Mumbai : The rupee fell sharply by 47 paise to 69.82 against the US dollar in early trade Monday on higher demand for the greenback from importers and banks. Forex dealers said besides increased demand of the US currency from importers, lower opening of the equity markets weighed on […]
Colombo : Police in Sri Lanka said Monday the investigation into the Easter Sunday bombings will examine reports that the intelligence community failed to detect or warn of possible suicide attacks before the violence. The nine bombings of churches, luxury hotels and other sites was Sri Lanka’s deadliest violence […]
Valdez (Alaska) : The Alaska Earthquake Center reports that a small earthquake has hit the Prince William Sound region of Alaska. The Fairbanks-based center says a magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck at 11:48 am Sunday about 24 miles (39 kilometers) northwest of Valdez, which has about 3,900 residents. The center […]
Bogota : At least 17 people were killed and 13 others were missing after a mudslide that buried eight houses early Sunday in southwestern Colombia, authorities said. The national risk management agency gave the updated toll after rescue efforts in Rosas, in the department of Cauca, were halted at […]
Colombo : Sri Lanka on Monday lifted the curfew which was indefinitely imposed after the island nation was rocked with eight blasts targeting churches and hotels that killed over 215 people. Sri Lankan government on Sunday imposed curfew with immediate effect after the blasts which was lifted at 6 […]
Kiev (Ukraine) : A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election, drawing congratulations from global leaders while dealing a stunning rebuke to his country’s political establishment. Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced […]
New Delhi : Full service carrier Vistara was caught in a social media storm Sunday for tweeting and later deleting a picture of its staff with a retired major general. “We do not want our platform to be disrespectful or hurtful to anyone. Our decision to remove the post […]
Muzaffarnagar : Police have arrested one of the accused in connection with the supply of spurious liquor in Miranpur town in the district that left two persons dead. Two persons died and another fell ill after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Miranpur town here. The three had consumed spurious […]
Muzaffarnagar : A debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in a village in Shamli district, police said Monday. Rajender, 50, had taken a loan from a cooperative society and was finding it difficult to repay it, according to village head Bijender Kumar. Rajender consumed poison yesterday and […]
New Delhi :N Jannayak Janata Party on Monday announced its three Lok Sabha candidates for Haryana, including Digvijay Chautala from Sonipat against former Haryana chief minister and Congress candidate Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The party also announced Jai Bhagwan Sharma and Mehmood Khan as its candidates from Kurukshetra and Gurgaon, […]
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