducted in Libya, have safely returned home to Seetanagaram in Sompeta Mandal.

Oct 31, 2020

Indian Army's massive crackdown on construction scams; MES under CBI scanner

The Indian Army has handed the Meerut project led by Military Engineer Services (MES) to the CBI, but more are likely to follow. Read for details.

Oct 31, 2020

What privacy: Personal details of 4,474 RTI applicants leaked on Govt of India website [details]

The I&B ministry in its reply said it was not aware of the 2016 memorandum directing that personal details of applicants shall not be disclosed.

Oct 31, 2020

Buildings collapse, 4 dead, many injured; massive earthquake hits Turkey, triggers tsunami

A powerful earthquake has rocked western Turkey, resulting in massive devastation, fatality and chaos in the country's third-largest city.

Oct 30, 2020

From Karnataka to White House; untold story of Vivek Murthy's journey

Dr Vivek Murthy was appointed surgeon general in 2014 by then-President Barack Obama. Here's a look at Murthy's journey from a small town in southern India to White House.

Oct 30, 2020

Gurugram shocker: 21-year-old raped inside ICU by Fortis staffer; victim was semiconscious

Fortis in Gurugram has come under heavy fire after a 21-year-old patient was raped by a staffer inside the ICU. The accused had threatened to kill the victim if she informed anyone.

Oct 30, 2020

Karnataka cop responsible for tackling betting racket, arrested for running one himself

The crime surfaced after Karnataka police arrested a betting racket ring leader and he later dared the officials to arrest a head constable in district crime bureau who ran a bigger racket

Oct 30, 2020