What started as a minor blaze inside a virtual tinderbox of a hotel — operating without even basic firefighting provisions — quickly escalated into one of the worst fire tragedies in Kolkata in recent memory, claiming the lives of at least 14 people, including a woman and two children.
ISI pushes drug addicts as terror couriers in Indian jails, say officials
Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI has reportedly resorted to infiltrating individuals under the influence of drugs or posing as mentally disturbed into India to utilise them to deliver critical messages to hardcore terrorists incarcerated in the country’s prisons.
22 killed in Chile wildfires, say officials
The death toll in widespread forest fires in south-central Chile has increased to 22, according to government officials. Interior Minister Carolina Toha confirmed during a news conference on Saturday that 22 people are dead, reported CNN.
