March 19, 2016
March 19, 2016
Hyderabad: Proposals submitted by the AP endowments department for taking up preparations for the Krishna Pushkaralu left Chief Secretary S.P. Tucker stunned.The department estimated the arrangements for the Krishna Pushkarulu to cost the government a whopping Rs 4,256.68 crore, while it spent Rs 2,000 crore on the rec...
Hyderabad: The South Central Railway (SCR) is planning to make special arrangements for the forthcoming Krishna Pushakarams in Andhra Pradesh. In this regard, the SCR General Manager Ravindra Gupta attended a high-level review meeting conducted by the AP Chief Minister N .Chandrababu Naidu at Vijayawada on Friday. They...
After Godavari Pushkarams last year, AP Govt is putting all efforts to conduct Krishna Pushkarams successfully this year. As per statistics from all the departments involved for pushkaram arrangements, around 3846 crores of rupees need a spend on whole. As the Krishna river pushkarams begin on August 12th, more than 3 ...
Hyderabad: The State government is planning to conduct Krishna Pushkaralu in a big way for 12 days from August 12 to 23. The Pushkarams will be conducted in Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts. The officials pegged the estimations at Rs 825.16 crore for all arrangements for the spiritual extravaganza.Chief Minister K Ch...
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Delhi Police on Saturday questioned Shashi Tharoor in connection with his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death case.Here's all what happenedPolice summoned Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and asked him questions about the source of Alprax tablets that they suspect Pushkar overdosed on.Reportedl...
The Delhi Police have re-examined Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s driver and domestic help who were with his wife Sunanda Pushkar hours before she was found dead in a five-star hotel in the city in 2014.Sources said the special investigation team launched another round of questioning in the case last week to try and...
New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar died of poisoning caused by anxiety drug Alprax, the final report by AIIMS medical board said. All India Institute of Medical Sciences experts also said there could be chances of an injectable poison, in view of certain marks on Sunanda's body. The report submitted to the Delhi police earlier...
Sunanda Pushkar died of “poisoning” with the AIIMS medical board, which gave its opinion on the FBI report on her viscera samples, unanimously concluding that there was presence of anxiety drug Alprax in her stomach.However, the board did not rule out the possibility of any injectable poison, in view of a p...
The FBI report on Sunanda Pushkar's murder said that she died due to an overdose of Lidocaine, a local anaesthetic, reports a leading news channel.As per the report, Lidocaine, an antiarrhythmic drug of heart can lead to death when given intravenously.The report dated November 10, 2015 is based on viscera samples of Su...
New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, died of poisoning, a long-awaited medical report submitted to the police today has confirmed. Sources said the report names the specific poison that killed Ms Pushkar. The report, prepared by top doctors at Delhi's state-run AIIMS hospital, draws...
New Delhi: Delhi police commissioner BS Bassi on Friday termed the death of Sunanda Pushkar 'unnatural', and ruled out radio-active poisoning as cause of her demise.“The radioactive levels were found within the acceptable range, also certain other chemical compounds were found," Bassi said, adding that based...
FBI lab reports of Sunanda Pushkar's viscera sample have ruled death by polonium or any other radioactive substance, reports the Hindu. Reports sent to Indian authorities have hinted that the radioactive substance present in the body had not reached toxic levels, which could have resulted in a fatal consequence.D...
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu here on Thursday asked the officials to complete the construction of flyover at Kanakadurga temple before Krishna Pushkaralu.The Chief Minister held a review meeting with the officials and the contractor and wanted them to begin the works and complete the flyover ahead of ...
Telangana government which has organised 'Godavari Pushkaralu' in a successful manner, has been gearing up for organising Krishna Pushkaralu. The said pushkaralu is going to be organised in the next year but the Telangana government has begun the works. Krishna Pushkaralu will be held in Mahboobnagar district and it wi...
Mahabubnagar: Minister for Industries, Handlooms & Textiles Sugar Jupally Krishna Rao reviewed with District Collector T K Sridevi and other officials about the preparedness for the upcoming Krishna Pushkaralu-2016, at MGKLI Guest house, Kollapur. During the review, the Minister told the officials that basing on th...
The death toll of Indians in the Hajjj stampede has risen to 101 even as 32 nationals still remain missing after the last month's tragedy."Saudi authorities have identified more pilgrims who died in Hajj stampede. The toll of Indian pilgrims is now 101. We have 32 missing," External Affairs Minister Sushma Sw...
The number of Indians killed in the Hajj stampede rose to 51 today as authorities identified six more bodies with 38 Indian pilgrims being treated for injuries in the worst tragedy in 25 years to hit the pilgrimage.According to the Consulate General of India in Jeddah, 46 Indians had died until September 28. By October...
MINA: The number of Indians killed in a stampede at the Haj has risen to 45 with authorities identifying 10 more bodies among the victims of the worst tragedy in 25 years to hit the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia."The death toll of Indians killed in Haj stampede is now 45. We have 50 Indian pilgrims in va...
New Delhi: With six more deaths being announced in the recent stampede, the toll of Indians from the worst Hajj tragedy in 25 years near the Saudi holy city of Mecca rose to 35 on Sunday.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed the news. On microbloging website Twitter Swaraj wrote: “Unfortunately, there...
Mina: The death toll of Indian pilgrims in last week's horrific stampede during Haj on Sunday rose to 29 as authorities identified seven more bodies among the victims of the worst incident in 25 years to strike the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Hajj Consulate in Jeddah identified the deceased as Mansurul Haque (Jh...
The death toll of Indian pilgrims in the horrific stampede during Haj rose to 22 on Saturday as Saudi Arabia grappled to come to terms with the horrific tragedy that has claimed 769 lives. “The number of Indian lives lost in Haj stampede has now risen to 22. Some more bodies are to be identified,” External ...
At least 717 people were killed and many were injured in a crush outside Mecca couple of days ago. The worst tragedy in 25 years at the annual Muslim pilgrimage occurred during the symbolic stoning of the devil at Mina, just outside the holy city of Mecca. Here are the actual reasons for the mammoth stampede.Worshipper...
Mina: The death toll of Indian pilgrims has risen to 18 in the grisly stampede at the Haj, which has so far claimed the lives of 717 people, the worst tragedy to hit the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in 25 years."18 Indian Hajis are now confirmed dead," Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Vik...
Concern is growing for several groups of British pilgrims who have not made contact with their families since the stampede that killed more than 700 people in Saudi Arabia.The Muslim Council of Wales said it knew of around 120 people in three groups from Cardiff, Newport and Swansea who were unaccounted for.A spokesper...
Fourteen Indian Haj pilgrims have been confirmed dead and at least 13 injured at the Mina stampede in Saudi Arabia, according to India's envoys in Jeddah. Nine of the dead were from Gujarat, two each from Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra and one from Jharkhand. India's foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj cautioned that these fig...
Fourteen Indians were among the hundreds who were killed in one of the worst-ever tragedies at the annual Haj pilgrimage on Thursday.Among the Indians killed was a Keralite, Mohammed from Kodungaloor in Thrissur district, Kerala’s Rural Development and Non Resident Keralite Affairs Minister K.C. Joseph said in Th...
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted that action is being taken to help all Indian pilgrims stuck in the Mecca stampede. Swaraj is currently in Washington.Sushma also tweeted the MEA helpline numbers. At least 717 people of different nationalities were killed and over 860 others, including two Indians, injur...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condoled the death of piligrims in a stampede near the holy city of Mecca.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah also tweeted condolences. At least 717 people of different nationalities were killed and over 860 oth...