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According to officials, a major part of the track between Jutogh and Summer Hill railway stations in Shimla was washed away. It hanged down the hill.The movement of trains between Kandaghat-Shimla has been cancelled. Toy trains, as they are popularly called, run on the century-old Kalka-Shimla rail line.Each train has seven coaches and can accommodate nearly 200 passengers.The 96-km-long narrow gauge railroad, originally built to ferry Europeans to Shimla, the then summer capital of British India, was chosen by the Unesco as a world heritage site in 2008.–IANSvg/pgh

Pakistan is set to host an international hockey event after nearly 19 years and eight teams will compete in Lahore from January 13 to 24 next year. The event in Lahore will offer three berths to the Paris Olympic Games next year.With this scenario in mind, Hockey India secretary general Bhola Nath Singh has said that if the Pakistan hockey team can visit India for the Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai, which ended on Sunday, the Men in Blue should also be allowed to cross the border to play hockey there.”The Pakistan team has come here to play then why…

In the wee hours on Sunday, the beheaded body of a student identified as Rabijul Hussain was discovered in the dorm room of the Darus Salam Hafizia Madrasa in Dholai area of Cachar district. Police initially detained some 20 hostel mates of Hussain and a few teachers of the Madrasa.Numal Mahatta, the Cachar district’s superintendent of police, said that the Imam confessed to his crime during questioning and that he had been detained under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including section 302 (murder).The police officer claimed that when the accused allegedly assaulted the student last month, the…

Malik was granted two months’ conditional bail on medical grounds and was set free from a private CritiCare Asia Hospital in Kurla where he was undergoing treatment since May 2022.NCP (Sharad Pawar) sources said that now he is likely to continue his medical treatment at home under the care of his family members.After the Supreme Court order granting bail on Friday, Malik’s legal team started the relevant formalities which were completed late this evening and the ex-firebrand minister finally walked out to temporary freedom.Appearing weary but relieved, Malik was received by his family members, then hundreds of supporters from the…

During his inspection, Bhardwaj examined the hospital’s OPD, the medicine counter, the ticket counter, the blood testing lab, the MRI room, the ICU ward, and the general ward, among others.He also engaged in conversations with the doctors and other staff members present at different departments to gather insights about the hospital’s management.He inquired whether there were any issues faced by the employees in their work and whether there were any deficiencies in the hospital’s arrangements. Additionally, he spoke with the patients and their family members present at different wards to understand their perspectives.The discussions encompassed topics such as free medicines…

Experts from the medical and healthcare sector discussed critical topics, such as MedTech and the Healthcare Ecosystem.The workshop aimed to shape the future landscape of healthcare, particularly in relation to the upcoming IIT Delhi campus in Haryana’s Jhajjar.The workshop’s inauguration witnessed the presence of prominent figures including Dr. V.K. Paul from NITI Aayog, Shri V. Srinivas from DAR & PG, Dr. Upendra Kumar Singh from DRDO, Prof. M. Srinivas from AIIMS New Delhi, and Prof. Rangan Banerjee from IIT Delhi.Notably, the event marked the renewal of an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IIT Delhi and AIIMS New Delhi. The…

The Indian Air Force team pulled off what theoretically can be termed as an upset, earning their first point in the event.Vivek Kumar put the Airmen ahead in the first half after a defensive error allowed Salam Johnson Singh to draw level in the second half.This was BFC’s first game in Group C, while the IAFFT will have one more to go, after having lost the first one to Gokulam Kerala, who currently top the group with two wins out of two.BFC manager Bibiano Fernandez employed a 4-3-3 formation playing Edmund, Salam Johnson and Ashish Jha up front. IAFFT coach…

Johannesburg, Aug 14 (IANS) Former SA U19 batter Dewald Brevis has earned a maiden call-up in the South Africa national T20I and ODI squads for the upcoming white-ball tour of Australia. The 20-year-old made a name for himself as the leading run-scorer at the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup in January 2022 with 506 runs -– the most by any batter in a single edition of the tournament.The right-hander has since gone on to impress in T20 leagues around the world and currently holds the record for the highest individual domestic T20 score in South Africa – 162 off…

Hong Kong, Aug 14 (IANS) Researchers have found no evidence that the rules imposed by the Chinese government on online gaming time for minors had reduced heavy gaming, a new study has shown.Researchers from the UK and Denmark obtained anonymised data from the US game engine developer Unity, which covered 7.04 billion hours of playtime from 2.4 billion mainland Chinese gamer profiles from August 2019 to January 2020, according to the study published in the journal Nature.The researchers noted that those profiles include both children and adults because the data they obtained did not include age information, reports South China…

According to party sources, the Congress has decided to drop at least 35 MLAs in the elections later this year, with at least five to eight Ministers.The source said that the party is also mulling the idea to field some celebrities, social workers, social workers, and some prominent award winners in the polls.The source said that the decision is being taken in view of the survey that the party carried out a month ago.The source said that the party has decided to field 60 new faces in the polls later this year citing anti-incumbency against the sitting MLAs and ministers.The…