Eight killed as massive landslide devastates Nagaland’s Mon district

IANS | July 19, 2026 6:53 PM

Kohima, July 19 (IANS) At least eight people, including children, were killed after a massive landslide ripped through Defence Colony in Nagaland’s Mon district on Sunday, sweeping away several houses and triggering a large-scale multi-agency rescue operation, officials said.

Ahmedabad firecracker factory blast: Licence cancellations, renewed illegal ops emerge

IANS | July 19, 2026 5:59 PM

Ahmedabad, July 19 (IANS) The explosion that tore through a firecracker manufacturing unit on Ramol-Gatrad Road in Ahmedabad on Saturday afternoon has emerged as the culmination of a long history of regulatory action, an earlier fatal accident, alleged illegal operations and repeated safety violations, according to the Gujarat Police investigation.

V-P Radhakrishnan, Zanzibar President Mwinyi discuss ways to strengthen cooperation

IANS | July 19, 2026 5:36 PM

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan and Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi held a meeting at the Uprashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Sunday, discussing ways to further strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, development partnership, tourism, the blue economy, education, technology and multilateral engagement.

Shifting Sonam Wangchuk to hospital not arbitrary: Delhi HC declines interim relief

IANS | July 19, 2026 4:23 PM

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Sunday refused to pass any interim order on a plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk's wife challenging his continued hospitalisation at Safdarjung Hospital, observing that the government's decision to shift him from the Jantar Mantar protest site in view of his deteriorating medical condition could not be termed arbitrary.

Calcutta HC stays demolition of Abhishek Banerjee’s Amtala party office till regular bench hearing

IANS | July 19, 2026 3:58 PM

Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) A single judge special bench of Calcutta High Court, that conducted an urgent hearing on Sunday afternoon on the petition filed by the Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, challenging the demolition of his party office at Amtala in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, ordered the administration of a “status quo” in the matter till further court orders.