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….
Warangal (Telangana), Feb 13 (UNI) Union Minister and Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy asserted the Centre’s willingness to investigate the Kaleswaram project with the CBI, contingent on the state government’s cooperation. Addressing the media after inaugurating the Warangal BJP Parliamentary Office at Hanumakonda on Tuesday, Reddy criticised former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR)…
Lucknow, Feb 13 (UNI) Sitting Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan, former IAS officer Alok Ranjan and ex-minister Ramji Lal suman on Tuesday filed their nominations as Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates in the biennial elections for 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. The SP candidates filed their nominations in the presence of party president Akhilesh…
Lucknow, Feb 13 (UNI) The National General Secretary of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and MLC Swami Prasad Maurya, who is already facing heat from different corners for his statements against Hinduism and scriptures, offered his resignation from the post on Tuesday, alleging discrimination and stating that he will continue to strengthen the party. In a…
Washington, Feb 13 (UNI) The US Senate on Tuesday passed a bill on $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. In total, 70 senators voted in support of the bill, while 29 voted against. The assistance package includes approximately $60 billion for Ukraine and some $14 billion for Israel. On Monday, House Speaker…
Lucknow, Feb 13 (UNI) Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said that the barbaric behaviour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government with the farmers is condemnable. Talking to the reporters here, Akhilesh said, “First BJP cheated the farmers by making false promises, now its government has crossed the limits of barbarity by…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 (UNI) Former BJD MLA Debashish Samantray and Biju Yuba Janata Dal Vice President Subhasish Khuntia on Tuesday filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha. Both Samantray and Khuntia filed their nominations in presence of Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik and other BJD leaders in the state…
