Mumbai, (UNI) Stating that India is eager to host the Olympics in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that it will leave no stone unturned in preparation for successful organisation of the Olympics in 2036, as this is the dream of the 140 crore Indians. Addressing the gathering after inaugurating 141st International…
Houston, Oct 15 (UNI) Three people were injured after a shooting Saturday night at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, authorities said. One person is in custody following the shooting near the fair’s food court before 8:00 pm local time (0100 GMT Sunday), the Dallas Police Department said. Officers received reports of the shooting…
Herat, Oct 15 (UNI) At least one person was dead and 90 others were injured following tremors in west Afghanistan’s Herat province on Sunday, Farhad Afzali, a medical doctor in Herat hospital, said. The number of casualties could further go up, a hospital official said. Locals said that the tremors have damaged around 30 villages…
Beijing, Oct 15 (UNI) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in a phone call on Sunday that Israel’s actions have gone beyond the scope of self-defense and that the country should stop the collective punishment of Palestinians. “Israel’s actions have gone beyond self-defense, Israel should seriously heed…
Agartala, Oct 15 (UNI) In a breakthrough, North Tripura Police seized a Nagaland-registered truck loaded with contraband while it was entering the state from Assam and arrested the driver hailing from Gomati district, police said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, Superintendent of Police (North Tripura) Bhanupada Chakraborty along with his team intercepted the truck…
Chennai, Oct 15 (UNI) Congress General Secretary and former AICC President Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka turned emotional, terming her first visit to Tamil Nadu as the darkest night of her life over 30 years ago, as a 19-year-old to receive her father former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s mortal remains, who was assassinated on May 21,…
Hyderabad, Oct 15 (UNI) The Congress on Sunday released its much-awaited first list of 55 candidates for the 119-seat Tetalngana Assembly polls, featuring a number of top guns including state party chief A Revanth Reddy. The list made public by the Congress Central Election Committee declares Revanth Reddy as the nominee from Kodangal constituency, and…
Chhatrapati Sambhaijnagar, Oct 15 (UNI) In yet another gruesome accident on Maharashtra’s high-speed Samruddhi Expressway, 12 devotees of Sailani Baba were killed and 18 others injured when a tempo carrying them hit a stationary truck in Chhatrapati Sambhaijnagar district, official sources said on Sunday. The accident happened near the Jambargaon toll booth in Vaijapur taluka,…
Gangtok, Oct 15 (UNI) The Sikkim government has adopted a long-term strategy for long-term restoration of houses damaged in the flash floods earlier this month, officials said on Sunday. The matter was discussed at a high-level meeting convened by Chief Secretary Vijay Bhushan Pathak on Saturday. The district collectors participated in the meeting. |The meeting…
Chennai, Oct 15 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to demonstrate its first flight to test the maiden human space mission’s crew module escape system as part of Gaganyaan mission on October 21. The unmanned test flight mission of the crew module escape system, using ISRO’s heaviest rocket LVM3 will take…
