Day: August 11, 2019

Maha floods: Boat capsize toll rises to 17; 4 lakh evacuated

3:49 pm August 11, 2019

Mumbai: With the recovery of five more bodies, the death toll in the boat capsize tragedy in Sangli district has gone up to 17, even as over four lakh people have so far been been evacuated from flood-affected parts of Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday. More than five lakh cusec of water is being discharged […]

Israel police, Palestinians clash at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site

3:40 pm August 11, 2019

Jerusalem: Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers clashed at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Sunday as overlapping Jewish and Muslim holidays led to tensions there, an AFP journalist reported. Police fired sound grenades as Palestinian protests intensified at the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount. The Palestinian Red Crescent […]

Kochi airport resumes operations; Flight from Abhu Dhabi first

3:25 pm August 11, 2019

Kochi: Flight operations from the international airport here resumed on Sunday afternoon, two days after it was shut due to inundation of the runway area following heavy rains, an official said. The Abu Dhabi-Kochi Indigo flight touched down at around 12.15 pm, marking the resumption of the operations, the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) official […]

Typhoon Lekima death toll in east China rises to 30

3:17 pm August 11, 2019

Shanghai: The death toll from Typhoon Lekima rose to 30 in eastern China, local authorities said Sunday, as rescue teams worked to find more than a dozen missing after the storm triggered a landslide and forced more than a million people to evacuate. The monster storm arrived in Wenling city in the early hours of […]

Gurgaon SHO held for raping woman

2:46 pm August 11, 2019

Gurgaon : Astation house officer of a Gurgaon police station has been arrested for allegedly raping and then blackmailing a woman by making her obscene video, police said on Sunday. The accused SHO of Sadar police station Dalbir Singh, who was set to retire next year, was arrested on Saturday after a complaint was lodged on […]