Guwahati, Mar 24 (UNI) The Congress named Uday Shankar Hazarika as its candidate for the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency in Assam on Saturday. Shankar Hazarika is expected to be in a direct contest with incumbent two-term BJP MP Pradhan Baruah, with the constituency going to the polls in the first phase on April 19. The…
Rampur (UP), Mar 24 (UNI) Four persons, including three women, were killed and 11 others were injured when a tractor-trolley was hit by a dumper in Milak area of Rampur district here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here on Sunday. Police sources said that around 20 people from Masihabad village under Mirganj police station…
Srinagar, Mar 24 (UNI) Meteorological Centre Srinagar on Sunday predicted light rain and snow at many places during March 27 and 28 over Jammu and Kashmir. The MeT office said, “Overall, there is no significant weather activity till March 27 evening.” The weather will generally remain cloudy with light rain or snow (higher reaches) at…
Basel, Mar 24 (UNI) India’s journey at Swiss Open ended with Kidambi Srikanth’s defeat in a closely contested semifinal encounter against Lin Chun-Yi here on Sunday. The match, which lasted over an hour, showcased Srikanth’s early dominance as he secured a lead and won the first game 21-15. However, Lin staged a remarkable comeback in…
Madrid, Mar 24 (UNI) Spain’s National Court has ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram in the country as a precautionary measure at the request of media companies, Spanish media reported. Judge Santiago Pedraz ruled to block Telegram’s services after major Spanish media groups Mediaset, Atresmedia and Movistar filed a complaint accusing the platform of…
Bratislava, Mar 24 (UNI) Former Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok won the first round of the presidential election in Slovakia with 42.51% of the votes, while his opponent, the head of the Slovak parliament, Peter Pellegrini, received 37.02%, the data from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic showed on Sunday. The turnout in the…
Jakarta, Mar 24 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 85 km SE of Ende, Indonesia at 0304 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 49.5 km, was initially determined to be at 9.44 degrees south latitude and 122.15 degrees east longitude.
Washington, Mar 24 (UNI) U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a 1.2-trillion-U.S. dollar funding package, a few hours after missing the deadline to avert a partial shutdown of the federal government. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the package on Friday, and the Senate early Saturday morning, about two hours after the…
Port Moresby, Mar 24 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 27 km ENE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea at 2250 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 75.0 km, was initially determined to be at 4.10 degrees south latitude and 143.03 degrees east longitude.
Sanaa, Mar 24 (UNI) A vessel was hit by an unidentified projectile and caught fire 23 nautical miles west of Yemen’s port of Mocha, also known as Al Mukha, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Saturday, adding that the blaze was put out by the crew. “UKMTO is aware of an incident…
