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Kolhapur, Jan 27: A bus carrying pilgrims plunged into a river on the outskirts of Kolhapur in Maharashtra after smashing through a bridge railing, killing 12 and injuring another three, police said Saturday. The accident took place on Friday night when the driver lost control of the vehicle along the Shivaji Bridge on the Panchganga River, police officer Anil Shinde said. The vehicle rammed into

A mother has been left devastated after she lost all her children on a single tragic night at Rol Didana area in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Salima Al Suraidi’s seven children aged between five and 13 years suffocated to death in the wee hours of last Monday (January 22) as a fire broke out at their villa. In response to a call from the Ras Al Khaimah Sports and Cultural Club, mothers

A mother has been left devastated after she lost all her children on a single tragic night at Rol Didana area in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Salima Al Suraidi’s seven children aged between five and 13 years suffocated to death in the wee hours of last Monday (January 22) as a fire broke out at their villa. In response to a call from the Ras Al Khaimah Sports and Cultural Club, mothers

New Delhi, Jan 26: In one of the many firsts this year, a women contingent of the Border Security Force today performed motorcycle stunts during the Republic Day parade, drawing one of the loudest cheers from the audience as well as dignitaries like President Ram Nath Kovind and ASEAN leaders. As per tradition, the BSF and the Army's bike-borne 'daredevils' end the parade on alternate years. But

New Delhi, Jan 26: President Ram Nath Kovind today appeared emotional after he awarded the Ashok Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration, posthumously to Air Force Garud commando Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala here. Corporal Nirala laid down his life after gunning down two terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district in Nov. After presenting the award to Corporal Nirala's wife

Seoul, Jan 26: A huge fire tore through a South Korean hospital Friday killing at least 41 people, the government said, in the country's worst blaze for 15 years. More than 80 others were hurt in the fire, which comes just weeks before thousands of athletes and foreign visitors are expected in the country for the Winter Olympics. Videos posted on social media showed a patient hanging on to a rope

Palakkad, Jan 26: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat unfurled the tricolour on Friday at a Sangh Parivar managed higher secondary school affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) here. He did so disregarding a State government circular restricting the right to hoist the national flag on Republic Day in educational institutions across the State only to the concerned headmaster or principal

New Delhi, Jan 26: Amid an unprecedented security cover, celebrations for the 69th Republic Day began on the Rajpath here today in the presence of the leaders of 10 ASEAN nations who are attending the event as chief guests. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his tributes to the martyrs by laying a wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti in the presence of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the three

New Delhi, Jan 26: One individual from each ASEAN country was today chosen for the Padma Award, in an unprecedented move to promote India's ties with the 10-member bloc. The decision to confer the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, on one achiever from each ASEAN country was taken as India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit started in New Delhi today. In a first, all the 10 ASEAN leaders

Music director Ilaiyaraaja, cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni and senior Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh ideologue P Parameswaran are among the 85 personalities named for the 2018 Padma Awards by the Home Ministry. In an "unprecedented and symbolic gesture of India ASEAN bonding" Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also announced Padma Shri awards for one individual from each ASEAN country, the foreign