Day: February 25, 2020

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

White House unveils $2.5B emergency coronavirus request

3:27 pm February 25, 2020

Washington: The White House on Monday sent lawmakers an urgent budget request for 2.5 billion to address the deadly coronavirus outbreak, whose rapid spread and threat to the global economy rocked financial markets. The White House budget office said the funds are for vaccines, treatment, and protective equipment. The request could advance quickly through Congress […]

India requests UK museum for ancient idol ‘stolen’ from Tamil Nadu temple

3:24 pm February 25, 2020

London: India has made a formal request for a 15th century bronze idol believed to be stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu and found its way to a UK museum through auction. The statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar was acquired by the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford from Sotheby’s auction house in […]

3 killed in road accident in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri

3:15 pm February 25, 2020

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP): Three people have died in a road accident near Naugawan village under the Bhira police station limits here, police said on Tuesday. The victims were on their way to a marriage ceremony in neighbouring Aliyapur village late Monday night on a motorcycle when the accident took place, they said. The badly damaged […]

Delhi violence: Police books Jamia students under UAPA

Fresh violence in northeast Delhi, toll rises to seven

3:04 pm February 25, 2020

New Delhi: Fresh violence broke out in parts of northeast Delhi with mobs pelting stones, vandalising shops and threatening locals on Tuesday, a day after seven people were killed in violent clashes over the amended citizenship law. Smoke was seen going up in some places and streets, including in the epicentre of the trouble Maujpur, […]

Trump, Melania pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat

2:58 pm February 25, 2020

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania on Tuesday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat here and planted a sapling at the memorial of India’s Father of the Nation. “The American people stand strongly with a sovereign and wonderful India -The vision of the great Mahatma — This is a tremendous […]