15 dead in building fire in E China

Nanjing, Feb 24 (UNI) Fifteen people were killed after a building fire broke out Friday morning in Nanjing, capital city of east China’s Jiangsu Province, the municipal government said on Saturday morning. At around 4:39 a.m. on Friday, the local fire department received an alarm about the fire in a residential building in the Yuhuatai…

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5.3-magnitude quake hits China, no casualties reported

Beijing, Feb 24 (UNI) No casualties have been reported so far following a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Akqi County in Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture of Kizilsu in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 6:58 a.m. Saturday, authorities said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was monitored at 41.12 degrees north latitude and 78.54…

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U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russia

Washington, (UNI) The United States announced over 500 new sanctions against Russia on Friday, the eve of the second anniversary of the beginning of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement that the sanctions were also imposed in light of Russian opposition leader Aleksey Navalny’s death at a…

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Kamal Nath to join Rahul’s Yatra

Bhopal, Feb 23 (UNI) Madhya Pradesh’s erstwhile Chief Minister Kamal Nath will join former Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra when it traverses in this state, party sources said on Friday. On March 2, Nath shall reach Gwalior from Chhindwara. He will remain part of the Yatra till March 6.

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