Day: August 11, 2019

Traffic advisory for Independence Day celebrations in Delhi

8:11 pm August 11, 2019

New Delhi: Delhi Traffic Police on Sunday issued an advisory regarding the closure of roads and diversion on Independence Day (August 15) and full-day rehearsal to be held on August 13. Routes like Netaji Subhash Marg to Delhi Gate, GPO to Chatta Rail, SP Mukherjee Marg to Yamuna Bazar, Chandni Chauk to Red Fort, Dariyaganj […]

Worldheritage site Hampifaces flood threat

8:11 pm August 11, 2019

Ballari: The world heritage site Hampi along the banks of Tungabhadra River in Ballari district has been inundated with authorities releasing over 1.70 lakh cusecs of water from a reservoir on Sunday morning. The district administration has asked residents living along the rive banks to move to safer places as all 33 gates of the […]

Trump warns Kim has 'everything' to lose through hostility

N Korea says Kim supervised weapons tests, criticizes Seoul

7:39 pm August 11, 2019

Seoul: North Korea said Sunday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system, which extended a streak of launches that are seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States while driving a wedge between the US and South Korea. The report by North Korean […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Indians contributing to Balochistan’s freedom struggle: Hind Baloch Forum

7:20 pm August 11, 2019

New Delhi: Indians are actively contributing to the freedom struggle of Balochistan, the Hind Baloch Forum said on Sunday. The body celebrated ‘Balochistan Diwas’ on Sunday to mark its independence. “But later Pakistan merged Balochistan with it in March 1948,” said Jitendranand Saraswati, founder of Hind Baloch Forum. “Indian citizens are actively contributing to the […]

RS departs from convention in paying tributes to Jaitley, others

Former finance minister Arun Jaitley continues to be stable

7:10 pm August 11, 2019

New Delhi: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley, who has been admitted to the AIIMS here, continues to be stable, sources at the hospital said on Sunday. On Saturday, after Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to enquire about Jaitley’s health, his office said that the former minister is […]