Day: May 18, 2020

Taliban suicide bomber kills 7 troops in eastern Afghanistan

2:48 pm May 18, 2020

Kabul: A suicide bomber in a stolen military Humvee targeted a base in eastern Afghanistan belonging to the country’s intelligence service early on Monday, killing at least seven members of the force, a provincial official said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. At least 40 members of the force were wounded in the attack […]

Over 125 Indian prisoners deported from Bahrain shifted to naval quarantine facility

2:40 pm May 18, 2020

Kochi: Over 125 Indian prisoners who were pardoned by the Bahrain government while being serving sentences in the Gulf nation were deported to India by a special flight and shifted to a naval quarantine facility here, official sources said on Monday. The Gulf Air flight carrying 127 deported Indian citizens landed at the Cochin International […]

60-year-old dead, son injured in tractor-bike collision

2:28 pm May 18, 2020

Banda: A 60-year-old man lost his life and his son received serious injuries when their motorcycle collided with a speeding tractor in the neighbouring Mahoba district, police said on Monday. Circle Officer Jatashankar Rao said the incident happened Sunday evening when there was a head-on collision between the tractor and the motorcycle. Bahora and his […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

India supports move at WHO to seek origin of coronavirus

2:24 pm May 18, 2020

New Delhi: India is expected to join over 60 countries at a two-day crucial conference of the World Health Organisation in Geneva in pushing for an “impartial, independent and comprehensive” evaluation of the global response mechanism to the COVID-19 crisis as well as to find out the “zoonotic source” of the deadly infection. The two-day […]

Yaas: NDRF deputes highest-ever number of teams for Odisha, Bengal; over 10L evacuated

‘Amphan’ to intensify into super cyclone by evening: MHA

2:18 pm May 18, 2020

New Delhi: Cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ is likely to intensify into a super cyclone by Monday evening and hit the West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts as a very severe cyclone with a wind speed up to 185 km per hour on Wednesday, the Home Ministry said. In an advisory to West Bengal and Odisha governments, the […]