Day: July 15, 2019

Pastor confirmed with Ebola as disease spreads in DR Congo

1:23 pm July 15, 2019

Kinshasa: The first case of Ebola has been confirmed in Goma, the biggest city to have been affected by the disease since its outbreak in eastern DR Congo last August, the health ministry said on Sunday. The patient is a pastor who had been preaching in church and would have touched the hands of worshippers […]

Amarnath Yatra: 'Pratham Pooja' held in Jammu

14th batch of 5,210 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath

1:19 pm July 15, 2019

Jammu: Amid tight security, 14th batch of 5,210 Amarnath pilgrims left a base camp here on Monday for the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir. As many as 8,734 pilgrims paid obeisance to Lord Shiva in the shape of Ice Lingum at the Amarnath cave shrine till Sunday night, thereby taking the total to 1,82,712 […]

University college stabbing: Two more held

1:10 pm July 15, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: Two Students Federation of India (SFI) leaders, the prime accusedin the stabbing of a student inside the campus of the famed University College here, were arrested Monday, police said. The accused, identified as R Sivaranjith and N Nazeem, were serving as the president and secretary respectively of the left student union’s unit at the […]

Chhattisgarh: Garment unit run by women to make CRPF uniforms

Pakistani intruder shot dead by BSF personnel in J-K

1:07 pm July 15, 2019

Jammu: A suspected Pakistani intruder was shot dead by BSF personnel while he was trying to cross the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Monday, officials said. The incident took place around 3 am when a man in his 60’s was trying to sneak into the Indian territory near the S M […]

1.14 lakh people affected as Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills

1:04 pm July 15, 2019

Tura: Incessant rain across Meghalaya for the last seven days and rising waters of two rivers flooded the plains of West Garo Hills district, affecting at least 1.14 lakh people, officials said on Monday. A total of 57,700 people, residents of 50 villages in Demdema block and over 66,400, residents of 104 villages in Selsella […]