Day: June 22, 2020

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Maha, Woman ends life by jumping off hospital building

4:28 pm June 22, 2020

Pune: A 36-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide in the early hours of Monday by jumping off the fifth floor of a leading Pune-based hospital where her minor son was undergoing treatment, police said. The woman left a purported note, requesting that care be taken of her children, they said. Seema Balani, who lost her husband […]

Rupee surges 17 paise to 76.03 against US dollar

4:25 pm June 22, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee on Monday appreciated 17 paise to close at 76.03 (provisional) against the US dollar in line with positive equity markets amid sustained foreign fund inflows. Besides, a weak US dollar against major global currencies also aided the rupee’s upward movement, forex dealers said. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened […]

Odisha reports one more COVID-19 fatality, 143 new cases

4:21 pm June 22, 2020

Bhubaneswar: A 46-year-old man from Ganjam district became the latest COVID-19 victim in Odisha, raising the death toll due to the contagion in the state to 15, a health department official said on Monday. Odisha also recorded 143 new cases of the respiratory ailment, taking the state’s coronavirus tally to 5,303, of which 1,562 cases […]

Priest found dead in well of church in Kerala

4:17 pm June 22, 2020

Kottayam (Ker): A 51-year old Catholic priest was found dead in a well in the premises of his church in Kottayam district on Monday, police said here. Fr George Ettuparayil, serving as vicar of St Thomas Church, Punnathura near here, was found dead in the well during an investigation launched by the police on the […]

Rajnath Singh leaves for 3-day visit to Russia

4:09 pm June 22, 2020

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday left for a three-day visit to Russia during which he will hold talks with top Russian military brass and attend a grand military parade in Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Germany in the Second World War. It is the first visit […]