Cairo, Mar 9 (UNI) Four people were killed and two others injured in a residential building collapse on Friday in Egypt’s northern city of Alexandria, Egypt’s state-run Ahram Online news website reported. Police, civil protection units and ambulances were sent to the scene, and the injured people have been hospitalized, Ahram reported. Video footage recorded…
Jakarta, Mar 9 (UNI) At least 10 people were killed and 10 others went missing as floods and landslides hit the Indonesian regency of Pesisir Selatan in the province of West Sumatra, according to the local management agency on Saturday. Pesisir Selatan disaster mitigation agency chief Doni Gusrizal said in a statement that rescuers were…
Tokyo, Mar 9 (UNI) The first launch of the Japanese Kairos-1 rocket, owned by the Space One company and placed at a private space station, Spaceport Kii, in the Japanese Wakayama prefecture, has been postponed, the officials said during the launch broadcast on Saturday. Initially, the rocket launch was scheduled for 11:01 local time (02:01…
Dharamsala, Mar 9 (UNI) James Anderson claimed his 700th by dismissing India’s Kuldeep Yadav in Dharamsala on the morning of Day 3 of the fifth and final Test of the ICC World Test Championship series. The fast bowler began the Test on 698 wickets and moved to 699 when he bowled the centurion Shubman Gill…
Guwahati, Mar 9 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Assam on Saturday. Modi also urged the citizens to visit Kaziranga National Park and experience the unparalleled beauty of its landscapes. He interacted with Van Durga, the team of women forest guards at the forefront of conservation…
Jammu, Mar 9 (UNI) Security forces have recovered rusted grenades and bullets on Saturday in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Police sources said that two rusted hand grenades and some bullets were recovered from village Chowkian of tehsil Darhal. “The ammunition has been seized and the matter is being investigated,” they added.
Gorakhpur, Mar 9 (UNI) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday warned officials against any laxity or negligence in resolving people’s issues, emphasising that addressing problems of people and ensuring its prompt, transparent and satisfactory disposal is the priority of his government. The CM issued the directives instructions to the officials while hearing problems of around…
Bhopal, Mar 9 (UNI) Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Suresh Pachouri, and some others entered the BJP ranks on Saturday. Pachouri took saffron camp membership at the party’s state office here. Among those present on the occasion were Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, BJP State President Vishnu Datt Sharma, former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan,…
Itanagar, Mar 9 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the previous Congress-led UPA government for ‘neglecting’ the development of the country’s border villages. “While the country needed to build modern infrastructure on its borders, the then Congress government was busy doing scams. The Congress was playing with the country’s security by keeping the…
Islamabad, (UNI) Four terrorists were killed in an operation by security forces in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, the Pakistani military said in a statement. The intelligence-based operation was launched in North Waziristan district of the province on reported presence of terrorists, triggering off an intense exchange of firing resulting in the killing…
