Vendors assault passenger in Somnath Express; viral video sparks outrage Bhopal: A complaint to the Railway Minister about illegal vendors overcharging for food proved costly for a passenger travelling on Indian Railways. In a shocking incident aboard train number 11463 Veraval-Jabalpur Somnath Express, a group of 4–5 illegal vendors reportedly assaulted a passenger after learning…
Florence, July 21 (UNI) Iconic musical ‘The Sound of Music’ completed 60 years of its release earlier this year, the surviving cast members have been able to remain close friends all these years. Directed by Robert Wise, the Oscar winning film ‘The Sound of Music’ premiered on March 2, 1965. The film’ s story was…
Tokyo, July 21 (UNI) The coalition led by Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is certain to lose its majority in the House of Councillors following Sunday’s election, public broadcaster NHK reported. NHK said that the coalition of the LDP and Komeito is set to fall short of the 125 seats needed for a majority…
Kochi, July 21 (UNI) A nationwide cyber fraud gang that operated through a fake “Parivahan” mobile application has been arrested by the Kochi Cyber Police from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The fraudsters tricked victims by sending fake APK files via WhatsApp under the pretext of paying vehicle fines through Parivahan, a digital platform created by…
Ankara, July 21 (UNI) Four people were killed and 33 others injured when a passenger bus crashed into a mountainside in the Imranli district of Türkiye’s central Sivas province on Sunday, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. The passenger bus, traveling from the eastern Agri province to the western Izmir province, crashed into a mountainside near Kuzkoy…
Moscow, July 21 (UNI) A series of powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday, with the strongest reaching magnitude 7.6, according to the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The region has since experienced nearly 30 aftershocks, ranging in magnitude from 4.0 to…
Moscow, July 21 (UNI): Taliban morality police have arrested dozens of young women in Kabul for alleged violations of the Islamic dress code, the Afghanistan International news outlet reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The arrests reportedly took place in the Qala-e-Fathullah and Kote Sangi neighborhoods of Kabul on Friday and Saturday….
Vladivostok, July 21 (UNI) Fourteen people were killed and seven others injured when a shift bus plunged off a cliff in Russia’s Republic of Sakha early Monday morning, local authorities said. The accident occurred at around 3:20 a.m. local time (1820 GMT Sunday) on a road operated by Denisovsky Mining and Processing Plant, according to…
Shimla, July 21 (UNI) After a lull, heavy monsoon rains have battered several parts of Himachal Pradesh since Sunday night, triggering fresh landslides and flash floods across Mandi and Chamba districts, and forcing authorities to close all educational institutions in Theog and Thunag sub-divisions for public safety. In Sutanh village of Chadi Panchayat (Chamba district),…
Jerusalem/Beirut, July 20 (UNI) The Israel Defence Forces said it killed Ahmad Muhammad Salah, head of Hezbollah’s Yohmor outpost in southern Lebanon, in an airstrike on Saturday. Salah was involved in efforts to reestablish Hezbollah’s military infrastructure sites in the area of Yohmor, it said in a statement. The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of…
