Day: June 5, 2019

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Lawyer: Chinese woman in Mar-a-Lago case is mentally sound

10:09 pm June 5, 2019

West Palm Beach: Attorneys for the Chinese woman charged with illegally entering President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort say she is mentally competent and should not be blocked from serving as her own lawyer. Assistant federal public defender Kristy Militello wrote in court documents filed in Florida this week that Yujing Zhang wouldn’t meet with a psychologist, but in interviews with her attorneys appears mentally competent. Zhang stunned […]

Odisha mountaineer, who climbed Mt Everest, beaten up

11,000 kg garbage, four dead bodies removed from Mt Everest in two-month long cleanliness drive

10:06 pm June 5, 2019

Kathmandu: A total of 11,000 kg garbage and four dead bodies were removed from the Mount Everest during a two-month long cleanliness drive conducted by the Nepal government on the world’s highest mountain. The garbage, which included empty oxygen cylinders, plastic bottles, cans, batteries, food wrappings, faecal matter and kitchen waste, was flown to Kathmandu in army helicopters from the Everest base camp. “Some […]

Government signs MoU for transfer of land to BMC for zoo

8:49 pm June 5, 2019

Mumbai: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Wednesday for transfer of land in Aarey Colony for a zoo. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, whose party controls the civic body, and forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar were present on the occasion. With the signing of the memorandum, […]

Two labourers die after getting buried under mud

8:39 pm June 5, 2019

Seoni (MP): Two labourers died after getting buried under mud in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district Wednesday, police said. The incident took place around 9 am near Rumali village under Ugli police station limits. Police station in-charge Hemant Babaria said the labourers were digging up mud and loading it in a tractor- trolley. Suddenly the ground […]

Eid celebrated in national capital with much fervour

8:16 pm June 5, 2019

New Delhi: Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated across the national capital with a fervour as people offered prayers at mosques and thronged markets. After a month of fasting, people dressed in traditional finery and celebrated the festival which symbolises peace and brotherhood. Huge crowds offered namaz at mosques and idgahs, including Jama Masjid and Ferozshah Kotla. People […]