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Ten police officers and 12 children were among those injured in the attack, the ministry said in a Telegram post.The missile hit a theatre in the central square of the city, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement published on the ministry’s website.Ukraine’s UNIAN news agency reported that the theatre had hosted a drone exhibition at the time of the attack.–IANSint/sha

The fire, which began late on Tuesday night in hilly and forested terrain, has now expanded its perimeter to 50 km and blazed over 5,000 hectares of land, Xinhua news agency reported.Except for the evacuation, many people are told to stay indoors to avoid the possible effects of smoke. But emergency vehicles are allowed to run on the roads.President of the Tenerife Cabildo (Municipal Council) Rosa Davila said in press conference on Saturday that the fire was “taking on a situation that has never been seen before in the Canary Islands.” It has been so fierce that it was “out…

The Australian parrots were later handed over to forest officials of the Dholai Range under Cachar Forest Division.A case has been registered under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, a police officer said, adding the endangered birds might have been smuggled from Myanmar and ferried to Bangladesh but the smugglers abandoned them in the border village.Information about the seizure of the exotic wild birds was shared with the regional office of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau.All the six birds have now been placed in safe custody at Dholai range forest office.On Sunday, the birds would be taken to Guwahati central zoo…

A senior Customs officer said that the accused arrived at the Hyderabad airport from Kuwait on Saturday. “Gold weighing 165.5 gm valued at Rs 9.16 lakh was recovered from him, which was concealed in his check-in luggage. We recovered two gold chains and rings from him,” the officer said. The gold was seized under the provisions of Section 110 of the Customs Act. The passenger was placed under arrest as per Section 104 of the Customs Act. –IANSatk/arm

The cabinet directed the Advocate General to file a petition before the Supreme Court questioning the order to release water to Tamil Nadu.Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha, Minister for Law H.K. Patil said that the petition will be filed on Monday. “I can’t give more information on the issue as the state is approaching the Supreme Court,” he said.When asked about Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar allegedly concealing the order of the tribunal to release water for a week and BJP announced a protest over the matter, Patil explained that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has already said that he would…

Budapest (Hungary), Aug 19 (IANS) Spain’s Alvaro Martin claimed the first gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships by winning the men’s 20km race walk here on Saturday.This was the only final in the morning session on the first day and the start was delayed because of inclement weather.However, Martin did not allow the delay to distract him as he came up with a tactical race.The 29-year-old pushed himself forward with 5km to go, winning his first gold in a major event with this season’s world-leading result of 1:17:32, reports Xinhua.”I had an amazing race today, I did not…

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Pritam Siwach Hockey Academy Sonepat, Sports Authority of Gujarat Hockey Academy, Citizen Hockey XI, Har Hockey Academy and Roundglass Punjab Hockey Club Academy won their respective preliminary round matches on Day 5 of the 3rd Khelo India Junior Women’s Hockey League (Phase- 1) here on Saturday. khushi and Diksha starred with four and three goals respectively as Pritam Siwach Hockey Academy, Sonepat beat HIM Academy 11-0 in the first match of the day in Pool A.The goal scorers for Pritam Siwach Hockey Academy, Sonepat were Diksha (2’, 22’, 26’), Vanshika (20’, 41), Khushi (33’, 40’,…

The Prime Minister’s Office, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), said: “Pained by the mishap near Leh in which we have lost personnel of the Indian Army. Their rich service to the nation will always be remembered. Condolences to the bereaved families. May those who are injured recover at the earliest: PM Narendra Modi.”His remarks came after as many as nine soldiers, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), were killed while one other was injured in a road accident in the Ladakh region on Saturday.The accident reportedly took place at Kiyari in Nyoma area, 150 km from Leh, late…

After restricting the Black Caps to 142/8 with Aayan Afzal Khan claiming 3-20 and Muhammad Jawadullah taking 2-16, the hosts rode on a superb knock by their skipper to 144/5 in 15.4 overs to win by two wickets with 26bballs to spare.Waseem started off in a cautious manner, getting to 16 off 13 balls before going berserk. The opener slammed four fours and three sixes and raced to his fifty off just 27 balls as UAE made a strong start in pursuit of 143.UAE were 44/2 at the end of the powerplay thanks to Vriitya Aravind’s 21-ball 25, but Waseem…

CPI-M Central Committee Member Jitendra Choudhury said that most of the political parties and CSOs are saying that the BJP-RSS conspiracies led to the present ethnic crisis in Manipur and distressed the thousands of people.Choudhury, who is one of the members of the four-member delegation of the Left party led by CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, said that Home Minister Amit Shah, his deputy Nityanand Rai, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the state and fuel to the fire instead of taking appropriate steps to control the situation.”Over 60,000 Central forces are now in Manipur. Everyone is saying that…