Day: February 3, 2020

UP fireworks factory blast: 2 owners arrested

3:47 pm February 3, 2020

Muzaffarnagar: Two owners of a fireworks factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district where an explosion had left five people dead have been arrested, police said on Monday. Irfan and Farman are brothers and partly owned the unit along with Intezar who was killed in the blast on Friday along with four workers, they said. The […]

Turkey vows to expand anti-PKK operations in northern Iraq

30-35 Syrian troops killed in Turkish counter-fire: Erdogan

3:41 pm February 3, 2020

Istanbul: Turkey has killed dozens of Syrian forces in retaliatory fire after four of its soldiers died in shelling on positions in the northwest of the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. “There is an ongoing operation right now and… according to initial findings around 30 to 35 Syrians on the other side […]

EU bans Pakistan airline from flying to Europe for 6 months

Pakistan resumes flights from coronavirus-hit China

3:37 pm February 3, 2020

Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday resumed flights from coronavirus-hit China after two planes from the country landed at the airport in Islamabad. Pakistan had suspended flights from China till February 2 after the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak of the novel virus as a global health emergency. The death toll in the coronavirus epidemic soared […]

Chinese students fleeing virus face uneasy reception back home

China says US reaction to virus spreads ‘panic’

3:33 pm February 3, 2020

Beijing: China accused the United States on Monday of spreading “panic” in its response to the deadly coronavirus, including by imposing a ban on Chinese travellers. The US “hasn’t provided any substantial assistance” and has only created “panic”, said foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying at a regular press briefing.

Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in UP’s Banda

3:23 pm February 3, 2020

Banda (UP): A debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide in Kalinjar area of Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district by hanging himself from the ceiling of his room, police said on Monday. Awadhesh Pratap Dwivedi (45), a resident of Chandapur village, took the extreme step as he was upset after getting notice from a bank to pay off […]