A 500 kg unexploded World War II-era aerial bomb was discovered here, prompting the officials to carry out extensive evacuations. The local media reported that the relic from the Second World War had been discovered in the city’s southern Liesing district on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. Bomb squad experts as well as fire brigade […]
More than 15 people were killed and 20 others reported missing after Hurricane Maria battered the Caribbean island of Dominica with winds of 260 kph. “So far, we would have buried in excess of 15 people,” Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced on Thursday night. “If there (are) no other fatalities, it is a miracle.” The […]
Housing finance company Reliance Home Finance Ltd — part of Anil D Ambani-led Reliance Group — on Friday made its trading debut in NSE at Rs 107.20. Tina Ambani, wife of Anil Ambani, rang the bell signalling the listing of Reliance Home Finance’s stock. Speaking at the listing function Anmol Ambani, Executive Director, Reliance Capital […]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said he considered US President Donald Trump’s remarks in his United Nations General Assembly speech to be a death threat. “I know that I’m interpreting the threat that Donald Trump made yesterday (Monday) and today (Tuesday) correctly and exactly and I want to tell the public, Trump today threatened the […]
Facebook is reportedly removing posts and suspending accounts of activists who are documenting the “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Daily Beast has reported. The activists said their accounts are frequently being suspended or taken down and hoped that the social media giant would let them speak the truth. Myanmar considers the Rohingyas illegal […]
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said that anger was building up in India against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over its failure in creating jobs. People who had voted the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) out in 2014, were now going to get angry against the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the 2019 […]
Five persons were killed in a powerful blast in a cracker godown in Punjab’s Sangrur district, police said on Wednesday. At least 18 people were injured in the blast. Some of them had serious injuries, police said. The blast took place on Tuesday night at the illegal cracker godown in Sular Gharat village near Dirba […]
A day after Indian telecom regulator TRAI slashed the mobile termination charges to six paise from 14 paise, Bharti Airtel on Wednesday called it an “extremely disappointing decision” for the industry. “We are extremely disappointed with the latest regulation on the IUC (interconnection usage charges), especially at a time when the industry is facing severe […]
Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Tuesday attacked Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal’s decision to disqualify 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs as “blatantly partisan” to help the minority government and said the state has become a “theatre of the absurd”. “Nothing can save a sinking ship. Eighteen MLAs disqualified to manufacture a majority for the […]
Four teenaged girl students of Bihar were Sunday honoured for their courage in resisting the family’s pressure to marry before turning 18. School students Gudiya Kumari, Puja Kumari, Sonam Kumari and Priyanka Kumari were conferred the Gender Alliance’s Bandhan Tod awards, under its campaign against child marriage and dowry in Bihar. “We have awarded these […]