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PM Modi arrives in Kerala, to inaugurate development projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday arrived in Kerala where he received a warm welcome by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Governor Arif Muhammad Khan at the Nedumbassery airport. Prime Minister Modi will perform pooja and darshan at Guruvayur Temple in Kerala on the morning of January 17. During his visit to Kerala, PM Modi will inaugurate three major infrastructure projects worth more than Rs. 4,000 crore viz the New Dry Dock (NDD) at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL); the International Ship Repair Facility (ISRF) of CSL; and LPG Import Terminal of Indian Oil Corporation Limited at Puthuvypeen, Kochi, the Prime Minister office stated. (ANI)
Korean Air plane bumps another aircraft at a Japanese airport, no one injured
A Korean Air plane, carrying 289 people, collided with a parked Cathay Pacific aircraft at New Chitose Airport in northern Japan. The incident occurred during pushback for takeoff, but fortunately, no injuries or fires were reported. This incident follows a runway collision at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport just two weeks ago, involving a Japan Airlines airliner and a coast guard plane that resulted in the passenger plane catching fire.
Man stabbed in Delhi’s Prem Nagar, suffer serious injurious
A 20-year-old man, Nitesh, sustained serious injuries in an attack by unidentified individuals after a dispute in central Delhi’s Prem Nagar. The altercation occurred while Nitesh was crossing a road. The police were informed about the stabbing incident by a hospital at around 4 pm on Monday.
20 injured as two buses collide head-on in Kolkata’s Beleghata
Several people were injured as two buses collided head-on in Kolkata’s Beleghata area on Tuesday afternoon, police said. A private bus of route 44 and a Howrah-bound WBTC bus collided on the Beleghata Main Road, they said. The driver of the state-run WBTC bus was trapped in the cabin, and his condition was stated to be critical, they added. (PTI)
108-foot-long incense stick lit at Ayodhya
Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Mahant Nritya Gopal Das on Tuesday lit a 108-foot-long incense stick brought here from Gujarat. Das lit the incense stick amid a huge crowd chanting “Jai Shri Ram”. The fragrance from the incense stick will reach a distance of 50 km, it has been claimed. The incense stick weighing 3,610 kg has a width of around three-and-a-half feet. It has been brought to this Uttar Pradesh town from Gujarat’s Vadodara. Cow dung, ghee, essence, flower extracts and herbs were used to prepare the incense stick, which, once lit, will last for about a month and a half. (PTI)
Consecration rituals begin at Ram temple in Ayodhya
Preparations for the January 22 consecration of the Ram Mandir began at the temple complex, with rituals ongoing until January 21. The chief priest announces essential ceremonies for the “Pran Pratishtha” on January 22, as shared by temple trust secretary Champat Rai.
Iran strikes targets in northern Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate
Iran fired missiles late on Monday at what it claimed were Israeli “spy headquarters” near the US consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, and at targets linked to the extremist group Islamic State in northern Syria. Four civilians were killed and six injured after missiles hit an upscale area near the consulate in Irbil, the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, according to the security council of the Kurdish regional government. (AP)
Matthew Perry honoured as ‘Friends’ theme song plays during In Memoriam tribute at 75th Emmys
“Friends” actor Matthew Perry received an emotional tribute at the 75th Emmys’ In Memoriam segment, alongside other late stars like Len Goodman, Andre Braugher, Lance Reddick, Paul Reubens, Barbra Walters, and Kirstie Alley, according to Variety. Pop singer Charlie Puth and The War and Treaty duo performed, starting with Puth’s “See You Again” and concluding with a stripped-down cover of the “Friends” theme song, “I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts.
Earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hits Jammu-Kashmir
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.6 on the Richter Scale hit Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, said the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
Dense fog spurs travel woes in Delhi, around 30 flights and trains delayed
As the national capital woke to freezing weather on Tuesday, around 30 flights departing from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport were delayed and 17 were cancelled due to weather conditions, airport officials said. (READ MORE)
North Korea decides to abolish agencies managing relations with South Korea
North Korea has decided to abolish agencies managing relations with South Korea at a key parliamentary meeting, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing state media.
Four dead in Arizona hot air balloon crash
Four people including the pilot died and another person was critically injured when their hot air balloon crashed into the Arizona desert on Sunday after eight skydivers had successfully jumped out of the basket, investigators said.
