Day: July 15, 2020

Want to sell my BMW due to high maintenance cost, not for funding training: Dutee

11:15 pm July 15, 2020

New Delhi: Star sprinter Dutee Chand on Wednesday said she is selling her luxury car not to fund her training but because the vehicle’s maintenance cost is beyond her, trying to douse the controversy that erupted when she put the car on sale. A few days ago, Dutee posted on social media that she intended to sell […]

CBSE class 10 results: Over 85 pc students in Delhi pass exam, pass percentage of pvt schools drops

11:11 pm July 15, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi recorded a pass percentage of 85.86 in the class 10 CBSE examinations, an increase of over 5 per cent over last year. Continuing with the trend, girls outshone boys in the examination results declared on Wednesday. In Delhi East region, 88.90 per cent girls cleared the exam, while 83.04 per cent boys passed. Similarly, in Delhi West region, […]

China accuses Britain of helping Washington hurt Huawei

11:04 pm July 15, 2020

Beijing: China accused Britain on Wednesday of colluding with Washington to hurt Huawei after the Chinese tech giant was blocked from working on a British next-generation mobile phone network. A government spokeswoman said Beijing will protect Chinese companies but gave no indication of possible retaliation. Washington accuses Huawei Technologies Ltd., the biggest maker of switching gear for phone and internet companies, of being a security […]

Jailed ex-priest moves HC to wed minor he raped years ago

11:00 pm July 15, 2020

Kochi: A former priest of the Roman Catholic Church, currently in jail for impregnating a minor girl three years ago, has moved the Kerala High Court seeking suspension of his sentence for two months to enable him to marry the girl, who has now attained the legal age for marriage. When the matter came up for consideration on […]

Military commanders of India, China to hold talks tomorrow

Talks between Chinese and Indian militaries reached ‘progress’ on further disengagement: China

10:56 pm July 15, 2020

Beijing: China on Wednesday said the fourth commander-level talks between Indian and Chinese militaries to ease tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh have achieved “progress” on promoting “further disengagement” of the border troops to de-escalate tensions. During the course of the intense and complex negotiations between senior commanders of the two armies that lasted nearly 15 […]