India

NEW DELHI, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- New virulent sub-variants of Omicron spreading COVID-19 infection have been detected in India, raising concerns over infections spreading with the onset of winter.

Sub-variants XBB, XBB.1 and XBB.3 have been found in various parts of India.

XBB, a recombinant lineage between two Omicron sublineages, BJ.1 and BA.2.75 is a fast-spreading sub-variant of the COVID-19 virus.

MORBI, India (AP) — India’s prime minister on Tuesday visited the site in western India where a newly repaired 143-year-old suspension bridge collapsed into a river, sending hundreds plunging into the water and killing at least 135 in one of the country’s worst accidents in years.

Narendra Modi inspected the collapsed bridge in Morbi town in Gujarat state and talked to rescuers. He also visited injured people at a hospital. Security was tight as police and paramilitary soldiers blanketed the area.

NEW DELHI, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Indian capital region Delhi recorded 1,238 dengue fever cases from Oct. 1 to 26, local media reported Monday citing a report issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

The dengue cases logged in October in the capital region were more than half of the total number of dengue cases recorded this year and the figure has brought the infection tally of the vector-borne disease to 2,175.

MORBI, India (AP) — Military teams were searching Monday for people missing after a 143-year-old suspension bridge collapsed into a river Sunday in the western Indian state of Gujarat, sending hundreds plunging into the water and killing at least 133 in one of the country’s worst accidents in years.

As families mourned the dead, attention was turning to why the bridge, built by the British in the late 1800s and touted as an “engineering marvel,” collapsed and who might be responsible.

Kanpur: A six-month pregnant woman was found murdered on Sunday afternoon. The woman's body was found in a bloodied condition in a cot inside a mosquito net.

When the woman's husband reached home with the daughter, he was surprised to see the dead body of the wife.

Police and forensic team reached the site & inspected the spot. The body of the woman was sent for post-mortem.

Kanpur: Three people, including a minor, died after inhaling toxic fumes, police said here on Monday.

They were removing the shuttering of an unused septic tank when the accident appeared.

According to news, the incident took place on Sunday evening. The police added that the deceased were identified as Nandu, 18, his elder brother Mohit, 24, and their neighbour Sahil, 16, all residents of Chaubepur area here.

AHMEDABAD, India, Oct 30 (Reuters) - At least 60 people were killed when a pedestrian bridge over a river in the western Indian state of Gujarat collapsed, plunging hundreds of people into the water, officials said.

Authorities said more than 150 people were on the suspension bridge over the Machhu River in the town of Morbi at the time of the collapse.

Raipur, Oct 29 (PTI) A special court Chhattisgarh's Raipur district on Saturday sent to the Enforcement Directorate’s custody businessman Suryakant Tiwari, a prime suspect in a money laundering case linked to the alleged extortion of money from mining transporters.

Three other alleged accused, including an IAS officer, arrested in the case are already in judicial custody.

Hyderabad, Oct 29 (PTI) The Telangana High Court on Saturday set aside a lower court's order and directed that the accused in the alleged poaching of TRS MLAs to surrender before police.

Meanwhile, another judge of the High Court, on a petition by BJP seeking a CBI probe, posted the matter for November 4 and deferred investigation till then.

Kolkata, Oct 30 (PTI) In a bid to bring down air pollution, the West Bengal government is set to launch nearly 1,200 electric buses in Kolkata over the next two years, of which 400 will be operational by January 2023, a senior transport official said.

The transport department is also working to introduce CNG-run buses in the northern and western parts of the state, he said.