Day: May 22, 2020

2-day total lockdown in Shillong from Monday

Meghalaya govt donates 5,000 VTMs to Assam

11:03 pm May 22, 2020

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday said his government has donated 5,000 Viral Transport Media (VTMs) to Assam as COVID-19 positive cases are increasing by the day in the neighbouring state. The VTM is used for collecting blood samples of persons with suspected coronavirus infection. “We are glad to assist Assam in […]

Suicide car bomb, gunmen attack prison in east Afghanistan

Man burnt to death after car catches fire in Delhi

10:52 pm May 22, 2020

New Delhi: A 50-year-old man was burnt to death after his car caught fire at a flyover in Mangolpuri area, police said on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Ram Kishan, a resident of Kerala, they said. The police received information about the incident on Thursday. The vehicle was found at the flyover near […]

Downloading, decoding of black box of crashed Pakistani airplane complete: French investigators

PM Modi condoles loss of lives in Pakistan plane crash

10:47 pm May 22, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the loss of lives in a plane crash in Pakistan and wished a speedy recovery to those injured. Many people are feared dead after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 107 people on board crashed into a densely populated residential area near the Jinnah International […]

SpiceJet to operate 21 new flights from next week

SpiceJet opens booking for domestic flights

10:41 pm May 22, 2020

Mumbai: No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Friday announced the opening of booking for its domestic flights as it resumes operations with a little over 200 daily flights to 41 destinations after a hiatus of almost two months. Operations of commercial passenger flights were suspended from March 25 in the wake of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown. The […]

COVID-19: 2 test positive, Latur count reaches 73

10:36 pm May 22, 2020

Latur: The number of COVID-19 cases in Latur in Maharashtra reached 73 on Friday after two people tested positive for novel coronavirus, an official said. While one case was of man from Labour Colony locality here with a travel history to Bidar in neighbouring Karnataka, the other was from hotspot Udgir, said Vilasrao Deshmukh Government […]