Videos on social media showed flames engulfing a five-storey building in al-Kut overnight, while firefighters were trying to contain the fire.

In Prayagraj also, water levels in the river Ganga continue to rise. Several houses were inundated as water entered the lower regions of the city.

In a major blow to Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, her victim’s family has denied to pardon her, it also refused to accept the blood money. The family of Talal Abdo Mahdi, the deceased Yemeni national, is adamant on punishment by God’s Law, meaning retribution.