Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 7 (ANI): At least 9 districts of Tamil Nadu including Chennai will likely to receive heavy rainfall in the next four hours, MeT Department Director Puviarasan said on Wednesday.
Rourkela (Odisha) [India], January 6 (ANI): At least four workers died and six others fell ill due to toxic gas leakage at the coal chemical unit of the Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha on Wednesday morning.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): The office market in top eight cities recorded transactions of 22.2 million square feet in July to December 2020 period, Knight Frank India said on Wednesday.
Alaska [US], January 6 (ANI/Sputnik): A US federal judge has turned down requests by conservation and indigenous groups to prevent the outgoing administration from selling oil and gas leases to drilling companies in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 5 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested the main accused in connection with Sunday's crematorium roof collapse incident in Ghaziabad's Muradnagar area in which 24 people were killed and left at least 17 injured.
Washington [US], January 5 (ANI/Sputnik): US pharmaceutical company Moderna said it planned to produce at least 600 million doses of its vaccine against COVID-19 in 2021, not 500 million as previously announced.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 3 (ANI): At least 20 passengers were kidnapped by anti-government armed terrorists in the highway in Afghanistan's Baghlan province. However, the police later have said that the "attempt to abduct the passengers" was foiled by security forces.
Kasaragod (Kerala) [India], January 3 (ANI): At least seven people including two children died and 44 sustained injuries when a bus carrying people from a wedding party overturned and fell on top of a house in Panathur town in Kasaragod on Sunday.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 3 (ANI): At least 17 people have lost their lives and 38 were injured after a roof at a crematorium in Muradnagar here collapsed on Sunday. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team has rushed the spot and rescue operation is underway.
Kapisa [Afghanistan], January 3 (ANI): At least five people were killed in a car explosion targeting the head of Islamic religious scholars council in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Kapisa, Sputnik reported citing police spokesman Shaiq Shorash said Sunday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 3 (ANI): At least five people were killed in a gas cylinder blast at the Baraki roundabout in Kabul on Saturday, informed police.