In Assam, Bihar, and West Bengal, strong tremors were felt on Monday. According to the National Centre of Seismology, the magnitude of the earthquake was assessed as 5.4 on the Richter scale. According to NCS, the tremors were felt on the Sikkim-Nepal border at 8.49 pm. No damage has been reported in the earthquake.
According to the NDTV report, the tremors were felt in Assam, North Bengal, and Bihar. In Bengal, tremors have been felt in Darjeeling, Cooch Behar, Aliduarpur, Jalpaiguri, North and South Dinajpur, Malda. In addition, people in Bhutan and Nepal also felt shocks.
Sources in the Government of India said that PM Narendra Modi interacted with chief ministers of all states to take stock of the damage caused by the earthquake. West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has also spoken over the phone and inspected the situation. It is learned that the epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km east-southeast of Sikkim.
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that India and Pakistan cannot afford to engage in an all-out war, as both countries are powered by nuclear weapons.
Commenting about India-Pakistan relations, the minister said that it is Pakistan s strong belief that all issues could be resolved through dialogue , adding that it is India s responsibility to create a conducive environment. Pakistan has a clear stance on trade with India. It s now India s turn to make the environment conducive for dialogue, he said.
Saying that Pakistan had serious concerns about the in situation Jammu and Kashmir, Qureshi said, The people of Kashmir and different political parties had already rejected the Indian government s decision of August 5, 2019.
Saudi Arabia has announced new terms and conditions amid the corona cases rising. The Kingdom has issued some guidelines in regard to concern for visitors and Umrah pilgrims in the wake of surging coronavirus cases. Here the highlights of the revised new guidelines which will come into effect from the 1st of Ramadan: People who received coronavirus vaccines will be only allowed to enter Pilgrims who have been duly vaccinated with the vaccine will be allowed to visit the holy Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (The Prophet s Mosque) and Masjid al-Haram (The Great Mosque) Any person willing to visit the two holy mosques must have received both the shots of the vaccine
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SOFIA: Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov s center-right, pro-European Union GERB party (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) won the parliamentary elections held during the weekend but fell short of an absolute majority. With 42 percent of the ballots counted, the Central Election Commission (CEC) reported that GERB had garnered 24 percent of the vote share, reports DPA news agency.
There Is Such a People (ITN) party, headed by TV presenter and cabaret artist Slavi Trifonov, came in a surprisingly strong second place with 19 percent. The opposition Socialists came in third at nearly 15 percent, followed by the Turkish minority party DPS with 8.8 percent.