Pune, 14/11: Several persons were rescued after a fire broke out in a three storey building in Pune’s Hadapsar area on Friday, officials said The blaze started in the photo frame material stored on the staircase, trapping some residents of a couple of rooms on the third floor, an official said
New Delhi, 14/11: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi Friday announced staggered timings for government offices in the city in a bid to tackle traffic congestion and reduce pollution levels in the national Capital. Under the new schedule, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) offices will operate from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm, Central Government offices from…
Ahmedabad, 15/11: A consignment of 700 kg methamphetamine (meth) was seized in a joint operation of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Gujarat police’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Indian Navy on Friday in a mid sea operation. This is said to be the biggest seizure of meth, a highly addictive party drug, off Gujarat coast. NCB said…
Jakarta, ,15/11: An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Papua New Guinea on Friday, Indonesia’s geophysics agency said, but ruled out a potential tsunami The quake’s epicentre was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), it added.
Colombo, 15/11:: Sri Lankans handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a thumping win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty and fight graft as the country recovers from a financial meltdown. Dissanayake, a political outsider in a country dominated by family parties for decades, comfortably…
Kalaburagi,15/11: Expressing displeasure against entrepreneur Gautam Adani, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the chairman of Adani Group has been supporting reactionary and regressive governments. Addressing press persons here on Thursday, Kharge said that the billionaire businessman does not want political parties to function on principles and ideology.
