Kundapur, Nov 13: Eight boats that were anchored on the river bank, were gutted in a fire mishap on Monday November 13 at Manganese Road of Gangolli. The loss is estimated to run into crore of rupees. Many boats were anchored on the beach on Manganese Road of Gangolli. One of the boats caugh

At least 12 people were injured, and 26 shops were burnt to ashes after a massive fire broke out at a firecracker market in the Gopalbagh area of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district on Sunday. Upon information, fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the flames. The people who suffered severe b

New Delhi: India has voted in favour of a United Nations resolution that condemns Israeli settlements in Palestine. The resolution, condemning settlement activities in "Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan", was approved on Thursday. Am

RIYADH, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and Muslim countries called on Saturday for an immediate end to military operations in Gaza, declaring at a joint Islamic-Arab summit in Riyadh that Israel bears responsibility for "crimes" against Palestinians. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, S

Israel and Hamas are currently in negotiations for two hostage release proposals, one involving a small number of individuals and the other concerning the release of 100 or more civilians held in Gaza, as per reports.  Israeli officials claim that Hamas holds over 240 hostages in Gaza, with

Dubai, Nov 9: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have unanimously approved the implementation of the unified gulf tourist visa. The decision was announced during the 40th meeting of the GCC Interior Ministers in Muscat on Wednesday, November 8. Members of the GCC approved a unified

Bhatkal: Heble Panchayat, situated in the Bhatkal taluk, had long been grappled with a growing issue of improper garbage disposal. The absence of suitable arrangements for waste management had led residents to resort to disposing of household waste along roadsides and open spaces.  Consequen

New Delhi: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Gaza Strip on Monday, which he said was “becoming a graveyard for children.” “The unfolding catastrophe makes the need for a humanitarian ceasefire more urgent wit

Raichur, Nov 8 (IANS): A man in Karnataka's Raichur district lodged a police complaint that he had been blackmailed for more than a year over a morphed video after clicking on a link that he received on his phone from an unidentified number. In his complaint, Mahendra Kurdi, a gauge oper

Bengaluru, Nov 8 (IANS): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained eight Bangladeshis who were living illegally in Bengaluru during raids on Wednesday. Sources said the NIA teams conducted simultaneous raids in 15 locations, including Soladevanahalli, K.R. Puram, Bellandur localit

Bhopal, Nov 7 (IANS): Do rats drink alcohol? Well, it seems so, at least in Madhya Pradesh, where a rodent has been 'arrested' for emptying liquor bottles at a police station, and will now be produced before the court as proof! This bizzare incident was reported from a police station

The Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified that the directions issued by it against bursting of firecrackers were not just for Delhi-NCR but for also all states. This petitioner had filed the plea for the state of Rajasthan seeking orders from the top court to direct implementat

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has reiterated that it is not necessary that a person who is part of an unlawful mob must have actually assaulted someone for being convicted for the offence, a point of law that was settled way back in 1964. In the 'Masalti vs State of UP' case in 1964, a const

"Gaza Strip cut into two", says Israeli military amid 'significant strikes' The Israeli Army said on Sunday that "significant strikes" are being carried out and the Gaza Strip has been "cut into two", Al Jazeera reported. Army spokesperson Daniel Hagari sa

Strong tremors were felt in Delhi and nearby cities on Monday afternoon as a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal again, its second quake in three days. Last week, a powerful 6.4 earthquake hit Nepal Friday night. Nepal lies in one of the world's most active tectonic zones which makes it ext

  Israel pressed its war to crush Hamas on Sunday nearly a month after the worst attack in its history, as the Palestinian militant group said an Israeli bombing in Gaza killed dozens of people. Fighting continues to rage in densely populated Gaza, despite calls for a ceasefire from Arab cou

India’s Virat Kohli has scored his 49th one-day international (ODI) hundred to equal compatriot Sachin Tendulkar’s world record. Kohli completed the feat in the ICC Cricket World Cup match against South Africa in Kolkata on Sunday. The former India captain, who turned 35 on the day

KATHMANDU, Nov 4 (Reuters) - At least 128 people were killed and dozens injured in Nepal when a strong earthquake struck the western area of Jajarkot, officials said on Saturday, as houses in the area collapsed and buildings as far as New Delhi in neighbouring India shook. The quake occurred at 1