India

NEW DELHI (AP) — As Sri Lanka’s crisis reached its climax this weekend, two men in the center of the turmoil brought about by the country’s economic collapse promised they would heed the call of tens of thousands of angry protesters and resign.

One is President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the last of six members of the country’s most influential family who was still clinging to power.

The other is Rajapaksa’s chosen prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, a seasoned opposition politician who was brought in to steer the country out of the abyss.

Kolkata, July 10 (PTI) TMC MLA Babul Supriyo has been appointed as a national spokesperson of the party, sources in the Mamata Banerjee-led camp said.

Supriyo, the former union minister, took to Twitter to thank the party supremo for giving him the new responsibility.

Balrampur (UP), Jul 10 (PTI) A dismembered body of a five-year-old girl was found in a forest near Dhuboli village here, police said on Sunday.

Roshni Yadav, 5, daughter of one Mankal Yadav, was sleeping in the courtyard of her house, when she went missing, police said.

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a cloudburst that hit near a Hindu cave shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir rose to 16 on Saturday, officials said, with more than 40 still missing.

The downpour triggered a flash flood on Friday evening and swept away makeshift tents as well as community kitchens near the Amarnath shrine.

Kanpur: The theory of demand and supply gets blew up on the roadside sale of the dry leaves that the goats love to eat. Goats are abundant but fodder stock for goats are vanishing sooner.

The demand for green goolar leaves suddenly rises as the goat's purchasers needed the leaves for feeding the sacrificial animals.

It is for the first time there was glimpsed a different scene in the Jajmau area. The stock of the sellers soon vanished due to higher demand. 

Kanpur: A major accident was avoided in the Kakadev police station area today. A fire broke out in a school van. The driver somehow saved his life by jumping.

The panicky driver was helped by passers-by. He somehow doused the fire. The school van was being driven with a gas kit.

On Thursday morning, the driver Naveen was driving the van to pick up school children in Nagar.

Suddenly the van caught fire. Seeing the leaping flames, the driver stopped the van on the road and jumped out of the van.

Kanpur: Expressing intense displeasure with the Chief Medical Officer RK Maurya, the Hallet Hospital Principal Prof Sanjay Kala appeared upset with the irregularities in the medical college hospital. He instructed him to take strict action.

The principal's surprise inspection caused a stir on the hospital campus. He had inspected the hospital on Wednesday night and further on Thursday morning also.

Piles of garbage lying out of Emergency Wing irked him intensely. He was there for two hours and learnt of the poor conditions.

Kanpur: What the 14-year-old boy said was that he was trying to learn bike driving like others in his age group.

One morning he got up early to offer early morning prayer but did not return prior to 8 a.m. He remained out for almost three and a half hours.

"Thought of a bike driving used to terrify me. So learning in my early teens would surely help me in later days" he said to his friends.

He also expressed: "I barely know, how long will it take?"

Kanpur: A wife attempted to stop second marriage of her husband was beaten up. The woman alleged that her father-in-law and two brothers-in-law were  involved in the assault.

The video of the assault on the woman went viral on social media. The  police have registered a case and investigation will be initiated.

The beating of woman named Varsha, a resident of Akbarpur area of ​​Kanpur Dehat alleged that her husband Robin, father-in-law Kallu, brother-in-law Virendra and Surendra were beaten up.

Kanpur: Sunday remains a day for going out to a place of interest. It can even be a mall. A family of four decided to visit a big mall falling in the precincts of Lucknow.

This was a visit boosting their perception of enjoying the holiday far from their busy life in the noisy city.

Two others, quite familiar to them, also accompanied them. They were just joining them on this casual excursion. They cleared that no shopping would be done but how could it be resisted after reaching on the spot.