Day: June 21, 2020

Medium intensity quake hits northeastern states

8:48 pm June 21, 2020

Shillong: A medium intensity earthquake rocked Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur and the other northeastern states on Sunday, the Regional Seismic Centre here said. The 5.1 magnitude quake hit at around 4:15 pm and was tracked at a depth of 35 km from the earth’s surface at a place near Aizawl in Mizoram, an official at the […]

Delhi man stabs himself with knife after argument with family

Maha: Man kills father over land dispute, arrested

8:40 pm June 21, 2020

Latur: A man allegedly killed his 65-year-old father in Chakur tehsil of Maharashtra’s Latur district over a land dispute, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Friday and the accused, Dhananjay Marapalle, was arrested a day later, an official of Chakur Police Station said. The victim, Chandrakant Marapalle, was former chairman of panchayat samiti […]

Partly cloudy skies keep mercury in check in Delhi

Rains, cloudy weather keep mercury in check in Delhi

8:35 pm June 21, 2020

New Delhi: Light rains and cloudy weather kept the maximum temperature in check in the national capital on Sunday as the weatherman predicted more downpour till the onset of the monsoon in the city. These rains are a result of a trough extending from Pakistan to Assam, crossing over north Rajasthan and southern Uttar Pradesh, […]

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Sino-India border situation ‘very tough’, US talking to India and China to help them out: Trump

8:25 pm June 21, 2020

Washington DC: Amidst the “very tough” standoff at the China-India border, US President Donald Trump has said that his administration is talking to both countries to “help them” resolve their ongoing tensions. Trump’s comments came in the backdrop of the violent face-off between the Indian and Chinese armies in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on June 15 in which 20 […]

CISH initiates process for GI tag for Banarsi Langrha, Chausa mangoes

8:18 pm June 21, 2020

Lucknow: With the Malihabadi Dashehari mango getting the GI tag more than a decade back, the city-based Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture has now initiated the process for obtaining Geographical Indication tag for Gaurjit, Banarsi Langrha, Chausa and Rataul mango varieties. Once the varieties get the GI tag, producers of these mangoes are likely to fetch a good price and farmers of other […]