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The Rajya Sabha on Monday deferred a short discussion to flag the death of four students – three drowned in the flooded basement of an east Delhi coaching centre on Saturday and a fourth was electrocuted last week. Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar said he had received three notices for suspension of regular House business but this was opposed by the Congress, the primary opposition. “This was conveyed to me by Jairam Ramesh (the Congress’ comms chief) in categorical terms.” The Congress reportedly also wanted a discussion on other issues affected students, including the contentious NEET-UG examination row, as well as violence and…
A Georgia man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of a woman he briefly met on a dating app, The People reported. Fabiola Thomas, 39, was discovered in a bathtub by her roommate in June 2019 in her Roswell, Ga., apartment, according to reports from WSB-TV, 11 Alive, and FOX 5 Atlanta. Antonio Wilson, then 38, was arrested and charged with her murder months later, as reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and 11 Alive, citing Roswell Police. The investigation began on June 8, 2019, when police received a frantic phone call from Ms Thomas’ roommate,…
Two days after the flooding of a basement in Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar left three IAS aspirants dead, civic authorities have started bulldozer action in the area to remove encroachment blocking drains and contributing to the waterlogging problem. A video tweeted by news agency ANI showed an earthmover at work to drill and remove blocks of cement blocking the drains. #WATCH | Earth movers put into action to remove encroachment over drains in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar after the incident of death of 3 UPSC aspirants due to drowning in an IAS coaching institute pic.twitter.com/NR6sjw5a7b — ANI (@ANI) July 29, 2024…
A horrifying scene unfolded at a coaching centre in Delhi on Saturday when water gushed into its basement – being used as a library in violation of rules. Several students were trapped and three died in the waterlogged basement. A video, seemingly shot hours before the bodies of the three students were recovered, shows many students rushing out of the flooded basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle in west Delhi Rajendra Nagar. Water was gushing down the stairs as the students waded through water, it showed. A man can be heard asking the students to come out of the basement…
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has sealed at least 13 “illegal” coaching centres in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar after three civil service aspirants died in the flooding of the basement of a coaching institute in the same area. The action by the civic body, which continued till late Sunday night, came after three students – Tania Soni, Shreya Yadav and Navin Delvin – were killed when water suddenly gushed into the basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle on Saturday evening. The coaching centres that were sealed included IAS Gurukul, Chahal Academy, Plutus Academy, Sai Trading, IAS Setu, Topper’s Academy,…
India captain Suryakumar Yadav, whose captaincy skills were on display during the first T20I against Sri Lanka, stated that he wants to classify himself as a leader and not as a captain. When Sri Lanka’s opening duo of Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis inflicted carnage in Pallekele, the 214-run total started turning into a comfortable chase for the hosts. Sri Lanka raced to 84/0 in the ninth over and looked well set to spoil the beginning of Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar’s era. With India fielding only five mainstay bowlers, Suryakumar was running out of options. In the ninth over, he…
Ace India shuttler Lakshya Sen’s dominating win over Guatemala’s Kevin Cordon in the badminton men’s singles Group L match at the ongoing Paris Olympics has been ‘deleted after the Guatemalan pulled out of the multi-sport event due to a left elbow injury. According to Olympics.com, Cordon withdrew himself from the ongoing Paris Olympics for which his upcoming Group L matches against Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie and Belgium’s Julien Carraggi will not be played. As per the BWF General Competition Regulations for group stage play, the result from the match between Lakshya Sen and Kevin Cordon was deleted. The Indian shuttler will…
A 28-year-old person died due to his injuries after being hit by a speeding luxury car in Mumbai, police said. The Worli Police said that the victim, Vinod Lad, died seven days after the accident. The police have registered a case against the driver, Kiran Indulkar and have arrested him. On July 20, Lad was hit by a speeding car on Abdul Gaffar Khan Road near Worli Sea Link. He died during his treatment on Saturday, July 27. The incident took place weeks after a similar hit-and-run incident at Mumbai’s Worli when a speeding luxury car hit a scooter on…
In the worst single-incident of civilian losses for Israel since Hamas stormed into its southern villages and army bases on October 7, a rocket exploded in Golan Heights on Saturday, killing 12. The rocket strike hit a football pitch and killed children who local authorities said were aged 10 to 16. While Israel claims Hezbollah fired a Falaq-1 Iranian rocket at them, the Iran-backed group said it had “no connection” to the incident. The rocket strike has raised fears of a wider conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to exact a “heavy price” from…
A month before waterlogging in the basement of a building in Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar left three civil service aspirants dead, a complaint had flagged risks in using the basement as a library or for holding classes. Kishor Singh Kushwah, a civil service aspirant, says he had written to the Centre, the state government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi about how Rau’s IAS Study Circle was using the basement as a library and endangering the lives of students and staff. The MCD, it has emerged, had only allowed use of the basement for storage and parking. The complaint, addressed to…