Day: May 22, 2021

Nepal President dissolves House, announces snap polls in Nov; Opposition alliance to move court

11:43 pm May 22, 2021

Kathmandu: Nepal‘s President dissolved the House of Representatives on Saturday for the second time in five months and announced snap elections in November, rejecting both embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and the Opposition alliance’s claims to form a government, a ”regressive” move that will be legally challenged yet again. President Bidya Devi Bhandari announced in an early morning statement that the House of […]

Subtropical storm Ana forms in Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda

11:38 pm May 22, 2021

Miami: The first named storm of the season is posing no threat to land and is expected to dissipate in a few days. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Subtropical Storm Ana is drifting east over the Atlantic Ocean after bringing rain to Bermuda. Ana was located about 175 miles (280 kilometers) northeast of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph), […]

Police: 2 dead, 8 wounded in downtown Minneapolis shooting

11:32 pm May 22, 2021

Minneapolis: Two people were killed and eight more were wounded, one seriously, in a shooting in downtown Minneapolis early Saturday, police said. Police spokesperson John Elder said the gunfire stemmed from two men in a crowd who got into an argument near the Monarch nightclub, pulled out guns and started shooting, KMSP-TV reported. No arrests were immediately announced. Five men and five women […]

98 deaths, 5,021 fresh virus cases in Haryana

10:31 pm May 22, 2021

Chandigarh: Haryana on Saturday reported 98 coronavirus deaths as 5,021 fresh cases pushed the state’s infection count to 7,33,628, a Health Department bulletin said. The infection has killed 7,415 people till now in the state. According to the bulletin, nine deaths each were reported from Gurgaon and Hisar, seven each from Ambala and Karnal and […]

Bengal reports 154 more Covid deaths, 18,863 fresh cases

10:25 pm May 22, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal’s Covid-19 death toll rose to 14,208 after 154 more people succumbed to the disease on Saturday, the health department said in its bulletin. The tally mounted to 12,48,668 as 18,863 fresh cases of infection were reported from different parts of the state, it said. In the last 24 hours, 19,202 recoveries have […]