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MEERUT: A headmaster working as an assistant booth-level officer for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls died of a heart attack in Sambhal district on Monday, becoming the eighth person to die during SIR duty in Uttar Pradesh in 10 days, with three of them taking their own lives. The family of…
Choreographer Nandika Dwivedi has issued a strong statement denying rumours linking her to the postponement of cricketer Smriti Mandhana and music composer Palaash Muchhal’s wedding. The ceremony, which was reportedly paused due to Smriti’s father being hospitalised, has become the centre of social media speculation, with unverified claims dragging Nandika and fellow choreographer Gulnaaz Khan…
India sends approx 10 tons of disaster response supplies (@DrSJaishankar) NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka is grappling with devastating floods and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah, with the death toll now confirmed at at least 334, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reported on Sunday. Nearly 400 people remain unaccounted for in the aftermath of the disaster.As…
The death toll from severe floods and landslides in Indonesia has risen to 442, with 402 people still missing and at least 646 others injured, the national disaster agency reported on Sunday.At least two cities on Indonesia’s hardest-hit Sumatra island remained unreachable on Sunday, prompting authorities to deploy two warships from Jakarta to deliver aid….
NEW DELHI: The southern part of India is on high alert after Cyclone Ditwah killed at least 159 in Sri Lanka. Three people died in rain-related incidents triggered by the cyclone in Tamil Nadu, revenue and disaster management minister KKSSR Ramachandran confirmed.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a yellow alert for multiple districts…
Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Saturday and sought international assistance as the death toll from Cyclone Ditwah’s rains and floods climbed to 132, with 176 people still missing.The extreme weather system has destroyed more than 15,000 homes and forced 78,000 people into state-run temporary shelters, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said, as…
India braces for cyclone that left over 80 dead in Lanka CHENNAI/VISAKHAPATNAM: The slow-moving cyclonic storm Ditwah on Friday brought rainfall to south Tamil Nadu, while the northern parts, including Chennai, brace for intense showers later this weekend.The storm crawled across Sri Lanka, covering only about 70 km in 15 hours with its speed dropping…
Hong Kong fire (PTI image) The death toll from the blaze at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex has risen to 128, authorities said on Friday. A news conference was addressed in which the officials confirmed that fire alarms in the affected buildings had not been operating properly when the fire broke out.Security Secretary Chris…
Hong Kong fire (Photo credit: AP) Firefighters in Hong Kong battled for a second day to extinguish a devastating blaze that tore through the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex, with the death toll rising to 94 in what officials describe as one of the city’s worst disasters in decades. Scores remain unaccounted for as rescuers…
Firefighters continued battling a massive blaze at a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong for the second day on Thursday, as the death toll climbed to 75 and nearly 300 people remained unaccounted for, according to AP and BBC reports.Thick smoke and pockets of flame were still visible at the Wang Fuk Court complex in…
