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Delhi Traffic Police issue advisory for Independence Day preparations

New Delhi: The Delhi Traffic Police have issued a detailed advisory for the full dress rehearsal on Tuesday for the Independence Day function here. Since the main function is held at the Red Fort, key…

Going global: UAE merchants accept Rupee via UPI to attract Indian customers

New Delhi: The government of India has been promoting UPI as a global payment platform. Now merchants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are accepting payments via UPI in Rupees to attract Indian customers. One…

Rains trigger flash floods in Amarnath shrine area

Srinagar: Heavy rains in the Amarnath shrine area triggered flash floods on Tuesday and security forces evacuated 4,000 Yatris to safety, officials said. Police sources said heavy rains occurred in Amarnath shrine area in the…

Rupee rises 15 paise to close at 79.76 against US dollar

Mumbai, July 28: The Indian rupee appreciated 15 paise to close at 79.76 against the US dollar on Thursday on hopes of a slower pace of rate hike by the US Fed in the coming…

Two fighter pilots die as MIG 21 crashes in Barmer, Rajasthan

New Delhi (29 July): Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed yesterday, as an IAF MIG-21 trainer aircraft crashed in Rajasthan’s Barmer district at 9:10 PM. The aircraft had taken off from Uttarlai airbase for…

Typhoon Trases approaches South Korea

Seoul, July 31: Typhoon Trases is approaching South Korea’s resort island of Jeju, packing maximum winds of 18 metres per second, the weather agency said on Sunday. The Korea Meteorological Administration predicted the typhoon to…

Pak military commander killed in a chopper crash, Baloch rebels suspected

New Delhi, Aug 2: A Pakistani Army helicopter carrying Quetta Corps Commander Lt Gen Sarfaraz Ali and five others crashed in Lasbela area of Balochistan late on Monday night. It is believed that all six…

Boy drowns in rainwater pit in Gurugram

Gurugram, Aug 2: The body of an eight-year-old boy has been recovered from a pit filled with rainwater alongside Dwarka Expressway in Gurugram on Tuesday afternoon. The boy, identified as Rishabh, a native of Aligarh…

Five children drown to death in Gujarat village

Ahmedabad, Aug 3: In a tragic incident, five children, including four girls, drowned to death in a pond near Methan village in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district on Wednesday.   According to the police, the children had…

2 women fall off railway bridge in Kerala, 1 drowns

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 6: A woman drowned while another was rescued from the Chalakudy river where they fell from a railway bridge after a speeding train blew them off in Kerala’s Ernakulam district on Saturday.  …

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