Vote counting for 3 Assembly seats in Himachal begins
Shimla, July 13 (IANS) Vote counting for Himachal Pradesh’s bypoll for three Assembly constituencies began on Saturday, with 13 candidates in the fray for the contest mainly between the state-ruling Congress and the main Opposition BJP. As much as 70.7 per cent voting was recorded in Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh seats on Wednesday. The polling […]
Vote counting begins for bypoll in Punjab’s Jalandhar West Assembly seat
Chandigarh, July 13 (IANS) Vote count for Punjab’s lone Assembly constituency — Jalandhar West — began on Saturday, with 15 candidates in the fray for a multi-cornered contest largely among the state-ruling AAP, the Congress, and the BJP. Polling was held on Wednesday and saw 54.98 per cent turnout. The seat fell vacant with resignation […]
Odisha: Chief Civil Supplies Officer caught while accepting bribe
Bhubaneswar, July 13 (IANS) Odisha Vigilance officials on Friday caught Balangir district’s Chief Civil Supplies Officer (CCSO) red-handed while he was receiving a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a rice mill owner for clearing his pending bills and placing a new order. The anti-corruption sleuths apprehended CCSO G. Prabhakara Patro in connection with a case […]
Assam flood crisis slowly abating, 7 more deaths reported, 12.33 lakh people affected
Guwahati, July 13 (IANS) The overall flood situation in Assam further improved on Friday but seven more deaths were reported while 12.33 lakh people remain affected in 24 of the state’s 35 districts, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) officials said. ASDMA officials said that of the seven fresh deaths on Friday, five people of […]
Ecuadorian court sentences five defendants for murdering former presidential candidate
Quito, July 13 (IANS) An Ecuadorian court sentenced five defendants accused of murdering former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio to prison terms between 12 and 34 years. Carlos Angulo, alias “Invisible,” one of the leaders of the drug trafficking gang “Los Lobos,” and Laura Castillo were sentenced to the maximum penalty of 34 years and eight […]
WHO donates medical supplies worth $9 million to Malawi
Lilongwe, July 13 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has donated assorted medical supplies, including drugs worth $9 million , to the government of Malawi to support the country’s public hospitals. When presenting the donation on Friday in Lilongwe, Neema Kimambo, the WHO country representative, expressed her organisation’s desire to see public hospitals in Malawi […]
Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for fresh Red Sea attack against cargo ship
Sanaa, July 13 (IANS) In a televised statement , Yemen’s Houthi group said it had attacked what it called the “Chrysalis vessel” twice. The attacks targeted the vessel in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, using ballistic missiles and bomb-laden drones, said Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea in a television statement aired late […]
India pledges continued assistance to UN agency aiding Palestinians
United Nations, July 13 (IANS) India has pledged to continue supporting the embattled UN agency helping Palestinians which is facing a financial crisis even as its needs have risen because of the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. R. Ravindra, the charge d’affaires of India’s UN mission, said that the nation will continue its annual contributions of […]
US President Biden makes law to support rights of Tibetans
Dharamsala, July 13 (IANS) In a message for Beijing to peacefully resolve through negotiation, not repression, an agreement on Tibet that will support Tibet’s peaceful struggle for human rights and democratic freedom, US President Joe Biden on Friday signed the Resolve Tibet Act. The law states that it is American policy that the Tibet issue […]
Removal of US pier won’t affect humanitarian corridor to Gaza, says Cyprus
Nicosia, July 13 (IANS) Cyprus’ Amalthea project for the transport of humanitarian aid to Gaza through a sea corridor will not be affected by the impending removal of a floating pier built by the US army, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. Commenting on a US statement that the floating pier will soon cease operations, the […]
