Day: August 6, 2019

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

Without phone lines, internet: voices from Kashmir incommunicado

11:46 pm August 6, 2019

New Delhi : Tourists and Kashmiri locals who reached Delhi on Tuesday appeared relieved at being out of the uncertainty sweeping the Valley but expressed their angst at the situation there, with some saying it is akin to the Stone Age without lines of communication. They also rued the heavy security deployment in the Valley […]

Ambala City bus stand to be renamed after Sushma Swaraj

Former Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj Passes Away

11:35 pm August 6, 2019

New Delhi: Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj passed away on Tuesday night, AIIMS sources said. She was 67. The senior BJP leader was brought to AIIMS at 10:15 PM and was straight away taken to the emergency ward. She had a kidney transplant in 2016 and had opted out of contesting Lok Sabha polls […]

Ladakh MP gets PM’s praise for LS speech on Art 370

11:18 pm August 6, 2019

New Delhi: BJP member from Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namagyan earned the praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his speech in Lok Sabha on Tuesday on a motion to abrogate special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and bill to split the state into two Union Territories. Participating in the debate, Namgyan […]

IndiGo announces launch of Kolkata-Silchar daily flights

11:14 pm August 6, 2019

Kolkata: Budget carrier IndiGo on Tuesday announced expansion of its network in the northeastern region with the launch of direct daily flight services to Silchar in Assam from Kolkata from next month. The flights in the route will start from September 20, IndiGo said in a statement here. Silchar is the eighth location in the […]

Rains in some parts of Delhi brings relief from heat

Rains lash Delhi, traffic moves at snail’s pace

11:12 pm August 6, 2019

New Delhi: Widespread rains lashed the national capital on Tuesday, leading to heavy waterlogging that threw traffic out of gear in many parts of the city. Vehicles moved bumper-to-bumper on DND flyover, Akshardham road and the ITO crossing. Traffic bottlenecks were also witnessed on stretches of Rohtak Road, near Tis Hazari court, from Khyber Pass […]

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