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K'taka acid attacker injured in police shootout

The Karnataka police have allegedly shot an acid attacker on the leg while he was attempting to escape on Saturday.

May 14, 2022

Air passengers being charged for boarding passes? Minister promises to look into incident

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia assured that he will examine the matter of passengers being charged extra for generating boarding passes at the airport.

May 14, 2022

India reports 2,858 fresh Covid cases, 11 deaths

India on Saturday reported 2,858 fresh Covid cases, against the 2,841 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry.

May 14, 2022

Slain Palestinian journalist buried in Jerusalem

Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist who was killed while covering clashes in the West Bank, was buried in Jerusalem.

May 14, 2022

Indices fall for sixth straight day, Sensex sheds 2.7% this week cumulatively

Indian equity benchmark indices have extended their fall for the sixth straight day on Friday, led by losses in banking, financial and metal stocks.

May 14, 2022

Global Covid caseload tops 520.5 mn, death toll at 6.26 mn

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 520.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.26 million and vaccinations to over 11.40 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

May 14, 2022

Central government has placed a ban on wheat export with immediate effect

The Central government has placed a ban on wheat export with immediate effect in the wake of the grave situation of less than estimated domestic wheat production and an excessive global price hike after a spike in demand following the Russia-Ukraine war.

May 14, 2022

Mundka blaze: Absconding owner of building resided on top floor; Death toll likely to go up

The owner of the ill-fated multi-storey building in Mundka, where a major fire broke out on Friday, resided on the top floor and went absconding after the incident, an official said on Saturday.

May 14, 2022

B'luru acid attack: Culprit, posing as seer, nabbed from TN; victim out of ICU [details]

The accused went about clad in saffron and pretended to be a spiritual man. Police personnel also went to the ashram as devotees and after observing and working tirelessly managed to get clues about him and finally nabbed him.

May 14, 2022

Mundka blaze death toll rises to 27; people jumped off buildings to save themselves [details]

Several people, who were stuck inside the multi-storey building in Delhi's Mundka, which caught fire earlier in the day and left at least 27 people dead, were rescued through the AC window, while some others jumped out in desperation and were injured.

May 14, 2022

No lathi-charge orders given; SHO attached, SIT probe ordered into Kashmiri Pandit's killing [details]

International Business Times has learned through highly-placed sources that the orders were not to lathi-charge the protesting Kashmiri Pandits but request them to disperse from the area due to an active terror threat.

May 13, 2022

Cop shot at by terrorists in J&K's Pulwama succumbs to injuries; selective killings continue [details]

The injured constable was immediately shifted to district hospital Pulwama where he was referred to Army Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

May 13, 2022

Who was Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed; UAE President passes away aged 73, nation mourns loss [details]

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed was serving as the president of UAE since November 3, 2004, after he was elected to succeed his father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

May 13, 2022

PAK court sentences 22 people for vandalising Hindu temple; accused get 5-year jail-time [details]

Before the judge pronounced the decision, all of the accused were brought to the court under heavy security from the New Central Jail in Bahawalpur.

May 13, 2022

Leave it "historians, scholars"; Allahabad HC junks petition to open Taj Mahal's sealed doors [details]

The court also highlighted that "on a closer examination of the prayers, we are of the opinion that the petitioner has called upon to adjudicate and give a verdict on a completely non-justiciable issue".

May 13, 2022