Daily Archives: August 21, 2023

Official says wildfire on Spain’s popular tourist island of Tenerife was started deliberately

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands, 20 Aug: Canary Islands regional President Fernando Clavijo said Sunday that police have confirmed that a wildfire raging...

Pakistan arrests opposition leader accused of exposing official secrets, harming national interest

ISLAMABAD, 20 Aug: Pakistan’s top investigation agency has arrested an opposition leader, who is a close aide of convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan,...

Bangladesh police clash with opposition activists ahead of elections, leaving hundreds injured

DHAKA,Bangladesh, 20 Aug: Police in northeastern Bangladesh used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition activists amid a political dispute over who would oversee...

Zelenskyy vows retaliation for Chernihiv attack that killed seven people and wounded almost 150

KYIV, Ukraine, 20 Aug: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday vowed stern retaliation for a Russian missile strike in the center of the northern...

A bus hits a van and catches fire in Pakistan, killing 20 people and...

MULTAN, Pakistan, 20 Aug: A bus in Pakistan caught fire after hitting a van parked on the shoulder of an intercity highway in eastern...

Ladakhis concerned over grazing land ‘taken over by China’: Gandhi

LEH, 20 Aug: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion that not an inch of the land in...

Manipur: BSF men to be deployed in village where 3 were killed

IMPHAL, 20 Aug: A Border Security Force (BSF) team is likely to be posted in Thawai Kuki village in Manipur's Ukhrul district, where three...

Ganja & brown sugar worth Rs 70 lakh seized, 2 held

Berhampur, 20 Aug: Police and excise officials on Sunday seized ganja and brown sugar worth around Rs 70 lakh from two different places in...

Guwahati airport gets ‘Digi Yatra’ facility

Guwahati, 20 Aug: The government on Sunday rolled out the Digi Yatra' facility at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport here. Assam Industries & Commerce...

Giant strides made towards making defence sector self-reliant: Singh

NEW DELHI, 19 Aug: The defence sector has made giant strides towards achieving self-reliance in the last nine years and most of the weapons...

RD ministry pushes for drones to monitor MNREGS works

NEW DELHI, 20 Aug: In line with the Centre's push for use of unmanned aerial vehicles in rural areas, especially in agriculture, the rural...

Most corruption complaints against home ministry, railways, bank officials in 2022: CVC

NEW DELHI, 20 Aug: The highest number of corruption complaints last year were against employees of the union home ministry, followed by those working...

Amit Shah releases ‘report card’ of Madhya Pradesh BJP Government

Bhopal, 20 Aug: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released the Madhya Pradesh Govern-ment's 'report card' from 2003-2023 and said the BJP Government...

Par panel members seek revision of schedule to discuss key criminal law bills

New Delhi, 20 Aug: Some members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs which is set to discuss the three key criminal law...

Chandrayaan-3: ISRO successfully reduces lander module orbit, expects touchdown on Moon at 18.04...

Bengaluru, 20 Aug: ISRO on Sunday said it has successfully reduced the orbit of Chandrayaan-3 mission’s lander module, and it is now expected to...

CM Nitish Kumar dreams of becoming PM but can’t handle law and order in...

New Delhi, 20 Aug: The BJP on Sunday attacked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over recent incidents of crime in Bihar, saying he is dreaming...

MCD aims to build G20 commemorative park before September summit, says official

New Delhi, 20 Aug: With less than three weeks to go before the G20 Summit here, civic officials on Sunday said they aim to...

DRDO-made UAV crashes in village in Karnataka due to technical snag

Chitradurga (Karnataka), 20 Aug: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) crashed in the agriculture fields of a...