File photo: Ex-Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani (Photo: ANI) AHMDEABAD: Bodies of 38 victims from the June 12 crash of Air India Flight 171 were handed over to relatives by Sunday evening, 30 passengers and crew aboard the Boeing Dreamliner and eight who died on the ground when the plane slammed into buildings at BJ Medical…
AHMEDABAD: It was Father’s Day on Sunday, but Ramesh Bhaliya arrived in Ahmedabad not to receive warm hugs but to collect the mortal remains of his youngest son. The London businessman flew down to Civil Hospital here, where his younger son Ajaykumar lay in the morgue, while his eldest son Viswash was recuperating in the…
Bengaluru: In India’s startup capital, footpaths appear to be rarer than unicorns! The city may boast of a 14,000km-long road network — including arterial, sub-arterial, major, and TenderSure roads — but the provision for pedestrians is minimal.Take arterial and sub-arterial roads, for example. Bengaluru has 1,671km of them, yet footpaths exist along just 2.9km. That…
CHENNAI/MUMBAI: India Cements’ new promoter, UltraTech Cement, will need to sell about 7 per cent of its stake, worth over Rs 667 crore, to meet the minimum public shareholding rules set by the capital market regulator. UltraTech currently owns about 82 per cent of India Cements, and the rules mandate that listed companies must have…
Fresh off his knighthood, Sir David Beckham posted a heartfelt Father’s Day tribute—complete with family photos and a tagged Brooklyn. This comes just days after a rare Instagram olive branch, breaking the long-running silence in a family feud that began with Brooklyn and Nicola’s wedding tensions. With Victoria and his younger sons celebrating publicly, the…
Mumbai: Residents have demanded a structural audit of the entire Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road flyover and that the report be made public after they noticed damage to the crash barriers on its Deonar-bound arm. Senior BMC officials, however, claimed that there is no cause for concern as they are carrying out rectification work, which will be…
PM Modi being welcomed by members of the Indian diaspora in Cyprus Ahead of his departure for Cyprus on Sunday, PM Narendra Modi said his three-nation tour was also an opportunity to thank partner countries for their “steadfast support” to India in its fight against cross-border terrorism, and to galvanise global understanding on tackling terrorism…
Maharashtra bridge collapse (Picture credit: AP) PUNE: A structurally weak iron-and-concrete footbridge over the Indrayani river that had been declared unfit for use but not officially shut to pedestrians and bikes collapsed Sunday, about 40km from Pune, killing four people and injuring 51, eight of them critically.One person was reported missing after falling into the…
Bengaluru: The govt’s decision to commission a new socio-economic and educational survey, commonly known as the caste census, has drawn mixed responses from communities. While a section of backward classes has voiced strong opposition, politically dominant communities such as Lingayats and Vokkaligas have welcomed the move.Some representatives of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) are urging the…
Kalpeshbhai Patni faints while waiting for the body of his younger brother to be brought home. Akash, 14, was sleeping under a tree near the family-run tea stall when AI 171 debris fell on him MUMBAI: Competing theories about what caused AI 171 to crash have generated a new set of possible explanations. Among them…
