One person died and several more were injured after multiple explosions took place at a prayer meeting of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Kalamassery area of Kerala's Kochi on the morning of October 29. The first explosion took place around 9 a.m. and multiple blasts followed thereafter, over the next hour. More than 2,000 people were attending the prayer meeting when the blasts took place. The incident came a day after the former chief of the terrorist group Hamas, Khaled Mashal, virtually addressed a pro-Palestine protest amid the Israeli military offensive in Gaza. Director General of Police Shaik Darvesh said that the preliminary investigation showed that an IED device was used for the explosion. Further investigations are going on in this Kerala blast incident.
29 October,2023 03:13 PM IST
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University showcased a first-of-its kind flower fragrance testing device to assess the quality of flowers. The device is called 'hand-held electronic nose' for jasmine and it takes about a minute or so to detect the quality of the fragrance.
17 September,2015 10:53 AM IST
A suspicious device was found at Farrukhabad's railway station in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday morning. A state of panic was created after passengers waiting at the station saw the device which somewhat looked like a bomb.
03 October,2015 12:04 PM ISTA suspicious device found on an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris that caused it to make an emergency landing was harmless and the incident was a false alarm.
21 December,2015 12:33 PM IST
Along with many other Bollywood celebrities, Akshay Kumar has been in the forefront when it comes to supporting and helping people in times of Coronavirus pandemic. Akshay donated 1000 wrist bands to the Mumbai Police to help fight the pandemic.
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