Day: June 12, 2020

Bear run over by unidentified vehicle in MP's Betul district

Two killed in sloth bear attack in Melghat

12:38 am June 12, 2020

Akola: Two persons were killed in a sloth bear attack on Thursday morning in compartment no 357 in Akot Wildlife division of Melghat Tiger Reserve, forest officials said. A press release by Deputy conservator of Forest (DCF) Melghat Tiger Reserve informed that Ashok Gavte (52) and Mana Gavte (42), residents Nimkhedi, were attacked by sloth […]

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Five year-old boy goes missing after falling into nullah

12:23 am June 12, 2020

Mumbai: A five-year-old boy was washed away in a nullah flowing past a slum in suburban Ghatkopar’s Savitribai Phule Nagar on Thursday morning, police said. Fire brigade and local police temporarily called off the search operation after it got dark in the evening, they said. Husain Sheikh, the boy, lived close to the nullah. He […]

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Record jump in COVID-19 cases; toll rises over 9K

Packed COVID positive dad’s body all alone: Son

12:15 am June 12, 2020

Noida (UP): A probe has been ordered into the death of a 68-year-old man, who had to shuttle between three hospitals to give his sample for a COVID-19 test and return home where he died a few hours later before the result came, an official said on Thursday. The probe has been launched amid his […]

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US forces hit Taliban with airstrikes in Helmand province

US, Iraq launch strategic talks on economy, American troops

12:08 am June 12, 2020

Baghdad: The United States and Iraq launched much-anticipated strategic talks on Thursday that are to span the gamut of their bilateral relations, with Washington prioritizing the issue of the future of its forces in the country while Baghdad is expected to focus on the nation’s dire economic crisis. The talks, which began with an initial […]

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Pelosi: Confederate symbols 'have to go' from Capitol, bases

Pelosi: Confederate symbols ‘have to go’ from Capitol, bases

12:03 am June 12, 2020

Washington: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that it’s time to remove symbols honoring Confederate figures from the US Capitol building and military bases as the pandemic and racial unrest force a national reckoning with racial discrimination. “These names have to go from these bases and these statues have to go from the Capitol,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. […]

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