Magdeburg: At least two people were killed and dozens more injured in a suspected attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday evening, CNN reported.The attack occurred when a car deliberately rammed into a crowd of people at the market, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries. According to local public broadcaster MDR, Saxony-Anhalt…
Bengaluru, 20/10: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday launched an indirect attack on IT/BT industrialists for their social media criticism of Bengaluru’s infrastructure, warning them not to forget their “roots”. He made the remarks after a public engagement at Veera Yodharavana Park in Koramangala, where he participated in a “conversation with citizens” and…
New Delhi, 28/5(Ao Bureau): The 43rd meeting of the GST Council (GST Council) is scheduled to be held from 11 am today. The meeting will be done through video conferencing, which will be headed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Several issues are likely to be discussed in the GST Council meeting, which is being held…
Geneva, 24/3:In a major development, at least 15 people have been killed in a massive fire that ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, while 400 remain missing, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. “It is massive, it is devastating,” said the UNHCR’s Johannes van der Klaauw, who joined a Geneva briefing virtually…
Bhavnagar: As many as eight lions have been saved from being killed in an accident in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district due to the prompt action of train drivers. Two days back, the pilots of a freight train and a passenger train have saved the lives of eight lions roaming on the railway tracks by applying timely brakes…
New Delhi, 27/13: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday created a flutter just ahead of a Congress Working Committee meeting by praising RSS-BJP’s system of promoting grassroot workers to leadership by citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s case even as he told his party leadership the perils of “over centralisation” that is harming the organisation….
Udala: A conman was detained and beaten by the locals for conning lakhs of rupees from several women promising to give them job in Chuinposhi village under Kathipada police station in Udala on Sunday morning.According to sources, the conman identified as Binod Jena had conned women from as many as 26 Gram Panchayats promising them…
New Delhi, 11/2: The BJP on Sunday named 14 candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls including former Union minister R P N Singh and outgoing MP Sudhanshu Trivedi from Uttar Pradesh and its Uttarakhand unit president Mahendra Bhatt from the hill state. None of the Union ministers, whose terms are coming to an end,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India’s contribution of $7.5 million to the ‘Quad Cancer Moonshot’ initiative. This announcement was made during the sixth Quad Leaders’ Summit, held in Wilmington, Delaware.The ‘Quad Cancer Moonshot’ initiative, spearheaded by the Quad nations – the United States, India, Japan, and Australia – aims to enhance cancer prevention,…
Washington DC, 11/10:The United States carried out major airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Syria on Saturday, following up on even larger retaliatory attacks last month to avenge the deaths of two US Army soldiers and a US civilian interpreter killed in a terrorist attack. About 20 Air Force attack planes, including F-15Es,…
