MELBOURNE, Australia — Scorching heat knocked out power to homes and businesses, raised wildfire risks and sent tennis fans looking for water and shade Friday in Australia’s second-largest city, which recorded its hottest day in five years. Melbourne reached 42 .8 C (109 F) by early afternoon before […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A state fire investigation’s conclusion that Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. equipment was not to blame for a 2017 wildfire that killed 22 people in Northern California wine country could hamper lawsuits by victims of the blaze and complicate the utility’s plans to file for […]
Sriharikota : India successfully launched Microsat-R, a military satellite on board its Polar rocket PSLV C44, from the spaceport here on Thursday, in the first mission for the ISRO in 2019. The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) blasted off from the first launchpad […]
New Delhi : Thirteen-year-old Anchal, a differently-abled girl, stays in her classroom when her classmates go outside to get their mid-day meals. Anchal faces problems while going to the library which is on the third floor of her school building. At an event jointly organised by the Right to […]
New Delhi : There was a day-long ruckus at Delhi University’s Satyawati College (Evening) Thursday after the office of the college principal was sealed by the governing body, which also ordered the constitution of a fact-finding committee against the principal over alleged irregularities. According to Pankaj Gaur, chairman of […]
Pune : The parents of Akshay Jadhav, one of the Indian sailors who went missing after two vessels caught fire off Russia, are still hopeful of receiving a positive news about their son and said he was supposed to return home in Kolhapur district after spending one year on […]
Anandpur Sahib : A development authority for Anandpur Sahib will be set up to execute the development plans in the wake of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev in November, Punjab government said on Thursday. An announcement in this regard was made by Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder […]
Moradabad (UP) : A criminal case was registered against former Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Vijay Yadav at the Civil Lines police station here for his alleged “beheading” remark aimed at a BJP MLA. “An FIR was lodged by BJP leader Raju Kalra against Yadav on the basis of a […]
Jammu : The Pakistan Army Thursday targeted forward posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district with mortars and small arms, official said. The Indian Army is effectively retaliating. “Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by small arms fire and shelling with mortars in […]
Imphal : Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has called a meeting of all political parties in the state on January 29 to discuss the Citizenship Amendment Bill even as protests against the Bill continue in the state. The chief minister’s media advisor, Irengbam Arun Thursday said the CM […]
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