Latest news today (April 14): Presenting FE’s Breaking News today. We will keep you updated on all major news, views and much more throughout the day.
Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh and a close associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit founder Hafiz Sayeed, was killed by unidentified gunmen in Lahore on Sunday, official sources said. (PTI)
Chicago police reported that eleven individuals, including a young girl, were shot outside a family gathering on Saturday night. Tragically, the young girl lost her life in what authorities believe was gang-related violence on the city’s South Side.
According to a Taliban spokesperson on Sunday, at least 33 individuals have lost their lives, and 27 others have been injured over three days due to severe flooding caused by seasonal rains in Afghanistan.
The Mumbai police have registered an FIR after two motorbike-borne unidentified persons opened fire outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s house in the city’s Bandra area early Sunday morning.
The State Bank of Pakistan has repaid USD 1 billion in Eurobonds as the cash-strapped country prepares for a new long-term bailout from the IMF to help manage its external financing needs and economic recovery, a media report said here on Sunday.
According to officials from the Delhi Fire Services, two buses stationed at a school in Delhi’s Dwarka locality were engulfed in flames on Sunday. The Delhi Fire Services received a report of the fire at R D Rajpal Public School in Dwarka sector-9 at 2:53 pm.
Seven people, including two children and three women, were burnt alive in a collision between a car and a truck in Rajasthan’s Sikar district, police said. The car passengers, all residents of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, were going to Hisar from Salasar Balaji Temple when the accident occurred, they said.
The weather office has issued an orange alert cautioning of significant rainfall in the state on Sunday and Monday. The Meteorological Centre in Shimla forecasts heavy rain, thunderstorms with lightning, hail, and gusty winds reaching speeds of 40-50 km per hour in isolated areas of the state during these two days. Some regions of the state experienced intermittent light rain over the past 24 hours.
Austrian airlines said on Sunday it has suspended all its flights to Tel Aviv, Erbil and Amman with immediate effect following an escalation of tensions between Iran and Israel. The suspension will last until April 15. (REUTERS)
Police have identified Sunday the assailant who stabbed and killed six people at a busy Sydney shopping centre before he was fatally shot by a police officer.
New South Wales Police said that Joel Cauchi, 40, was responsible for the Saturday afternoon attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, in the city’s eastern suburbs and not far from the world-famous Bondi Beach. (AP)
Police reported a huge fire eruption on Sunday morning in a boys’ hostel, injuring eight students. The incident occurred around 6:15 am in Landmark City under Kunhari police station. Initial findings suggest a short circuit in an electric transformer on the ground floor of the five-story hostel ignited the blaze, authorities stated.
Officials reported that 34 individuals were injured in a Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus accident near Bhota Kaswa, around 16 km from Hamirpur. The incident occurred Saturday night at Tiale Da Ghat. Witnesses stated that a car suddenly appeared while the bus negotiated a sharp turn, prompting the bus driver to swerve left, resulting in a collision with a hill. Nine seriously injured passengers, including the driver, are receiving treatment at Hamirpur Medical College.
A 45-year-old man from Navi Mumbai was allegedly duped of more than Rs 1.22 crore in a Forex (foreign exchange) trading fraud, police said on Sunday.