New Delhi, Feb 14 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the first meeting to select the new Election Commissioner, expected to be chaired by Prime Minister Narender Modi this week, saying that ‘a law cannot be suspended through an interim order.’ A Division bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina on Wednesday and discussed ways to advance bilateral ties, an official statement said here. Both the leaders met on the sidelines of the World Governments Summit in Dubai. Notably, this was their first meeting. Modi and Rajoelina recognized the long-standing…
Mumbai, Feb 14 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Wednesday gained further by 267.64 pts at 71,822.83 as buying was witnessed in Oil and Gas, Energy, Metal and Utilities stocks. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 96.80 pts at 21,840.05. The NSE registered days high and low at 21,870.85 and 21,530.20 pts respectively. The Sensex opened…
Buenos Aires, Feb 14 (UNI) A fire that has been burning for 20 days at Argentina’s Los Alerces National Park, in the southern province of Chubut, has destroyed around 8,205 hectares of the nature reserve, local authorities said on Tuesday. “The fire continues to be active, presenting specific areas of greater intensity, both at the…
Beijing, Feb 14 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Near Coast of Central Chile at 0131 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 27.9 km, was initially determined to be at 28.81 degrees south latitude and 71.63 degrees west longitude.
Ankara, (UNI) At least nine workers were believed to be trapped in a landslide in a gold mine area on Tuesday in the Ilic district of eastern Turkey’s Erzincan Province, local NTV reported, citing local authorities. Erzincan Governor Hamza Aydogdu told reporters that there may be nine to 12 workers trapped underground, but the exact…
Manila, Feb 14 (UNI) Thirty-four people were injured after the second floor of a packed Roman Catholic Church in Bulacan province, north of Manila, collapsed on Wednesday, a disaster-response official said. Gina Ayson, head of the San Jose del Monte City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, said the accident occurred in the morning as Catholics…
Khost, Feb 13 (UNI) Local authorities have found a mass grave in Khost City, capital of east Afghanistan’s Khost province and reburied the remains of bodies on Tuesday, Qari Bismillah Bilal, mayor of Khost City, said. The remains of about 100 bodies were discovered from a place during work to build a reservoir dam on…
Tokyo, Feb 13 (UNI) Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is redoubling efforts to have talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but did not notify partners in the United States of it, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the developments. A possible summit with Kim would allow Kishida to…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (UNI) In a boost to infrastructure development in the Northeast, the government on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 382.10 crore for construction of a new 2-lane highway with paved shoulders connecting Majuli and Jorhat and Rs 1742.11 crore for the construction of 4-lane section on NH-6 in Aizawl and Kolasib districts in Mizoram….
