Day: July 15, 2020

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

Karnataka announces incentives of Rs 5,000 for plasma donors

10:51 pm July 15, 2020

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced that an incentive of Rs 5,000 would be given to people who have recovered from the coronavirus infection and are willing to donate plasma to help cure other COVID-19 patients. Highlighting that 17,390 people have recovered in the state out of which 4,992 are in Bengaluru, medical education minister K Sudhakar appealed to […]

Pilot involved in horse trading, alleges Gehlot

10:40 pm July 15, 2020

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday accused rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot of involvement in horse-trading with the BJP to topple his government in the state. Pilot was removed from the posts of the Rajasthan deputy chief minister and the state Congress president on Tuesday amid a tussle for power with Gehlot. Pilot’s supporters had claimed that he was upset over a notice sent to […]

Woman kills 2 daughters by flinging them into Narmada canal

Study predicts India’s population may peak to 1.6 bn in 2048, decline in 2100 to 1.09 bn

10:36 pm July 15, 2020

New Delhi: Scientists have predicted that the India’s population may peak to about 1.6 billion in 2048, and decline by 32 per cent to around 1.09 billion in 2100, when it is also expected to be the world’s most populous country. The analysis, published in the journal The Lancet, used data from the Global Burden of […]

Lockdown extended in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan

Woman constable of Delhi Police found dead

8:28 pm July 15, 2020

New Delhi : A 23-year-old woman constable of Delhi Police posted at Tihar jail was found dead at her rented accommodation in southwest Delhi’s Palam village on Wednesday, police said. Police suspect that someone known to the victim might have killed her. She lived at the rented accommodation while her parents stayed in Haryana’s Rewari district, they […]

Many senior bureaucrats test positive for COVID-19 in Assam

8:24 pm July 15, 2020

Guwahati: Several senior bureaucrats, including the Commissioner and Secretary to Assam Governor, have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Wednesday. At least five senior officials have tested positive for novel coronavirus in the last 2-3 days, an official told PTI. Commissioner and Secretary to the Governor of Assam, S S Meenakshi Sundaram, his wife and mother have […]