Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 22 (ANI): Holidays were announced on Monday for school and educational institutions in Kannur, Kasargod and parts of Kottayam due to heavy rainfall in the state.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 20 (ANI): A 12-year-old boy who had fallen in a drain in the Vijay Nagar locality was declared brought dead at the district hospital here on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Delhi government has declared a two-day state mourning as a mark of respect to former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who died on Saturday following a cardiac arrest. She was 81.
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Police have registered a murder case in connection with the death of a girl who was declared brought dead at a local hospital in Shakarpur area here on Friday.
Kinshasa [DR Congo], July 18 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), calling on countries to "take notice and redouble...efforts."
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 17 (ANI): Locals in Sarotipura village near Bhopal claim that they still defecate in the open, despite the city having been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) in 2017.
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 16 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday declared in the state Assembly that the 25 people lost their lives so far in the floods triggered by heavy downpour in the state. A total of 1.25 lakh people have been rescued so far in the state, he said.
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): A Congress lawmaker on Monday demanded to declare flood situation in Assam as "national problem" and urged the government to send a Central team to assess the situation in the north-eastern state.
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Assam Congress MPs protested on Monday in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament over the flood situation in Assam and demanded that it be declared a national problem by the Centre.
London [UK], July 15 (ANI): New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was announced as the player of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup on Sunday at the Lord's Cricket Ground.
London [UK], July 13 (ANI): As England and New Zealand get ready to lock horns in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup final on Sunday, the Lord's Cricket Ground has been declared as a 'no fly zone' for both the match day (July 14) and reserve day (July 15).