Gurdwara collapse: Rescue operations on to trace survivors

Three persons are believed to be trapped under the debris of a gurdwara which collapsed on the National Highway 1 here and a team of NDRF and Haryana Police are carrying out operations to pull them out

Centre to open 800 passport service centres in head POs

Bhubaneswar: The Centre has decided to open passport service centres in all the 800 district head post offices across the country in two years' time to increase people's access to the facility, especially in remote areas. Making the announcement here today, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh said, "150 post office passport seva kendras are being opened this year and within two years all the 800 head post offices in all the districts would be in place."

Download e-admit card, instructions: UPSC to candidates

All aspirants for the civil services preliminary exam on Sunday have been asked to download the e-admit card "well in advance" to avoid last minute rush, the UPSC has said. The Union Public Service Commission has stopped issuing paper admit cards for the past few years and candidates are required to download it from its website

Tale of woes, a UP man peddled home carrying niece on shoulder

Allahabad: An incident happened in Kaushambi shocked the entire nation when a man was forced to carry body of his niece on a bicycle after denied ambulance by a government hospital.

Pvt bus permit row, roadways employees on one day strike

Chandigarh: Over 4,000 Haryana Roadways buses remained off the road today as employees called for a 'chakka jam' and struck work for a day to demand withdrawal of permits to private bus operators. The strike, to protest the permits given under the 2016- 17 transport policy, inconvenienced thousands of commuters who depend on Haryana Roadways buses for commuting. "The strike is total and over 4,000 buses, including luxury Volvo buses, are off the road across the state today. We are protesting the government's policy of granting permits to private operators.

Haryana Roadways buses off the road as employees strike work

Over 4,000 Haryana Roadways buses remained off the road today as employees called for a 'chakka jam' and struck work for a day to demand withdrawal of permits to private bus operators. The strike, to protest the permits given under the 2016- 17 transport policy, inconvenienced thousands of commuters who depend on Haryana Roadways buses for commuting

Roof of Gurdwara collapses in Panipat, over half dozen injured

The roof of a Gurdwara collapsed here today leaving seven to eight people injured, even as some others were trapped under the debris, police said

Vaishno Devi pilgrim dies in Reasi

A 69-year-old Vaishno Devi pilgrim died after falling unconscious at Katra in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir today. Hardwari Lal, a resident of Punjab, fainted at Bhavan area, a police officer said. He was immediately taken to a dispensary where doctors declared him brought dead

Examine afresh DU's plea for increasing LLB seats: HC to BCI

The Delhi High Court today asked the Bar Council of India (BCI) to examine afresh the Delhi University's (DU) representation to induct 2,310 students in its LLB course as against 1,440 fixed by the lawyers' body

Fire breaks out behind Western Court in Lutyens' Delhi

A fire broke out today at a vacant plot located in the back-alley of Western Court situated on Janpath Road here. A call was received at 4.28 PM about the fire in some furniture kept at a plot behind the colonial-era landmark, said a senior officer from the Delhi Fire Services