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Prosecutors in Thailand has indicted a former national police chief in connection with an alleged cover-up of a 2012 traffic accident involving the Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune that killed a police officer

Google an illegal monopoly in a landmark ruling this month, it was not immediately clear what consequences the world's largest search engine provider would face. But one result is coming into focus: Google's antitrust defeat opened the door to more lawsuits. On Wednesday, Yelp, the popular online service that lets people find and review local businesses, sued Google in federal court in San Francisco. Yelp claims that Google used its dominance as a general, or all-purpose, search engine to gain an unfair advantage in local search services. Yelp is seeking unspecified monetary damages and an order for Google to stop its anticompetitive practices in a jury trial.

The three projects cover seven districts in Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Chhattisgarh. They will increase the existing network of Indian Railways by about 300 kms. The routes are considered essential for the transport of agricultural products, fertiliser, coal, iron ore, steel, cement, and limestone among others. The capacity augmentation will result in 45 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of additional freight traffic.

Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh surrendered before a special court here on Wednesday in connection with a 2001 street-protest case and was granted bail. «Sanjay Singh surrendered in the MP-MLA court here. The court granted him bail on a surety bond of Rs 50,000,» his advocate Madan Singh said. The surety was deposited on the directions of the Allahabad High court which had on August 22 stayed the execution of the sentence awarded by the Sultanpur court. The special court had on January 11 last year sentenced the AAP leader to three months of rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine for obstructing traffic and inciting violence during a protest in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district.

Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved 3 railway projects worth Rs 6,456 crore. The three projects covering 7 Districts in 4 States i.e., Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh will increase the existing network of Indian Railways by about 300 Kms, said Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw. With these projects 14 New Stations will be constructed, providing enhancing connectivity to 2 (Two) Aspirational Districts (Nuapada and East Singhbum). New Line projects will provide connectivity to approx. 1,300 villages and about 11 Lakh population. Multi-tracking project will enhance connectivity to approx. 1,300 villages and about 19 lakh population.

Tesla says its vehicles that are equipped with the latest versions of its vaunted “Full Self-Driving” system can travel from point to point with little human intervention

Schools and colleges remained open, while in most private offices, attendance was lesser with employees being asked to work from home. In Bhabanipur, BJP MLA Agnimitra Pal urged people with folded hands not to take out their vehicles.

policy to allow strengthening of ageing national highways through 'white-topping' to increase their lifespan. The focus will be to rehabilitate flexible, or asphalt, pavement which constitutes the most important and largest component of the ageing national highway network. The ministry of road transport and highways has sought comments on a draft policy that lays down the technique, its benefits and the selection criteria for identification of national highways to be rehabilitated. India currently has a national highway network of about 146,000 kilometres. «As India is building more and more two-, four- and six-lane national highways and expressways, the quantum of aged assets is increasing which warrants rehabilitation to extend its life further,» a senior government official told ET.

Nigerian development swallows rural areas where herders live and graze cattle.

trainee pilot and his instructor, who were on board the two-seater aircraft, were found in the Chandil dam on Thursday. «The missing Cessna-152 aircraft is still traceless,» Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Chandil Subhra Rani told PTI. An Indian Navy team, that began its search on Thursday, continued the operation on Friday but without success.

Waterlogging caused severe traffic congestion in South Moti Bagh and Dhaula Kuan, Delhi. Additionally, the Delhi Traffic Police released a notice stating that waterlogging near GTK Depot was causing traffic issues on GTK Road. There is a traffic diversion in the direction of Wazirabad. Travelers can access the NPL side by traveling on Road No. 51.

Canada’s two largest railroads should soon start rolling their trains again after the government intervened to end a shutdown that arose from a labor dispute

U.S. auto safety regulators have closed one of two investigations into the performance of General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicles after the company agreed to do a recall

BookMyShow, the leader in India’s entertainment ticketing market, could face intense competition from Zomato, which is acquiring Paytm's ticketing business for Rs 2,048 crore and plans to build it into the company’s third main consumer vertical. BookMyShow, whichposted nearly Rs 1,000 crore in fiscal 2023 revenue and is profitable, will try to protect its market share by using its clout with suppliers and other stakeholders, and leveraging exclusive contracts with multiplex chains, event organisers, sporting bodies, artists and theatre companies among others, analysts and industry executives said. Meanwhile, Gurugram-based Zomato will seek to utilise profit from its other mature businesses like food delivery to scale the going-out segment that includes the dining out and entertainment ticketing verticals.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday it was closing its preliminary evaluation into hard braking and immobilization in autonomous ride-hailing vehicles operated by General Motors' Cruise unit. «In view of the recall action taken by Cruise and ODI's analysis of the available data, including data presented by Cruise demonstrating a reduced occurrence of hard braking incidents after the software updates, ODI (Office of Defects Investigation) is closing this Preliminary Evaluation,» NHTSA said in a letter. Cruise still faces investigations by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission following an accident last October in which one of its robotaxis struck a pedestrian and dragged her 20 feet (six meters).

Canada’s two major freight railroads could come to a halt Thursday if they can’t resolve a contract dispute

The check-in area of London City Airport, about a 30-minute Tube ride from Canary Wharf, looks much like any midsized hub in North America. There are queues of passengers waiting to check bags, busy shops and restaurants, and a duty-free shop.

On Tuesday, key areas affected by the waterlogging included the outer ring road towards Hebbal Circle, Kempapura towards the Airport, Veerannapalya Signal towards Hebbal Circle, and the down ramp of the Hebbal flyover towards the Airport. In these areas, slow-moving traffic was reported. Many commuters were stuck for hours near the Hebbal flyover during peak traffic hours.

BMW is recalling more than 720,000 vehicles due to an issue with the water pump’s electrical connector that could potentially lead to a fire

To be visited during the summer of “overtourism” in 2024 means traffic jams, water problems and high housing prices

For tens of thousands of men in Uganda’s capital, driving a motorcycle taxi is a way to make a living