Day: June 10, 2020

Maharashtra: Scolded over watching TV, teenaged boy ends life

2:41 pm June 10, 2020

Pune: A 14-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra’s Pune district after his mother reprimanded him for watching television for long hours, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon at Adarsh Chawl in Bibwewadi area where the boy used to live with his mother and sister in a shanty. “The boy […]

Facing electoral headwinds, Trump brings back 2016 team

2:27 pm June 10, 2020

New York: As anyone who has ever heard him speak knows, President Donald Trump loves to relive 2016. He recycles old attack lines once aimed at Hillary Clinton. He recounts the drama of election night, complete with impersonations of stunned news anchors putting state after state (Pennsylvania! Wisconsin!) in the Republican’s column. And at other […]

Defense: Harvard professor charged in China case is ‘victim’

2:22 pm June 10, 2020

Washington: A Harvard University professor accused of lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program is the victim in the case, not the perpetrator,” his lawyer said Tuesday, after authorities announced his indictment on charges of making false statements. Charles Lieber, the former chair of the department of chemistry and chemical biology, was arrested […]

Two firefighters die in gas well blowout blaze in Assam

2:12 pm June 10, 2020

Dibrugarh/Guwahati: PSU major Oil India on Wednesday said two of its firefighters died at the site of a major blaze at its Baghjan well, which has been spewing gas uncontrollably for the last 15 days in Assam’s Tinsukia district. The two firefighters had gone missing after the well caught fire on Tuesday and their bodies […]

Pak targets forward areas in J-K's Poonch

Pakistan targets areas along LoC in Nowshera

2:07 pm June 10, 2020

Jammu: The Pakistani Army on Wednesday opened fire and shelled mortars along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. The Indian Army effectively retaliated. “At about 0730 hours today, Pak initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing of small arms & intense shelling with mortars along LoC in Nowshera Sector”, a defence spokesman […]