Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 7 (ANI): Seven persons were charred to death after a massive fire broke out in a double storey building in Indore's Swarna Bagh Colony in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): Expressing grave concern over President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's declaration of a state of emergency, Sri Lankan Bar Association urged him to revoke the decree while pointing out that stifling public protest is not a solution to the crisis.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 7 (ANI): The Kashmir valley is reverberating with chants of Vedic hymns as a five-day event to commemorate the visit of saint Adi Shankaracharya is being celebrated in Srinagar.
Taipei [Taiwan], May 7 (ANI): A former Dutch diplomat Gerrit van der Wees said that the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) leader Mao Zedong had refuted claims over Taiwan.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 7 (ANI): Hyderabad West Zone Taskforce on Friday busted an interstate drug peddlers' gang and arrested four persons, while two are absconding, said the police.
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga on Friday termed his detention by the Punjab police as "illegal" and said that he will keep fighting until Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apologised for his comments on Kashmiri Pandits.
Havana [Cuba], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Eighteen people, including a pregnant woman and child, died as a result of a powerful explosion that destroyed the Saratoga hotel in Havana on Friday, the Cuban presidential administration said on Saturday.
Taipei [Taiwan], May 7 (ANI): The hacker group Anonymous took a break from the cyberwar in Russia and hacked Chengdu Chinese Communist Party (CCP) website warning Beijing to "not try anything stupid against Taiwan" in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 7 (ANI): All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday condemned the honour killing incident that took place in Saroornagar in Telanagana and termed it as a "criminal act" as per constitution and Islam.
London [UK], May 7 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned that the invasion of Ukraine could be replicated in Taiwan by China if leading powers do not respond as one.
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged girlfriend, Alina Kabaeva, is included in the sixth proposed package of European Union sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 7 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Friday alleged that World Health Organization (WHO), without any scientific evidence and rational reasoning, has said that number of deaths registered in India due to COVID-19 is not the actual numbers.