Indianapolis [US], April 17 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) called the Indianapolis mass shooting that has killed at least eight people including four people belonging to the Sikh Community as a "national embarrassment".
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 17 (ANI): The Department of Steel and Mines of Odisha government granted the mining lease of Utkal-E coal block to National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) through a notification issued on April 12, the public sector enterprise informed on Friday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India] April 16 (ANI): Public sector enterprise National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) said on Friday it has been granted mining lease of Utkal-E coal block in Odisha.
New York [US], April 16 (ANI): At least 71 journalists have been arrested by Myanmar authorities since the military coup in February, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Thursday.
Lahore/Karachi [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): At least four policemen were killed during the clashes as violence erupted across Pakistan over demand of the expulsion of a French envoy over the publication of alleged blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad, according to media reports.
New York [US], April 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations is calling on the Myanmar security forces to refrain from violence against children after at least 51 children were killed since the military coup in February, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Wednesday.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 14 (ANI): The Punjab government on Wednesday announced that at least 30 per cent of funds under all government schemes will be spent on the welfare of the state's Scheduled Castes (SC) population.
Lahore [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): At least three people were killed and 40 others, including policemen, were injured after violence erupted in major cities across Pakistan on Tuesday following the arrest of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Saad Hussain Rizvi.
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], April 13 (ANI): At least five people have been booked and one accused has been arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a minor girl in Bihar's Muzaffarpur.
Lahore [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): At least two people were killed and several others, including policemen, injured when violence erupted in major cities of the country on Monday afternoon following the arrest of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Saad Hussain Rizvi, reported Dawn.
Lima [Peru], April 13 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 20 people were killed and 14 others injured in Peru after an interprovincial bus skidded and overturned in Sihuas province in the northern Ancash region, authorities said on Monday.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 12 (ANI): Jharkhand Health Secretary KK Soan on Monday directed deputy commissioners of all districts to reserve at least 50 per cent beds of their capacity in hospitals for COVID-19 patients.