A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale took place off the Japanese coast on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey stated.
The epicentre of the quake has been detected as 189 kilometres WNW off Chichi-shima.
According to reports, no tsunami warnings have been issued as of now.
Further details are awaited. (ANI)
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government for the repromulgation of the Land Bill, adding that his party will fight for the rights of the farmers.
The official twitter account of Gandhi’s office shared the Congress vice president’s thoughts on the issue.
“Modi ji in an amazing hurry to grab land from poor farmers at any cost. A 3rd attempt at pushing the anti farmer Land Ordinance!” it posted.
” Congress Party will continue to fight for the rights of the kisan and mazdoor against this #suitbootkisarkar,” it added.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday expressed serious concern over recent statements made by the Indian political leadership, and said that all possible measures will be taken to counter “anti-Pakistan” acts.
Sharif and Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Raheel Sharif visited the headquarters of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and met its Director General, Maj. Rizwan Akhtar, who briefed them on the internal and external security situation of the country.
Pooh-poohing TDP for its self-proclamation of national party status without having the required base, YSR Congress has said the depleting strength of the party will reflect in the massive response the June 3,4 Samara Deeksha would be getting as people are rearing to raise the banner of revolt against the State and its policies.
Saudi-led coalition warplanes intensified airstrikes against Yemen’s Shia Houthi group in the capital Sanaa on Saturday.
The coalition forces made more than 20 sorties against Houthi targets at the Sanaa International Airport, adjacent al-Dailamy Airport, the headquarters of the air force base and the ammunition depots, security sources said.
The rape accused in the nurse Aruna Shanbaug case, Sohan Lal Bharti Valmiki, has been living in a Uttar Pradesh village for the last 35 years, local meda reports suggest.
He has been in the Parpa village of Hapur distict with his in-laws since being released from a Mumbai prison after serving a seven-year sentence for raping nurse Shanbaug, who died recently in a Mumbai hospital after being comatose for 42 long years.
Locals say they were not aware of the antescedents of Sohan Lal, now serving as a sweeper at NTPC power plant in Dadri.
Fifty-two more people have died due to heatwave conditions in Telangana in last 24 hours, taking the toll to 541 in the state, a senior official said here today.
“As per information available till 5 PM today, the toll has risen to 541 (from yesterday’s 489),” said a senior official of the state disaster management department.
Since April 15, Nalgonda district has recorded maximum number of 139 deaths, followed by Karimnagar (120), Khammam (95) and Mahabubnagar (42).
Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that the Centre would initiate an inquiry into the Uttrakhand flood scam after getting all details.
“We shall find out details and then investigation shall be thought about,” Prasad said while addressing a press conference. Meanwhile, Uttarakhand’s Information Commissioner Anil Kumar Sharma said that the scam looks serious and added that a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry has been recommended to Chief Minister Harish Rawat.
Fast and Furious actor Vin Diesel took to Instagram to unveil the unofficial poster of car-racing-themed movie Fast and Furious 8.
Diesel, 47, hinted that the eighth instalment of the movie would take place in New York, reported Aceshowbiz “Kurt Russell came in for this movie. But we really hired him because of a story that follows this that takes place in New York,” revealed the actor.
The new poster he shared features New York City skyline in the backdrop. The poster has a new logo with a tagline saying ‘Summer 2017’.
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The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved upgradation of 29 cities and towns on the basis of 2011 population census for providing higher house and transportation allowance to central government employees.
“Jai Ho”, a documentary based on music maestro AR Rahman’s life, was screened at the White House.
The film, directed by Umesh Aggarwal, traces the journey of the Oscar and Grammy winning music composer’s professional and personal life. It explores the evolution of his style of music-a fusion of Eastern sensibilities and Western technology.
“On the way to the White House for a screening of ‘Jai Ho’,” Rahman, 48, posted on twitter.
The musician also performed at a concert in Wolftrap, a performing arts center located in Vienna, near Washington.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Saturday sought to downplay the series of attacks on mobile telecom installations and people associated with it in the Valley, saying it is a “temporary” phase and those responsible for it will be “taken care of”.
Two persons have been killed and three others injured in four attacks carried out by militants in past week on the telecom installations and people associated with it in Sopore and nearby Pattan area.
Late Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris Jackson recently stepped out with her boyfriend Chester Castellaw at Spring Awakening Show.
According to sources, the 17-year-old was invited by friends who work with the theater, People Magazine reported.
The duo stepped on the red carpet on the opening night of the Deaf West Theater’s production of Spring Awakening at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Saturday that the Narendra Modi government was “trying to impose controversial land acquisition bill on farmers through the ordinance route that will prove costly”.
“Modi’s government is desperate to pass the land acquisition bill in the Rajya Sabha, where it was opposed, to impose it on millions of farmers, who are protesting against it across the country,” Nitish Kumar told reporters after attending an official function here.
Punjab Police on Saturday clarified that British hotelier of Indian origin Ranjit Singh Power has been murdered, but his body was yet to be recovered, rejecting initial reports that a body found in a Punjab forest was of the NRI.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajinder Singh told reporters that the victim’s friend and business partner, Baldev Singh Deol, and his partner’s driver strangled Power at Anandpur Sahib in Ropar district, some 80 km from here.
Riot-hit Muslim villagers in Ballabhgarh’s Atali Village in Haryana have demanded “strong action” against Station House Officer (SHO) Babu Lal for “abetting the miscreants” belonging to the majority community who attacked them on May 25.
A fact-finding team of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) that visited the village on May 27 has stated this in its report, which IANS has accessed. Atali village is located about nine km from Faridabad in Haryana and a little over 40 km from Delhi.
After garnering plaudits for playing a mother in “Haider”, versatile actress Tabu will be back on the silver screen with more power in a police officer’s avatar in “Drishyam”.
There is a recurring pattern in Tabu’s choice of films — be it “Cheeni Kum” or “Chandni Bar” and that is the strong female characters. This time too, the actress will play the role of IG Meera Deshmukh, who will go to any lengths to unmask the truth.
The role is touted as the toughest role she has ever portrayed, read a statement.
The Telangana Lawyers’ Joint Action Committee here on Saturday lodged a criminal complaint with the Jubilee Hills Police Station seeking action against TDP president and AP Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu for comparing the elected representatives to sheep.
In the complaint, the Lawyers JAC has alleged that Chandrababu Naidu, while addressing his party’s Mahanadu at Gandipet insulted Members of Legislative Assembly, who were elected by the people, as sheep. The JAC urged the police to initiate action against the AP Chief Minister in accordance with Art. 1951. (NSS)
Home Minister Nayani Narsimha Reddy today launched official website of the Fire Services department here.
Speaking on the occasion, Nayani appealed to the companies and big buildings to adopt modern methods and system to prevent fire accidents. He also said the website comprises information related to multi-storied buildings, which should follow fire safety measures. He appealed to the owners of multi-storied villas to take all precautionary measures to prevent fire accidents and loss of assets and workers and staff.
There was no relief from the heat wave sweeping parts of Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra with high temperatures continuing on Saturday.
Chandrapur burnt at a high of 48 degrees Celsius — the highest temperature recorded in the state so far — and two points higher than Friday’s 46 degrees — though there were no officially recorded heat wave casualties in the state so far.
Nagpur followed with 47 degrees Celsius while Wardha stood at 46 degrees, and Akola remained constant like Friday at 45 degrees.
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday laid foundation stones for various developmental works at the Sri Lakshmi-Narasimha Swamy temple at Yadadri near Bhongir town in Nalgonda district in the presence of Governor ESL Narsimhans, China Jeeyar Swamy and some ministers.
A brain protein believed to be a key component in the progress of dementia can cause memory loss in healthy brains even before physical signs of degeneration appear, says a new University of Sussex study.
The study reveals a direct link between the main culprit of Alzheimer’s disease and memory loss. Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the formation of amyloid plaques in the brain tissue.
These amyloid plaques are made up of an insoluble protein, ‘Amyloid-beta’ (Abeta), which forms small structures called ‘oligomers’ that are important in the disease progression.
American multinational clothing and accessories brand Gap made its way to the Indian market on Saturday with the launch of its first store, inaugurated by actress Kangana Ranaut amidst a huge crowd in a mall here.
Spread over 10,000 sq ft at the Select City Walk in south Delhi, the new flagship store offers Gap for men and women, GapKids, and babyGap Summer 2015 collections. It has come into the market via a partnership with Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd.
Former Odisha chief minister Giridhar Gamang resigned from the Congress party on Saturday and said that he would not join any political party until his credibility is not restored.
“I will not rejoin Congress or join any other party because my intention behind is that – my credibility… which was in question till today, should be clear,” Gamang said.
Considered to be one of the persons responsible for the fall of the Atal Behari Vajpyee government in 1999, former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang today claimed that not his but the then National Conference member Saifuddin Soz’s cross voting sealed its fate.
“It was not my vote which turned the tables against the Vajpayee government but the cross-voting of Prof Saifuddin Soz. The Vajpayee government lost the confidence motion by one vote for the cross voting of Prof Soz as he had gone against the whip of his party and voted against the motion,” he told reporters here.