Polling began on a brisk note in the by-election to Nandyal constituency in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. Long queues were seen when polling booths opened at 7 a.m. The voting will continue till 6 p.m., election officials said. Over 2.19 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise at 255 centres. For […]
Polling for the by-election in two assembly constituencies in Goa is underway after voting began at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. Former Defence Minister and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is contesting from the Panaji assembly seat against Congress’ Girish Chodankar and Anand Shirodkar of the Goa Suraksha Manch. In the Valpoi bypoll, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane […]
At least 74 persons, four in critical condition, were injured when 10 coaches of the Kaifiyat Express derailed in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday morning, police said. The incident took place after the train bound for New Delhi from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh hit a dumper, which had overturned on the railway tracks […]
Regional motorists will soon have the opportunity to participate in a digital driver licence trial, with the NSW Government set to launch testing of the new technology in Dubbo in November. Dubbo residents who participate in the trial, will be able to use their digital driver licence, accessible on a mobile phone, for proof of […]
A rocket was fired onto a diplomatic district in central Kabul late on Monday, sources and witnesses said. “The attack occurred at around 10:10 p.m. local time and the rocket struck the Wazir Akbar Khan locality in Police District 10 of the city,” witness Farouq Shah told Xinhua news agency. Casualty was unknown yet. He […]
Spanish police on Monday said they have killed eight suspected terrorists, including the driver of the van, and detained four of the 12-member terror cell behind Catalan region’s twin attacks. According to Xinhua, Catalan police confirmed that it has shot and killed Younes Abouyaaqoub, the man confirmed as the author of Thursday’s terror attack which […]
A once-in-a-century total solar eclipse is spanning the continental US on Monday, creating a 70-mile-wide (112-kilometre-wide) path of totality stretching from Oregon in the Pacific Northwest to South Carolina on the East Coast. The rare astronomical event, known as Great American Eclipse, arrived at about 1:16 p.m. EDT at Salem, Oregon, with the sun’s disk […]
Nearly 100 BJP activists on Monday threw rotten eggs and staged a demonstration against Jawaharlal University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar calling him an IS terrorist group’s agent and “anti-national” at Midnapore town of West Bengal. The slogan shouting protestors rushed out from the BJP West Midnapore district party office as Kanhaiya Kumar and his comrades […]
An Israeli court on Monday extended the arrest of a senior Muslim leader Sheikh Raed Salah until Thursday when he is expected to face charges of incitement. The Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court, south of Tel Aviv, said Salah will stay under custody until the State Prosecutor’s Office submit the indictment, Xinhua news agency reported. Salah’s […]
In possibly the sternest warning to Pakistan by an American leader, US President Donald Trump has put Islamabad on notice, declaring it “has much to lose by continuing to harbour terrorists” and hinting at a direct action within that nation. Outlining a new strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia before at a meeting of 2,000 […]