A 5.9-magnitude quake struck northern Afghanistan late Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, jolting Delhi and parts of Pakistan according to local reports. The tremor struck 22 kilometres (14 miles) southwest of Ashkasham, 300 kilometres northeast of the Afghan capital Kabul, at a depth of 92.4 kilometres. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake, which occurred […]
» Read moreReal estate listings platform Housing.com announced Thursday its restructuring plan to focus purely on the home-buying segment. Housing.com said that it will be reducing its employee base, and reorganising its teams to more efficiently execute this new focused strategy, but did not divulge the extent of layoffs at the company. According to our sources, a definite number hasn’t been arrived […]
» Read moreTejaswi Yadav has taken guard on a different playing field. Once a budding cricketer with a repertoire of abilities, the 26-year-old son of mercurial politician Lalu Prasad Yadav, was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar in Patna on Friday. Tejaswi, the youngest of nine brothers and sisters, in Patna’s famous Lalu-Rabri Devi family, was quite steadfast in […]
» Read moreNEW DELHI: Hours before Nitish Kumar’s swearing-in as Bihar chief minister following an election that the BJP handsomely lost, disgruntled party leader Shatrughan Sinha, through a series of tweets, continued to taunt his party leadership, which he has repeatedly attacked for ignoring him during the crucial polls. “It has been the victory of democracy. I wish the new government led […]
» Read moreJanata Dal-United’s Nitish Kumar, whose Grand Alliance with former rival Lalu Prasad saw them storming to power in Bihar, was sworn in as Chief Minister for a record fifth time in a mega ceremony at Patna’s sprawling Gandhi Maidan on Friday. Overseen by Governor Ram Nath Kovind, Nitish took the oath of office and secrecy in the name of God […]
» Read moreFourteen fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan naval personnel on Thursday for allegedly violating the International Maritime Boundary Line. Their three boats were also seized and they were taken to Kangesanthurai and later shifted to Jaffna, Joint director of Fisheries Subburaj said. They were arrested while fishing near the Sri Lankan coast, he said, adding it was not clear why […]
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