Tokyo, Dec 29 (UNI) A five-year-old boy died after his right arm was caught in a travelator at a ski resort in Japan’s northern prefecture of Hokkaido on Sunday, local authorities said. The accident occurred at the Asarigawa Onsen Ski Resort in Otaru on Sunday morning, when the boy became trapped in a moving walkway…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday will hear the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) Special Leave Petition (SLP) against the Delhi High Court order that suspended the sentence and granted bail to former Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case. The SLP, titled Central Bureau of Investigation…
Jakarta, Dec 29 (UNI) Indonesian police are conducting identification procedures for 16 people killed in a fire that broke out at a nursing home in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, local authorities said on Monday. The victims’ bodies are being identified at Bhayangkara Hospital of the North Sulawesi Regional Police (Polda Sulut), according…
By Shishir Roy Chowdhury Raipur/Sarguja, Dec 29 (UNI) A dispute over the construction of an anganwadi building on an ancestral land in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district has escalated into a grave humanitarian and governance crisis after an elderly tribal woman sought permission for euthanasia, alleging sustained pressure from the administrative machinery and local power structures. The…
Mexico City, Dec 29 (UNI) A passenger train carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members derailed on a bridge near Nizanda in southeastern Mexico on Sunday, leaving several people trapped and injured, the Secretariat of the Navy said on social media. The train plunged into a ravine while en route to the municipality of Matias…
Mumbai, Dec 28 (UNI) Television actor Krystle D’Souza has spoken about a deeply memorable experience she shared with Ranveer Singh during the song launch of “Dhurandhar”, revealing how the star made a conscious effort to place her in the spotlight during the event. Sharing the stage with Ranveer at the event, Krystle described the moment…
Beijing, Dec. 29 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 15 km NNW of Susanville, California at 0041 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 5.4 km, was initially determined to be at 40.54 degrees north latitude and 120.69 degrees west longitude.
Palm Beach, (UNU) US President Donald Trump on Sunday hosted his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago home in this affluent town of Florida, telling reporters he believes both Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin want to make a peace deal to end their war. Asked whether he believes Putin is serious about peace,…
Wellington, Dec 29 (UNI) Former New Zealand all-rounder Doug Bracewell has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, calling time on a career that saw him serve the Black Caps across formats for more than a decade. The 35-year-old featured in 69 international matches for New Zealand, including 28 Tests, and finished his red-ball…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s Raipur zonal office is conducting a search and seizure action at nine premises in Raipur and Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh), in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering case connected to the alleged irregularities in payment of compensation for acquisition of land for the Raipur-Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor under…
