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A rare red alert has been issued for southwest England and south Wales comes after the Met Office upgraded its "danger to life". The UK’s official weather service said that the heavy rain and strong winds are continuing in northern England and other parts of Northern Ireland, including Scotland.
The Meteorological Department's warning of a storm, Storm Eunice, led to power cuts in North East England, Cumbria, North Yorkshire, and Lancashire, as well as the cancellation of all trains in Scotland.
Artillery shells struck a town on the Ukrainian government-controlled side of the forefront in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, harming a kindergarten and injuring two teachers, the Embassy of the United States of America, Kyiv Tweeted.
A fire broke out in a two-storey residential building in the Kamathipura area of Nagpada in central Mumbai on Thursday evening, officials said.
According to the official, the fire broke out around 7.15 pm on the second floor of the building on Maulana Azad Road in Kamathipura's fifth street.
At least four fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire was brought under control around 8.35 pm, the official said.
In a written response to US proposals on European security, Russia said that it has no plans to invade Ukraine, with Western officials warning that an attack by Moscow could be imminent.
"There is no 'Russian invasion' of Ukraine, which the United States and its allies have been announcing officially since last fall, and it is not planned," the foreign ministry said in a public statement.
Amid the prevailing situation in Ukraine due to the rising tensions with Russia, US President Joe Biden said Russia attack on Ukraine possible in 'next several days, 'no plans' to call Putin, says US President Joe Biden as reported by news agency AFP.
Terrorists lobbed a hand grenade towards security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Keegan in the Shopian district on Thursday evening and the grenade exploded on the road without causing any damage.
Delhi has been seeing a steady decline in Covid cases. On Thursday, the national capital recorded 739 new cases and 5 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active cases stand at 3,026.
Maharashtra | FIR registered against Shiv Sena Deputy leader Raghunath Kuchik under IPC Sec 376 and 313 in Shivajinagar Police Station of Pune City Police. FIR registered after a complaint of rape and forceful abortion received last night at the Polie Station.
Vistara UK-697 returned to Delhi Airport today soon after taking off from Delhi to Amritsar due to a technical snag in the aircraft. Another aircraft arranged for the departure/operations.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has removed the curbs on the number of flights that can be operated between India and Ukraine under the bilateral air bubble arrangement to facilitate the travel of Indians from the eastern European nation, according to a senior official.
Amid the prevailing situation in Ukraine due to the rising tensions with Russia, India has advised its citizens to temporarily leave Ukraine.
The ministry has removed the restrictions on the number of flights and seats between India and Ukraine under the air bubble arrangement. Any number of flights including chartered flights can be operated between the two countries, the official said on Thursday.
The official said that Indian carriers have been asked to look at having flights to Ukraine due to the increase in demand, adding that the ministry is coordinating with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) regarding the flight services.
Four arrested in connection with a firing incident in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar area, yesterday, February 16. Incident being probed: Delhi Police
BSF troops seized 597 bottles of prohibited cough syrup ‘Phensedyl’ from border area under South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya while being smuggled to Bangladesh on February 16.
Visuals from the spot where 13 women lost their lives during a wedding event last night in Kushingar, UP
Delhi University reopens for all the undergraduate and postgraduate courses from today.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday extended condolences to the family of those who lost their lives after accidentally falling into a well during a wedding function in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar. "Saddened to hear the sad news of the death of many people including women and children in the accident in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh. My deepest condolences to all the bereaved families who lost their families in this tragic accident. I wish the injured a speedy recovery," Rashtrapati Bhavan tweeted.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath also condoled the deaths and wished the injured a speedy recovery. "The death of the villagers in an unfortunate incident at Village Naurangia School Tola in District Kushinagar is deeply saddening. My thoughts are with the bereaved families of the deceased. Wishing Lord Shri Ram a speedy recovery to the injured," he tweeted.
Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav following a meeting with National Building Construction Corporation & residents of Green View society, Sector 37D over their safety, notifies them to vacate apartments by March 1. Expenses to be borne by NBCC: DPRO Gurugram
In a key development in ABG Shipyards loan fraud case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday lodged a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The case was lodged on the basis of the FIR filed by the CBI on the State Bank of India's complaint against the company and its directors for cheating a consortium of banks to the tune of Rs 22,842 crore.
The ED had asked the CBI to hand them over the relevant documents connected to the case, and initiated its probe into the matter. After conducting a preliminary probe and taking legal opinion, the ED decided to lodge a PMLA case.
Now, the ED can summon the Directors to join the investigation to record their statements before their officials.
Safdarjung Observatory in Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 27 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, the third straight day when the maximum temperature was above 25 degrees Celsius since the winter started receding.
All five main stations of Delhi - Safdarjung, Palam, Lodhi Road, Ridge, and Aya Nagar - recorded maximum temperature above 25 degrees Celsius, but the temperatures dipped to below 20 degrees Celsius after 9 p.m., the data from India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The maximum temperature at Safdarjung was recorded at 26.4 degrees Celsius on February 14 and 27 degrees on February 15 even as the IMD has predicted maximum temperature to hover at 27-28 degrees Celsius on February 17.
Safdarjung's maximum temperature of 27 degrees Celsius was three notches above normal, while minimum was recorded at 9.4 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday extended birthday greetings to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and prayed for his healthy life.
"Birthday wishes to Telangana CM Shri KCR Garu. Praying for his long and healthy life. @TelanganaCMO," PM Modi tweeted.
Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday apprehended a drug peddler and recovered 1,000 Yaba tablets from his possession in Assam's Karimganj: BSF
PM Modi extends condolences to the family of those who lost their lives in the Kushinagar incident, says "possible help being given by local administration."
13 people died after they accidentally fell into a well during a wedding function in Kushinagar, UP, yesterday night.
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As many as thirteen people lost their lives after falling into a well during wedding celebrations in the Nebua Naurangia area of the Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier, Speaking on this, the District Magistrate of Kushinagar, S Rajalingam said to reporters, "We have got to know that 11 people have died and two others have been seriously injured after they accidentally fell into a well. This happened during a wedding program wherein some people were sitting on a slab of a well and due to heavy load, the slab broke."
The fatalities have now reached 13.
Popular singing legend Bappi Lahiri's son Bappa Lahiri has returned from the US with his family for carrying out his father's last rites. Bappi Lahiri' last rites will be performed on Thursday in Mumbai, according to a statement released by the family.
Veteran singer-composer Bappi Lahiri passed awa0y on Wednesday at the age of 69 in Mumbai's CritiCare Hospital. His doctor Deepak Namjoshi confirmed the news of his demise. According to the doctor, the 'Disco Dancer' hitmaker died last night due to multiple health issues.
An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale hit the Katra area in Reasi district in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday morning.
National Center for Seismology (NCS), a nodal agency of the Government for monitoring earthquakes, informed that the quake took place at a depth of five kilometres and about 84 kilometres East of Katra. "Earthquake of Magnitude: 3.5, Occurred on 17-02-2022, 03:02:45 IST, Lat: 33.08 and Long: 75.83, Depth: 5 Km, Location:84 km East of Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, India," tweeted NCS.
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