Day: July 11, 2019

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Two more K’taka MLAs join dissidents at Mumbai hotel

1:39 pm July 11, 2019

Mumbai: Two more rebel MLAs from Karnataka joined their dissident colleagues, who are staying at a hotel in Mumbai, on Thursday, a source said. With this, the number of rebel legislators from the southern state put up at the Renaissance Hotel in Powai here went up to 14, including nine of the Congress, he added. […]

Maha: Bridge washed away after heavy rain, no casualty

1:37 pm July 11, 2019

Palghar: A major portion of a bridge across a river was washed away on Thursday following heavy rains in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, district disaster management cell chief Vivekananda Kadam said. The bridge was located over a small river at Morchundi village in Mokhada taluka, he said. […]

Man booked for abetting suicide of minor wife

Maha: Man kills wife over tiff, informs cops

1:30 pm July 11, 2019

Thane: A 41-year-old man allegedly killed his wife over a tiff and then informed the police, pleading them to arrest him for the crime, an official said Thursday. Deepak Sukhlal Bhoi, a resident of Ambernath town in Maharashtra’s Thane district, called up the Shivaji Nagar police station saying he was unable to come there as […]

Delhi wakes up to a sultry morning

1:27 pm July 11, 2019

New Delhi: It was a sultry morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 31 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal. The humidity level was recorded at 57 per cent. “The minimum temperature at 8.30 am was recorded at 31 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal,” a Meteorological Department official said. The […]

Biriyani from Kerala jail goes online

1:24 pm July 11, 2019

Thrissur(Ker): Seeking to tap the hugely popular online food market, prison authorites in Kerala Thursday began offering piping hot biriyani prepared by jail inmates. In the first phase, the plan is to sell biriyani combo online, priced at Rs 127. The combo, which was specifically designed for online sale, includes 300 grams of biriyani rice, […]