Day: July 16, 2020

Military commanders of India, China to hold talks on Saturday

Disengagement process in eastern Ladakh “intricate”, requires constant verification: Army

9:48 pm July 16, 2020

New Delhi: China and India are committed to “complete disengagement” of troops, and the process is “intricate” that requires “constant verification”, the Indian Army said Thursday after the fourth round of marathon military talks for further de-escalation of tension in eastern Ladakh. Separately, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said there is absolutely no change in India’s position on the Line of […]

Woman found dead at rented house in Shimla

9:34 pm July 16, 2020

Shimla: A 23-year-old woman working as an assistant to a high court lawyer was found dead at her rented accommodation here on Thursday, the police said. Prima facie, it seemed that she died due to electric shock, they added. The woman is a resident of Solan district and lived at a rented house here. An […]

Five killed, four injured as vehicle falls into gorge in Himachal

9:28 pm July 16, 2020

Sidikacem: Five people were killed and four others injured after their vehicle fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district Thursday evening, police said. The vehicle fell into an about 200-feet-deep gorge near Sunku Tapri on the Kharamukh-Bharmaur road, they said. Nine people were travelling in the vehicle. While five died on the spot, four others […]

India-UK flights to remain suspended till Jan 7: Puri

India establishes air travel bubbles with US, France, planning similar pact with Germany, UK: Puri

9:24 pm July 16, 2020

New Delhi: India has established individual bilateral bubbles with France and the US that will allow airlines of each country in the pact to operate international flights, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said, adding that similar arrangement with Germany and the UK will soon be permitted. Air France will be operating 28 flights between Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Paris from July 18 to August 1, the minister said […]

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

Woman cop names lover as ‘husband’ to get quarantined with him

9:20 pm July 16, 2020

Nagpur: A woman police constable attached to Nagpur police was quarantined for suspected COVID-19 infection with a married man whom she was in relationship with, after she wrongly told to the authorities that he was her husband, an official said on Thursday. The woman constable, who is unmarried, was to be moved to a quarantine […]