Day: July 4, 2020

IAF ramping up deployment in key bases along border with China

11:58 pm July 4, 2020

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is significantly enhancing deployment of its frontline jets, attack helicopters and transport fleet in all its key bases guarding the airspace along the Line of Actual Control in view of heightened border tension with China in eastern Ladakh, people familiar with the development said on Saturday. The IAF has also pressed into service a fleet of […]

Rains continue to lash Mumbai, Konkan, warning for tomorrow

11:52 pm July 4, 2020

Mumbai: Mumbai and neighbouring Thane district continued to receive heavy rains on the second consecutive day on Saturday with the IMD warning of “very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall” at isolated places in the area besides rest of the North Konkan in the next 24 hours. Water-logging and incidents of tree/branch falling were reported in Mumbai, causing traffic jams. Interior Maharashtra […]

Newly married couple commits suicide in Ghaziabad

11:47 pm July 4, 2020

Ghaziabad: A couple allegedly committed suicide a few days after getting married in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district, police said on Saturday. Vishal Prajapati and Nisha Gautam had a love affair and they got married, with the consent of their families, on Monday, a police official said. However, Prajapati allegedly ended his life by jumping in […]

Kashmir IGP visits family of man killed in terrorist attack

11:38 pm July 4, 2020

SriNagar: Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Saturday visited the family of Bashir Ahmad Khan, who was killed when terrorists attacked a CRPF patrol team in Baramulla district, a police official said. The official said Kumar offered his condolences to Khan’s family members and prayed for the departed soul. Khan’s elder […]

COVID-19:After caution by experts, ICMR defends move to fast-track vaccine, says in line with globally accepted norms

11:34 pm July 4, 2020

New Delhi: After medical experts cautioned against rushing a COVID-19 vaccine, the ICMR on Saturday defended its move to fast-track clinical trials for a planned launch by August 15, saying the process was exactly in accordance with globally accepted norms. The premier medical research body said the letter by its Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava to principal investigators of the […]

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