Friday
KOCHI - The Kerala government Friday told the high court that several steps would be taken to control the large crowds during the two-month pilgrimage to the Sabarimala temple while the police would probe the "real cause" of the Jan 14 stampede near the shrine that claimed 102 lives.
MUMBAI - An oil spill was reported 80 km off the Mumbai coast Friday after a rupture in a pipeline carrying crude oil from state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) offshore oil fields.
PANAJI - The Maharashtra Police seized a huge illegal consignment of explosive material, including detonators, gelatine and 750 kgs of ammonium nitrate, less than 200 metres from the Goa-Maharashtra border late Friday evening.
NEW DELHI - Three saree shops were gutted in a blaze in Chandni Chowk in the city's old quarters Friday evening, an official said.
RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Police said Friday that they had interrogated top officials of the government-run Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL) on a cheating complaint filed against the firm by the mayor of Raipur.
