Indian Sub-continent

New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday declined the Congress offer to join the party and evolve its poll strategy and said more than him, the party needs leadership and collective will to fix deep-rooted structural problems through transformational reforms

Kishor was asked by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to join the party and be a part of the Empowered Action Group-2024 and take care of its election strategy for upcoming polls

NEW DELHI, Apr 26 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,062,569 today, with 2,483 new cases registered during the past 24 hours, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.

This is the seventh consecutive day when the number of daily new cases has surpassed the 2,000-mark, after lower tallies were reported in recent weeks.

Meanwhile, 1,399 deaths due to the pandemic, recorded since yesterday morning, took the death toll to 523,622.

ISLAMABAD, April 26 (Reuters) - A bomb blast on a minibus killed three Chinese employed at Karachi University's Confucius Institute on Tuesday, officials and police said, in the first major attack in Pakistan on nationals of long time ally China since last year.

The three were among passengers on a minibus travelling near the university when the bomb exploded, killing the Chinese and a fourth person, a Pakistani, police said.

Kanpur: The STF unit here arrested three smugglers of an international gang smuggling narcotics from Nepal in the early hours of Monday.

Charas worth 4.5 crores were recovered from them, which were to be supplied to the city and adjoining districts.

STF Inspector Shailendra Singh said that Roshan Patel, a resident of Motihari, Ashish Takkar, a resident of Barra, and Shailendra Kumar Soni alias Shilu, a resident of Auraiya, have been arrested.

About 85 kg of charas was recovered from them. All three were smuggling for about a year and a half, it had been reported.

Washington, Apr 26 (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday held a meeting with representatives of the semiconductor industry of the US and invited them to make further investments in India.

The Finance Minister spoke about opportunities for companies situated in Silicon Valley and about the government of India's commitment to be a reliable player in the entire semiconductor value chain with dedicated incentive for the sector in mission mode through the Indian Semiconductor Mission.

Sangli, Apr 26 (PTI) An unidentified man allegedly stole a JCB machine and used it to dislodge and take away an ATM in Sangli district of western Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on the intervening night of April 22 and 23 at an ATM centre of a private sector bank in Agar village of Miraj tehsil, an official said.

A CCTV footage from the ATM centre showing the JCB machine being used to dislodge the cash machine has gone viral on social media.

New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the unemployment issue, alleging over 45 crore people have lost hope of getting a job due to his "masterstrokes".

He claimed that Modi is the "first such prime minister" in 75 years to do so.

"New India's new slogan -- 'har ghar berozegaari, ghar ghar berozegaari (there is unemployment in every household).

Kanpur: How the school vehicles are running unbridled, refuting norms, its hallmark was seen in front of many schools in the city on Monday.

Children come out one by one after school is over the holiday in Kalyanpur. Several school vans are parked outside. The drivers start filling the kids in the van.

Most of the vans have neither a yellow stripe nor the letter 'School Van'.

Double the vehicle's capacity i.e. 14 to 15 children are stuffed like straw in the van.

Kanpur: A 40-year-old man, who had come to the city, to attend a wedding, was found allegedly hanging from a tree, police said here on Monday.

Virendra Singh Kallu, a resident of Kannauj, had come to the guest house located in the Bilhaur area. On Sunday, he was found allegedly hanging from a tree with a towel.

The guests who had come to the wedding ceremony identified the man and informed him of the incident to his relatives.

Bilhaur police station Inspector, on Monday, said, that the investigations are underway.

Kanpur: There are more than 650 shops in the market of Barra-5 area here. Solidified (pucca) shops of electronics, clothes, cosmetics, sweets etc. exist but what remains annoying is the pavement shops of vegetables, fruits, clothes, groceries, bakery etc. arranged in front of the shops. 

It is alleged that these footpaths and street vendors had to pay between Rs 50 and 500 per day. This appears to be a pavement deal.

Many times people start quarrelling with each other about setting up shops back and forth instead of sidewalks, it is reported.