Day: June 12, 2019

Boris Johnson leads race to replace May, vows to deliver on Brexit

10:41 pm June 12, 2019

London: Boris Johnson launches his campaign on Wednesday to replace Theresa May as Britain’s next leader, as lawmakers moved to stop him and other hardliners from delivering a “no deal” Brexit. The former foreign secretary is the favourite among 10 candidates to succeed May, who quit after failing to take Britain out of the European Union on schedule. May has delayed Brexit twice […]

NIA carries out searches at seven locations in TN

9:37 pm June 12, 2019

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has carried out searches at seven locations in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu in connection with its probe into an ISIS module headed by Mohammed Azarudeen, a Facebook friend of Sri Lankan suicide bomber Zahran Hashim, officials said. During the searches, the agency seized 14 mobile phones, 29 SIM cards, […]

Heatwave warning for Telangana till June 16

9:34 pm June 12, 2019

Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department Wednesday issued warning that severe heatwave conditions are very likely to prevail at isolated pockets over Telangana on Thursday. The IMD also warned that heatwave conditions are very likely to prevail at few places in some districts from June 14 till June 16. It further warned that thunderstorm accompanied with […]

Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

Cyclone ‘Vayu’: WR cancels 40 trains to coastal Gujarat

9:32 pm June 12, 2019

Mumbai: The Western Railway has decided to short-terminate or cancel some of its trains passing through areas of Gujarat that are likely to be affected by cyclone ‘Vayu’. All WR passenger and mail trains to Veraval, Okha, Porbandar, Bhavnagar, Bhuj and Gandhidham stations will be short-terminated or cancelled from 6 pm on Wednesday till Friday […]

India successfully tests scramjet demonstrator aircraft

9:30 pm June 12, 2019

Balasore (Odisha): India successfully launched the indigenously-developed Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) in its maiden test from a base off the Odisha coast on Wednesday. The HSTDV was successfully test-fired by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from Launch Complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) on Dr Abdul Kalam Island in Bay of […]