Day: September 24, 2019

Death toll rises to 30 and over 452 injured in earthquake in Pakistan

2 killed, over 100 injured in PoK after earthquake jolts north Pakistan

8:27 pm September 24, 2019

Islamabad: At least two people were killed and more than 100 others injured in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Tuesday after a 5.8-magnitude quake jolted several cities in the northern parts of the country including capital Islamabad. According to US Geological Survey, the epicentre of quake was near New Mirpur in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. PoK Minister for Sports, […]

Tremors felt in parts of north India

8:22 pm September 24, 2019

Chandigarh: Tremors were felt on Tuesday in parts of north India including Punjab and Haryana, Seismology Department officials said. The quake was felt at around 4:33 pm, they said. There was no immediate report of loss of life or property. Panic-stricken people rushed out of their homes and offices at some places in the region.

President Kovind presents National Service Scheme Awards

8:14 pm September 24, 2019

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday felicitated 41 people with the prestigious NSS awards in recognition of their exemplary and commendable social service. The recipients of the National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards for 2017-18 include volunteers, programme coordinators and programme officers of the NSS, a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said in a statement. NSS […]

Israel's Netanyahu, Gantz see 'significant progress' toward unity govt

Israeli negotiators seek to break Netanyahu-Gantz deadlock

8:00 pm September 24, 2019

Jerusalem: Negotiators for Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main opponent Benny Gantz met Tuesday to discuss possibilities for a unity government that both men say they should lead after last week’s deadlocked election. The chief negotiators for Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud and Gantz’s centrist Blue and White gathered to follow up on a meeting […]

Investigators search sex offender Epstein’s Paris flat

7:56 pm September 24, 2019

Paris: Investigators searched disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein’s luxury Paris apartment on Tuesday, advancing a French probe into allegations that the sex offender procured young women to abuse in France. Epstein was arrested in New York in July on multiple charges of trafficking underage girls for sex. He was found hanged in his New York […]