Working overnight with a powerful machine, rescue workers had by Friday morning drilled up to 21 metres through the rubble in Silkyara tunnel, inching closer to the 40 labourers trapped there for five days.
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has apologised for the loss of lives during the Telangana statehood agitation, drawing sharp reactions from the ruling BRS.
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi has returned bills sent to him by the government for his assent and the state is all set to get them passed again in a special sitting of the Assembly on November 18.
Udupi: A viral social media post shared in the instant image sharing platform, Instagram, celebrating the chilling quadruple murder in Nejaru has garnered widespread outrage from netizens. The viral Instagram story is seen portraying the accused as a ‘world-record breaker.’
Puttur: Former Puttur MLA, Sanjeeva Matandoor has reportedly suffered a snake bite on Thursday night at his residence here at Hirebandadi. The BJP leader has been admitted to hospital.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court asked the Centre on Thursday to take a decision within a week on a request to travel to Yemen from the mother of a Kerala woman who is on death row there for the murder of a Yemini national.
Imphal: Militants triggered a low-intensity Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast under an Assam Rifles mine-protected vehicle in Manipur's Tengnoupal district on Thursday morning, officials said.
Bengaluru: The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday expressed serious concern over the delay in the release of drought relief funds to the state, by the central government.
Bengaluru, Nov 16: Senior BJP MLA and former Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka on Thursday said he along with four to five other legislators are aspirants for the post of Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, and whoever is elected, will be acceptable to everyone.
Bengaluru: The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company has reportedly imposed a fine of Rs 68,000 on former Karnataka Chief Minister and Karnataka state JD(S) President, on Thursday, for allegedly drawing electricity from an electric pole near his residence to light up decorative bulbs on the occasion of Deepavali.
