Vice Prez, PM condole death of 24 migrant workers in UP road accident
New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condoled the death of migrant workers in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh, saying the government is carrying out relief work in full swing. At least 24 migrant labourers lost their lives and 36 people sustained injuries when two trucks collided […]
COVID-19: AIIMS Bhopal claims good results in drug trial
Bhopal: Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhopal has been conducting drug trials for the treatment of COVID-19, which have yielded some good results, a senior official claimed on Saturday. The trials of the drug Mycobacterium W (Mw) were conducted on COVID-19 patients at AIIMS Bhopal for the last few days, the official said. “So […]
Afridi buys Mushfiqur’s bat for USD 20,000
New Delhi: Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has bought the bat put up for auction by Bangladesh wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim for USD 20,000. Last month, Mushfiqur had announced he was auctioning the willow, with which he scored a double hundred against Sri Lanka in 2013, to raise funds for the COVID-19 relief work in […]
COVID-19: Don’t want to talk to Xi Jinping right now, says Trump
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that he does not want to talk to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping right now, expressing his displeasure at Beijing’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak which has spread across the world, killing over 300,000 people. The US has expressed disappointment over China’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic which […]
Militant hideout busted in Budgam, five arrested
Srinagar: ecurity forces on Saturday busted a militant hideout and arrested five militant associates in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. A militant hideout in Arizal area of the central Kashmir district was busted by the security personnel, a police official said. He said five militant associates identified as Zahoor Wani, Younis Mir, […]
24 migrant labourers killed, 36 injured in truck collision in Uttar Pradesh
Auraiya (UP), May 16 (PTI) At least 24 migrant labourers were killed and 36 people sustained injuries when a trailer truck carrying them collided with another truck in the early hours of Saturday in Uttar Pradesh, police said. Both the trucks were carrying the labourers. The accident took place between 3 am and 3.30 am, they […]
Unfortunate COVID-19 related ‘rhetoric and harassment’ against Muslims in India: US official
Washington: The US has seen unfortunate reports of COVID-19 related “rhetoric and harassment” against the Muslim community in India, a top American diplomat has said, asserting that it has been exacerbated by fake news and misinformation shared on social media. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, however, also said that the US was encouraged […]
COVID-19: India surpasses China tally with 85,000 confirmed cases
New Delhi: The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 85,000 on Friday with more people testing positive for the deadly virus infection from Kashmir to Kerala and from Karnataka to Bihar, even as indications emerged about greater relaxations in the fourth phase of the lockdown beginning Monday to contain economic costs of the pandemic. […]
Kargil declared COVID-19 free as last two patients recover
Kargil: With discharge of two COVID-19 patients including a two-year-old boy, Kargil district has been declared free of the novel coronavirus, officials said. The patients were discharged from the dedicated COVID-19 Hospital Kurbathang here as per the protocol after they tested negative twice, the officials said. Besides these two cured COVID-19 patients, six other suspected […]
7 booked for instigating anti-govt protest in Leh
Jammu: Police have booked seven persons in Leh for allegedly instigating people for holding anti-government protests in support of their demand that stranded people brought back should be allowed to go home instead of being kept under institutional quarantine, officials said. The people of Chuchout thronged the Leh city and held massive protests against the […]
