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Earthquake of magnitude 3.1 strikes Faridabad in Haryana at 4.08 pm: National Centre for Seismology
Eight persons, including two children, were killed after a car and truck collided head-on near here on Sunday, police said. While the cause of the accident is being probed, four men and a woman, besides the two children were killed on the spot, Chengam town police said.
At least 12 people were killed and 23 others injured when a speeding mini-bus hit a container in the early hours of Sunday on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, formerly known as Aurangabad, police said. There were 35 passengers travelling by the private bus, an official said. The accident took place at around 12.30 am in Vaijapur area of the expressway in the district, located nearly 350 km from Mumbai, he said.
11:41 PM
MP assembly polls: Samajwadi Party releases list of nine candidates
The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday declared a list of nine candidates for the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh scheduled on November 17. SP leader Yash Bhartiya said the names of six candidates on the list were announced earlier while three new names were added to it. "The nine candidates include former MLA Meera Deepak Yadav who is fielded from the Niwari assembly constituency," said Bhartiya.
10:49 PM
Delhi CM Kejriwal felicitates kabaddi star Pawan Sehrawat, announces Rs 1 cr reward
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday felicitated Pawan Sehrawat, who was part of the gold medal-winning kabaddi team at the recently-concluded Asian Games. He also announced that the Delhi government will grant him a reward of Rs 1 crore. During the event, Kejriwal mentioned that the city government is creating a policy that other states will want to emulate.
9:09 PM
Former chief election commissioner MS Gill dies aged 86
Former chief election commissioner Manohar Singh Gill died at a south Delhi hospital on Sunday after a brief illness, according to people close to him. He was 86. Gill will be cremated in New Delhi on Monday, they said. A former bureaucrat, Gill served under Parkash Singh Badal as a young officer when the Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch was the Punjab chief minister.
8:49 PM
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviy rejects India's low rank in Global Hunger Index
Rejecting India's low rank in Global Hunger Index-2023, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday said parameters that are currently being followed for evaluation are not based on conditions specific to the country. Interacting with students at IIT-Guwahati, he refuted reports of large-scale malnutrition in India.
8:03 PM
SpiceJet to operate its second flight to Tel Aviv under 'Operation Ajay'
"A group of 120 Israeli nationals, among others, will be travelling from Delhi to Tel Aviv on the SpiceJet flight. SpiceJet's first evacuation flight from Israel, carrying 320 Indian passengers, touched down in Delhi at 8.10 am today," the airline said in a statement.
7:54 PM
Air India Express flight from Dubai makes emergency landing at Karachi airport
A Dubai-Amritsar flight made an emergency landing at Karachi airport on Saturday after an onboard guest had a sudden medical complication during the journey. According to an Air India Express spokesperson, the crew opted to divert the flight to Karachi as it was the closest location to provide the guest with immediate medical assistance.
7:13 PM
No support for terrorism, terror activities in India: LS Speaker Om Birla
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday said he has conveyed to his counterparts from G20 nations that India does not support terrorism or terror activities in any form.
6:43 PM
Water runs out at UN shelters in Gaza; medics fear for patients as Israeli ground offensive looms
Water has run out at UN shelters across Gaza as thousands packed into the courtyard of the besieged territory's largest hospital as a refuge of last resort from a looming Israeli ground offensive and overwhelmed doctors struggled to care for patients they fear will die once generators run out of fuel. Israel has cut off the flow of food, medicine, water and electricity to Gaza, pounded neighbourhoods with airstrikes and told the estimated 1 million residents of the north to flee south ahead of Israel's planned attack.
5:45 PM
UP CM Adityanath inaugurates development projects worth Rs 233 crore in Gorakhpur
At the foundation stone laying and inauguration ceremony of 303 development projects, the UP chief minister said urban development is the need of the hour, and it will play an important role in making India an economic superpower
5:25 PM
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan flags-in first ever ship into Vizhinjam port
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday flagged-in the first ever ship at the Rs 7,700 crore deep-water international Vizhinjam port. Zhen Hua 15 -- which began its journey from China at the end of August, was scheduled to dock at Vizhinjam on October 4, but its journey got delayed due to bad weather conditions along its route.
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First Published: Oct 15 2023 | 6:58 AM IST