isis chief abu bakr al baghdadi appears in propaganda video

The shadowy leader Islamic State group ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to appear for the first time in five years in a video released by the extremist group's propaganda arm on Monday. It is his first video appearance since he delivered a sermon at the al-Nuri mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014. The man said to be in the video also claimed the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka which killed nearly 300 people were `part of the revenge` that awaits the West. He acknowledging defeat in the group's last strong hold in Syria but vowing a `long battle` ahead. `Our battle today is a war of attrition to harm the enemy, and they should know that jihad will continue until doomsday,` Baghdadi said.The video appeared to be aimed at boosting the morale. He bragged his group carried out 92 attacks in eight countries to avenge the loss of territory in Syria, citing Sri Lanka, Libya, and Saudi Arabia, without offering evidence for his claim. Despite numerous claims about his death in the past few years, Baghdadi’s whereabouts remain a mystery.  Many of his top aides have been killed, mostly by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes. He is among the few senior IS commanders still at large after two years of steady battlefield losses that saw the self-styled `caliphate` shrink from an area the size of Britain to a tiny speck in the Euphrates River valley.The video released by a media outlet run by the extremists, Al-Furqan, shows Baghdadi with a bushy grey and red beard, wearing a black robe with a beige vest and seated on the floor with what appears to be an AK-47 rifle propped up next to him. He is speaking with three men seated.

weather forecast cyclone ‘fani’ to turn into very severe in next 24 hours

Southeast Bay of Bengal and is eventually expected to turn into a ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm’ by Tuesday (April 30). The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday in a bulletin issued at 11:20 am warned that cyclone Fani is strengthening is unlikely to make landfall over Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. But, the possibility of Fani making landfall in Odisha is still a possibility. Cyclonic Storm during the subsequent 24 hours. Storm is very likely to move northwestwards till May 1 evening and thereafter recurve north-northwestwards gradually with a speed of about 04 kmph in last six hours and lay centred at 0830 hrs IST of 29th April, 2019 over southeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood, about 620 km east of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 870 km east-southeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and 1040 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh)." While light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur over many places with heavy falls at isolated places in Kerala on April 29 and 30. North coastal Tamil Nadu and south coastal Andhra Pradesh are also expected to receive light to moderate rainfall at few places. IMD sources said the sea is likely to be very rough.

10 Dead, 25 Injured In Himachal Bus Accident

In Himachal Pradesh occurred drastic road accident on Saturday night. Ten people, including three women, were killed and 25 injured when a private bus they were travelling in fell into a 200-foot-deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district. The accident occurred on the Dalhousie-Pathankot road near Banikhet in Dalhousie sub-division after the driver lost control of the vehicle at 7 pm, district Superintendent of Police Monica Bhutunguru told the reporters on Sunday. Speedy action by quick reaction teams of the Dalhousie cantonment and the civil administration helped in saving the lives of the 25 injured passengers, who were evacuated to nearby hospitals, a Jammu-based defence spokesperson said.The Army reached the accident site immediately and rescue operation continued till midnight, defence spokesperson Col Davinder Anand said. The rescue team carried out mustering of locals for rescue work, rope fixing up to the accident site, traffic management, search and evacuation of the injured persons and recovery of fatal casualties. In a statement issued in Shimla, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has expressed grief over the accident.

air india flights affected world wide due to server glitch system restored

The state-owned carrier Air India on Saturday have gone in to the software lapses. Its passengerservice system (PSS) got down in the wee hours. Due to this world wide 155 air india flights delayed to travel the destinations. Atlast server system was restored after being down for more than five hours and affecting some flights across the world. Air India System restored, chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India, Ashwani Lohani told reporters.The Air India  Tweeted earlier Due to a breakdown in our server system some of our flights are getting affected all over the world. Several travellers, including Bollywood actress Gul Panag, took to Twitter to complain about the flight disruptions. India’s Jet Airways, which previously had a fleet of around 120 largely Boeing Co planes, was forced to indefinitely halt all flight operations on April 17 after its banks rejected the carrier’s plea for emergency funds.Air India on Saturday said its server system was restored after being down for more than five hours and affecting some flights across the world.