Day: February 16, 2020

Man hacks brother and his family over land dispute

7:00 pm February 16, 2020

Rourkela: A 22-year-old man allegedly killed four members of his family, including two children, and surrendered before the police in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, police said. The incident took place at Patrapali village under Bonai police station limits when the accused Kalu Munda killed his elder brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew on Saturday, Sub-Divisional Police Officer […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Sedition case: Three engineering students from Kashmir released

6:57 pm February 16, 2020

Bengaluru: Three Kashmiri engineering students, arrested on sedition charges in Hubballi district were released after execution of a bond under Section 169 of the CrPC, police said on Sunday. The three students studying in a private engineering college in Hubballi were arrested on Saturday for raising pro- Pakistan slogans and posting it on social media […]

Two people were arrested after the Mumbai Crime Branch busted a flesh trade racket on Saturday, said an official.

Bar raided in Mumbai, six held, four women rescued

6:54 pm February 16, 2020

Mumbai: Police have arrested six persons and rescued four women from a bar in suburban Andheri, where obscene dance was being performed, an official said on Sunday. The raid was conducted late Saturday night at Ram Bhavan Bar, police said. “The bar was raided after police received a tip-off that women were made to perform […]

Xi’s early involvement in virus outbreak raises questions

6:51 pm February 16, 2020

Beijing: A recent speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping that has been published by state media indicates for the first time that he was leading the response to a new virus outbreak from early on in the crisis. The publication of the Feb 3 speech was an apparent attempt to demonstrate that the Communist Party […]

Coronavirus cases top 500 on cruise ship off Japan

Two more Indians on board cruise ship off Japanese coast test positive for coronavirus

6:46 pm February 16, 2020

Tokyo: Two more Indians on board a quarantined cruise ship off Japan have tested positive for the novel coronavirus even as India assured that it will provide all possible assistance to its nationals on the ship to return home after they test negative in the final coronavirus tests that would begin on Monday, the Indian […]