Around 40 Indians are understood to have died and over 50 are injured in a tragic fire incident at a labour housing facility in the Mangaf area of Kuwait on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Earlier, Kuwait's ambassador to India Meshal Mustafa J Alshemali expressed his condolences and sympathy to the victims of the fire incident, which led to the loss of at least 49 lives.
In response to a question about repeated terrorist incidents in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and other areas, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said that terrorism, especially cross-border terrorism, poses significant challenges to peace and stability in the region.
A constable of the Special Operation Group (SOG) sustained injuries in a fresh encounter that broke out between the security forces and terrorists in the Gandoh area of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, said the Jammu and Kashmir police.
The four-day pilgrimage was flagged off today from the Nagrota areaby Divisional Commissioner Jammu Ramesh Kumar, Relief Commissioner Dr Arvind Karwani and other officers of the divisional administration.
A fresh encounter has broken out between security forces and terrorists in the Gandoh area of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda, said the J-K Police on Wednesday.
"Last night when our personnel at the check post started checking (in Chattergala), our sentry saw some suspicious movement (of terrorist) and they challenged them. After that challenge, firing was done from there and then the exchange of fire continued for around one and a half hours. Our j
The data indicates differentiated inflation rates for rural and urban areas, with rural inflation at 5.28 per cent and urban inflation at 4.15 per cent.
New Delhi [India], June 12: Tuljabhavani Urban, a pioneering financial institution founded by Chandrakant Prakashrao Shejul in 2011, has completed 14 years of dedicated service to the rural community. With a steadfast vision to bridge the banking gap in rural areas, Tuljabhavani Urban has gr
In a significant anti-drug operation, the Bamutia police successfully seized 75 bottles of the banned cough syrup, Eskuf, from the Rangutia area of Tripura, said officials.
"A fire broke out in a chemical company around 10:30 AM. The fire spread to the adjacent chemical company too. We have evacuated the whole area. The efforts to douse the fire are underway...," Deputy Commissioner Of Police Kalyan, Sachin Gunjal said speaking to ANI.
Two siblings hailing from Barkhan have been released and reunited with their families, following their abduction earlier this month while three more persons have been allegedly forcibly disappeared from Turbat and Taunsa Sahrif areas of Pakistan's Balochistan.