Day: July 2, 2020

Babri demolition trial: Uma Bharti appears before special court, accuses BJP of framing her

6:46 pm July 2, 2020

Lucknow: Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Thursday appeared in person before a special court here conducting trial in the 1992 Babri mosque demolition case, accusing the then Congress-led central government of framing her due to political vendetta. Bharti alleged that the then central government got an FIR lodged against her and others in the demolition case in order […]

China reports three new COVID-19 cases

6:42 pm July 2, 2020

Beijing: China is reporting three newly confirmed cases of coronavirus, and says just one of them involved local transmission in the capital of Beijing. The report Thursday appears to put the country where the virus was first detected late last year on course to eradicating it domestically, at least temporarily. The National Health Commission says the other […]

Royal funeral offers chance for William, Harry to reconcile

UK court documents reveal Meghan Markle’s ’emotional distress’

6:39 pm July 2, 2020

London: Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, felt “unprotected” in the face of “emotionally distressing” articles written in the British media about her, according to court documents in an ongoing UK High Court battle. The 38-year-old former American actress wife of Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, had launched legal action over breach of alleged privacy against ‘The Mail on Sunday’ newspaper […]

US reports record daily coronavirus cases at over 50,700

6:36 pm July 2, 2020

New York: The United States has reported yet another record daily number of new coronavirus infections, over 50,700 cases, according to a tally being kept by Johns Hopkins University. The US is experiencing a surge of new cases, especially in the South and West, as states have reopened their economies from coast to coast. California closed bars, […]

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

NHRC tells UTs of J&K, Ladakh to intimate it about custodial, encounter deaths

5:51 pm July 2, 2020

New Delhi: The NHRC has asked the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to intimate it about any custodial or encounter death, in accordance with guidelines, officials said on Thursday. In case of custodial deaths, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) should be intimated within 24 hours, and within 48 hours of the incident in case of an encounter […]