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At least six people were killed and 13 injured when a massive fire broke out in a multi-storey building in Delhi’s Zakir Nagar in the early hours of yesterday.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the site of the tragedy, and announced Rs500,000 compensation to the families of each deceased.
Kejriwal said the cause of fire and lapses, if any, would be...
As the flood situation turned grim in Kolhapur and surrounding areas in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis sought the help of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Karnataka Chief Minster B S Yediyurappa, officials said in Mumbai yesterday.
Fadnavis urged Singh to help co-ordinate and speed up flood rescue and relief efforts through agencies like the National Disaster Response Force, the...
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference chairman Farooq Abdullah yesterday lashed out at the central government over scrapping of Article 370 and accused Home Minister Amit Shah of lying about his situation.
“They want to kill us,” Abdullah told reporters from the terrace of his residence.
“People are being locked up, (former chief minister) Omar Abdullah is in...
India yesterday told China that the government’s contentious move to strip Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy and split the state into two parts was an “internal matter” after Beijing slammed the “unilateral” decision.
India, Pakistan and China claim all or parts of the Himalayan region, with New Delhi’s announcement on Monday sparking a fierce response from its two nuclear...
Michael Gove has accused Brussels of refusing to negotiate a new Brexit deal, saying the UK was seeking further talks “in a spirit of friendliness” despite repeated warnings from Boris Johnson that the country is ready to crash out of the EU come what may.
Gove, the minister with responsibility for no-deal preparations, claimed that he was “deeply saddened that...
The UN voiced concern yesterday over a law approved by Italy’s parliament that imposes stiffer penalties on NGO migrant rescue boats in the Mediterranean, demanding humanitarian work “not be criminalised or stigmatised”.
The European Commission will analyse Italy’s new bill and “verify its compatibility with EU law”, spokesman Carlos Ruiz de Gordejuela said in Brussels yesterday.
If the commission decides that...
Pakistan has vowed that it will take any measure necessary to “stand by” people in Kashmir, where an unprecedented communications blackout continues a day after the Indian government said it would revoke the territory’s special status and divide it in two.
Landline connections, Internet and mobile coverage in the territory were all suspended yesterday, while prominent political leaders who oppose...
Pulling back to a safe distance atop a hill, Thai troops blew up thousands of anti-personnel landmines yesterday with controlled explosions that sent black plumes of smoke high above jungle treetops.
Thailand is one of more than 160 countries to have signed the Ottawa Treaty, which prohibits the use and stockpiling of the destructive weapon and aims to clear all...
Residents in majority-Hispanic El Paso yesterday told US President Donald Trump to stay away amid fury over his anti-immigration rhetoric as he struggles to unite the country in the wake of mass shootings that killed 31 people.
Trump is scheduled to travel today to the Texan border city where 22 died in a weekend gun massacre, before heading around 2,400km...
Milaha, Qatar’s leading maritime and logistics company, and Elite Paper Recycling are partnering to promote environment sustainability and recycling across all their programmes and activities, it was announced yesterday.
Milaha executive vice president (support services) Saleh Abdullah al-Haroon and Elite Paper Recycling chairman Abdallah al-Suwaidi signed the partnership agreement.
Under the agreement, Milaha will continue to recycle its waste paper with...
Commander of the Amiri Air Force Staff Major General (Pilot) Salem Hamad Aqeel al-Nabit, who is currently visiting Jordan, met the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces Major General Yousef Huneiti. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of joint military co-operation and co-ordination, and ways of enhancing the bilateral relations to serve the...
HE the Chief of Staff of Qatar Armed Forces Lieutenant-General (Pilot) Ghanem bin Shaheen
al-Ghanem met the outgoing Kuwaiti Military Attache to Qatar, Brigadier General Huwaidi Sahn al-Hajri. During the meeting, the Chief of Staff thanked the Kuwaiti military attache for his efforts to support and enhance the bilateral relations in the defence and military fields between the two countries,...
A group of four student researchers from Princeton University recently attended a summer internship programme at Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). The participation was a part of an ongoing collaboration with Princeton University under their International Internship Programme.
The students were immersed in a hands-on multidisciplinary research experience under the mentorship of distinguished...
The ongoing summer camp by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education yesterday entered the final phase after giving thousands of students tips to grow as ideal citizens.
A total of 5,800 students continued to take part in sport, cultural, artistic and scientific activities at 14 camps across Qatar during the last week.
A valedictory session will today mark the formal...
