Sao Paulo, May 5 (UNI) The death toll from heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 56, with 67 missing, 32,900 evacuated and at least 356,000 without electricity, the Civil Defense agency said Saturday. Heavy rains in the state for nearly a week have so far affected…
Gaza, May 5 (UNI) No positive progress has been made in the Gaza truce talks on Saturday, a source from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that the negotiations encountered challenges due to Israel’s insistence on not committing to a (permanent) ceasefire. Hamas demanded in…
Kinshasa, May 5 (UNI) At least 14 people were killed and 35 others injured, mainly women and children, after rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23) dropped “around 10” bombs on Friday on three sites for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a local official said on Saturday. The…
Jerusalem, May 5 (UNI) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Saturday that Aiman Zaarab, a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad Rafah Brigade, was killed in an airstrike on the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah. Zaarab directed the Islamic Jihad’s elite forces during the Oct. 7 onslaught on Kibbutz Sufa and the Sufa military…
Houston, May 5 (UNI) Nine people were injured after a car rammed into a restaurant on Saturday afternoon in Jersey Village, south-central U.S. state of Texas, authorities said. Several families were dining in the restaurant when an elderly woman crashed her car into the building, according to the Jersey Village Police Department. Police believe that…
New Delhi, May 5 (UNI) Congress on Sunday strongly condemned the terror attack on the Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, calling it cowardly, shameful, and sad. On social media handle X, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Deeply pained by the cowardly terror attack on the IAF vehicle in Poonch,…
Bhopal: BJP leader Imarti Devi has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against MPCC chief Jitu Patwari at the Dabra police station in Gwalior for making inappropriate remarks about her. The incident unfolded on Thursday when Jitu Patwari arrived in Gwalior to conduct election meetings and campaign for Congress candidates. Later in the evening, he…
By BD Narayankar Bengaluru, (UNI) The cricketing carnival that is IPL 2024 witnessed yet another spectacle as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) battled Gujarat Titans in Match 52 at the iconic Chinnaswamy Stadium. Amidst the roar of the spectators and the pulsating energy of the game, RCB emerged victorious in a nerve-wracking encounter, keeping their playoff…
Kanpur, May 4 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took out a grand road show in seven assemblies of Kanpur and Akbarpur Lok Sabha constituencies. Enthusiasm was witnessed among the men as well as women and children who came to the road show for the Prime Minister. On his arrival at Chakeri Air Force…
New Delhi, May 4 (UNI) Zakia Wardak, a senior Afghan diplomat, on Saturday announced her decision to resign from her position citing “numerous personal attacks and defamation” as the reason. In her resignation letter effective Sunday, Wardak, who was serving as the consul general in Mumbai, said: “Over the past year, I have encountered numerous…
