Gujrat’Non’21-2022-Poll campaigning has intensified for the first phase of polling in Gujarat. Star campaigners of all the major political parties participated in the campaigning on Monday. BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed three public rallies at Surendranagar, Jambusar and Navsari today. Union Minister Amit Shah also campaigned in …
Read More »Traffic Police Launch Special Awareness Campaign For Vehicle Users
Hyderabad , Nov.21 (PMI): The traffic wing of the city police today launched a special awareness drive against wrong route driving and triple riding. Commenting on the drive, Joint Police Commissioner Ranganath said they would strictly implement the traffic rules in the city. He said they would educate the vehicle …
Read More »Dozens killed, 700 hurt in Indonesian earthquake
21-11-2022 JAKARTA: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday killing 46 people, the national disaster agency said, as rescue workers and authorities worked to determine the full extent of the damage. The quake struck on land in Cianjur town, about 75 km southeast of the capital, Jakarta, …
Read More »Gujarat Assembly polls: Campaigning gains momentum for first phase, PM Modi to address public rallies
Gujarat”Nov 21’2o22-In Gujarat, campaigning is in full swing for the first phase of polling. Voting will be held on 89 seats in the first phase on December 1. The BJP has suspended seven party members who had filed nominations as independent candidates for the first phase of polling. AIR correspondent reports …
Read More »Climate costs deal struck but no fossil fuel progress
21-11-2022 SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT: A historic deal has been struck at the UN’s COP27 summit that will see rich nations pay poorer countries for damage and economic losses caused by climate change. It ends almost 30 years of waiting by nations facing huge climate impacts but developed nations left dissatisfied …
Read More »5 killed in shooting at gay nightclub in Colorado
21-11-2022 DENVER, COLORADO: At least five people were killed and 18 injured in a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, in the US state of Colorado, police said. “It’s with a heavy heart I have to tell you that we had a shooting at a local club this …
Read More »New UK PM visits Kyiv for support to Ukraine
21-11-2022 KYIV: Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made his first visit to Kyiv, pledging to continue the firm support for Ukraine that was a focus of his predecessors, and providing a new air defence package to help shoot down Russian drones. “Britain knows what it means to fight for …
Read More »World’s longest-standing president seeks to extend 43-year rule
21-11-2022 DAKAR: Equatorial Guinea votes on Sunday in a general election in which President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the world’s longest-standing president, is expected to extend his 43-year rule at the helm of the tiny oil-producing West African nation. Over 400,000 people registered to vote in the country of around 1.5 …
Read More »Powerful explosions rock Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
21-11-2022 VIANNA, AUSTRIA: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday expressed concern over the renewal of hostilities around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear site after powerful explosions were reported in the area of the largest nuclear plant in Europe. In a statement, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said these powerful …
Read More »Hosts Qatar overwhelmed by Ecuador in opening match
20-11-2022 AL KHOR, QATAR: World Cup hosts Qatar have had a disappointing start to their campaign, with a 2-0 defeat to Ecuador leaving them facing an uphill struggle to make it out of their group in their first-ever World Cup. It looked like Qatar had conceded a goal within three …
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