Heavy rain likely in Telangana on July 8-9: Met

Hyderabad, July 7 (UNI) Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in Adilabad, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Medak, Kamareddy, Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool districts of Telangana on Monday, Meteorological Centre said on Sunday. In a daily weather report here, it said that the same situation is likely to prevail in Sangareddy, Medak, Kamareddy districts of…

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J&K: One more militant killed, toll mounts to 7

Srinagar, July 7 (UNI) Security forces shot dead one more militant in two ongoing operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, taking the militant toll to five, officials said. On Saturday, four militants and two soldiers, including an elite paracommando, were killed in back-to-back encounters that erupted in Kulgam district. The two anti-militancy operations are…

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Egypt hosts conference to address Sudan crisis

Cairo, July 7 (UNI) Delegations of various Sudanese political parties and civil groups met here in the Egyptian capital on Saturday to find a political solution to the Sudan crisis. Representatives from regional and international organisations also attended the conference, Egyptian Minister of Foreign, Emigration and Expatriates’ Affairs Badr Abdelatty said in a statement upon…

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1st case of West Nile fever recorded in West Bank

Ramallah, July 7 (UNI) The first case of West Nile fever in the West Bank was recorded in the governorate of Jenin, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Saturday. Doctors identified symptoms consistent with the disease, and subsequent tests confirmed the infection, the ministry stated. The disease is transmitted through mosquitoes and its symptoms are…

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3 children dead in fatal house fire in Sydney

Sydney, July 7 (UNI) Police of Australia’s State of New South Wales (NSW) said on Sunday that three children, one ten-month-old girl and two boys aged two and four, were dead in a fatal house fire in western Sydney. The NSW police said in a report that emergency services were called to Freeman Street, Lalor…

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India in two finals in Asian Doubles squash

Chennai, July 6 (UNI) Asian Games medallist and India’s Abhay Singh will feature in two finals in the Asian Doubles Squash Championships in Johor (Malaysia) on Sunday. On Saturday, he and Velavan Senthilkumar, the top seeds, stormed into the Men’s doubles title-round with a commanding 11-9, 11-2 win over the Japanese pair of Tomotaka Endo…

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