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At least ten people were killed and another ten injured when unknown gunmen opened fire in a township near Johannesburg, South African police said on Sunday.The shooting took place in Bekkersdal, around 40 kilometres southwest of the city. Police said the attackers fled the scene and no arrests have been made so far. The motive behind the attack remains unclear.In a statement, police said some of the...

Kolkata: Restaurants across Kolkata introduced late closure on Saturday, which is earlier than in previous years. They will stay open beyond midnight on several days during the Christmas-New Year week. The iconic Mocambo and Peter Cat restaurants off Park Street, along with Peter Hu, introduced late closure on Saturday. While they plan to serve liquor till 12.20 am, food will be available till at least...

MUMBAI: The BMC has pushed the deadline for opening one carriageway of Andheri's Gokhale bridge from November to February 15. The announcement came after Wednesday's joint meeting of BMC chief I S Chahal, Western Railway general manager Ashok Kumar Mishra, local MLA Ameet Satam and civic, railway and Rail India Technical and Economic Service officials for planning the launch of girders.Chahal sought...

CHENNAI: The Chengalpet taluk police opened fire on a history-sheeter when he tried to escape from their custody in the early hours of Thursday. The incident happened at Mamandur in Kancheepuram district.The history-sheeter, identified as P Thanikachalam, 36, of Mariyamman Koil Street in Tiruvallur district, suffered injuries on a knee and the right arm.Thanikachalam was an A-plus category rowdy at...

NEW DELHI: Despite it being a weekend, the traffic from IIT-Delhi to Nehru Place via the Chirag Dilli flyover was very slow on Saturday. Vehicles going from Hauz Khas to Chirag Dilli too ran into jams in the afternoon. The carriageway on the flyover taking traffic from IIT towards Nehru Place was shut for repair work on Friday, though with one of the lanes left open for use by motorists. On the second...