Day: May 14, 2020

Govt allocates Rs 40,000 cr more for MGNREGS

Bus runs over six migrant workers in UP’s Muzaffarnagar

3:47 pm May 14, 2020

Muzaffarnagar: Six migrant workers, who were walking to their homes in Bihar from Punjab, were killed and five others seriously injured when a speeding bus ran over them on the Delhi-Saharanpur Highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, officials said on Thursday. The incident took place on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday between Ghalauli […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Circus industry readies for final curtain call

3:32 pm May 14, 2020

New Delhi: Trapeze performers flying high, jugglers throwing swords in the air, acrobats jumping through hoops of fire and clowns, dressed to the hilt, hamming it up… artistry under the big top is set for a permanent fadeout with circus owners writing epitaphs for their industry. With wild animals being banned in 1998, demonetisation in […]

As new clusters emerge, WHO warns virus may be here to stay

1:58 am May 14, 2020

Brussels: New coronavirus clusters have surfaced around the world as nations struggle to balance reopening economies and preventing a second wave of infections, while a top global health official warned Wednesday that COVID-19 could be around for a long time. Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the pandemic first began late last year, […]

Thane: 416 drunk drivers, over 200 co-travellers booked

At least 23 dead from tainted alcohol in Mexico

1:43 am May 14, 2020

Puebla: At least 23 people died after drinking adulterated alcohol at a funeral in Mexico’s central Puebla state, local officials said. Puebla state official David Mendez said the tainted alcohol was consumed at a funeral which drew around 80 people in Chinconcuatla, around 200 kilometers (125 miles) northeast of Mexico City. “We have counted 23 […]

“Mentally unstable” woman spends three days with husband’s body in Telangana

1:34 am May 14, 2020

Hyderabad: A “mentally unsound” woman spent three days with the body of her husband, who died of suspected heart ailment, in their house in Nizamabad in Telangana, police said on Wednesday. After foul smell emanated from the house on Wednesday morning, some neighbours alerted the police, who found the body of the man, in his […]