Indian Sub-continent

ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday reiterated its “full solidarity” with the people of Jammu and Kashmir in their quest for the right to self-determination, as they observed Black Day to mark the completion of 75 years of the Indian occupation of the IIOJK.

Kanpur: A massive fire broke out in a mattress factory in Juhi O Block here on Wednesday, causing a stir in the area.

As many as 24 fire tenders were put into dousing the leaping fire after three hours.

24 fire tenders reached the spot and brought the fire under control after three hours of effort.

Police in the prima face found the factory was running illegally. There is a glass warehouse on the ground floor.

Kanpur: A woman dies after hanging herself from a fan in the presence of her husband. Raj Kishore Gupta, a resident of Kidwai Nagar, had married his daughter Shobita four years ago with Sanjeev Gupta, a resident of Gulmohar area.

On Tuesday afternoon, Shobhita committed suicide by hanging herself in her house. Husband Sanjeev informed this to the wife's family members.

When Shobhita's family members reached her in-laws' house, they saw that their daughter's body was lying on the bed. It is being told that there was a dispute between husband and wife for a long time.

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Oct 25 (NNN-ANA) – A clash between two families, over the ownership of a farmland, in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, claimed the lives of four persons and injured three others yesterday, the provincial police spokesman, Shir Ahmad Burhani, said today.

The clash, according to the official, erupted last night, after one family claimed the ownership over a piece of land, while another rejected and resorted to firearms, which resulted in the killing of four persons, two from each family.

NEW DELHI, Oct 25 (NNN-PTI) – The quality of air above the Indian capital, Delhi, deteriorated today, to the “Very Poor” category, from the “Poor” category recorded earlier, mainly due to the bursting of firecrackers and fireworks, by people who celebrate the Diwali festival.

According to the data from the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) today, the overall air quality index (AQI) over Delhi, in terms of PM2.5, stood at 353, which falls in the “Very Poor” category.

NEW DELHI (AP) — The next prime minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, has embraced his Indian and Hindu heritage — and on Monday, people across the former British colony proudly celebrated his victory.

Social media and TV channels in India were awash with congratulations for the 42-year-old Sunak, who is set to become the first person of color to lead Britain. The former Treasury chief was chosen by a governing Conservative Party desperate for a safe pair of hands to guide the country through economic and political turbulence.

Kanpur: The moving car collided with a tree on Jhansi Highway in Bhognipur of Dehat district after the driver had a nap.

One youth died while four including the driver of the car were injured. They were taken to CHC Pukhraya.

30-year-old Moin Khan of Barwalia village in Saraini, Rae Bareli, was working in a factory at Surat in Gujarat.

He had left for his home on Monday night with friends. On Tuesday, before reaching Mawar village in Bhognipur area, the car driver Javed had a nap.

Suddenly, the car overturned and hit a tree on the roadside.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (NNN-APP) – The death toll from this season’s monsoon rain and floods, in Pakistan, since mid-June, has risen to 1,731, along with 12,867 injuries, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.

According to a report by NDMA, on Saturday night, 645 children and 350 women were among those who lost their lives, in separate rain or flood-related incidents, in the country, so far.

Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Oct 23 (PTI) The police have arrested a man for allegedly vandalising an idol in a temple inside the premises of railway station in Dasuya, about 40 kilometres from here, officials said on Sunday.

Hyderabad, Oct 23 (PTI) BJP leader in Telangana, Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar on Sunday called on TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and expressed his keenness to join the ruling party.

Bhaskar, who had served as Rajya Sabha member between 2012 and 2018 when he was in Congress, met Rao at Pragati Bhavan, the CM's camp office-cum-official residence here, TRS sources said late on Sunday night.