Day: July 24, 2020

Pakistan wraps up anti-polio drive amid surge in cases

11:17 pm July 24, 2020

Peshawar: Pakistan on Friday wrapped up a five-day vaccination campaign against polio in the former Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan and elsewhere in the country amid a surge in cases, officials said. Vaccinations started on Monday, aiming to have about 800,000 children inoculated. Fortunately, during this campaign, there were no reports of militant attacks on polio teams or police […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Russia denies US, UK accusations of weapon test in space

11:14 pm July 24, 2020

Moscow: Russia dismissed US and British claims that it tested an anti-satellite weapon in space and declared Friday that the accusations served to justify Washington’s own plans to deploy weapons in orbit. US and British officials claimed Thursday that the July 15 test of an anti-satellite weapon signaled a continuing Russian effort to develop technologies that could threaten space […]

Nearly 1 million people hit by Bihar floods; breach in embankments in two districts

11:09 pm July 24, 2020

Patna: Nearly one million people have been affected by floods in Bihar, where the Gandak river breached two embankments at three places, leaving several areas inundated, officials said on Friday. However, there was no report of loss of life or property in the deluge so far. According to the state disaster management department’s bulletin, a total […]

Babri demolition case: L K Advani deposes via video link, says no hand in conspiracy

10:55 pm July 24, 2020

Lucknow: Veteran BJP leader L K Advani on Friday recorded his statement before a special CBI court in the 1992 Babri mosque demolition case and denied any involvement in the conspiracy to pull down the disputed structure. The statement of the 92-year-old former deputy prime minster was recorded through video conferencing in the court of special Judge S K Yadav with […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

16-year-old sodomised by fellow inmate at correction home in Delhi

9:15 pm July 24, 2020

New Delhi: A 16-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by a fellow inmate at a correction home in north Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar area, police said on Friday. On Wednesday, police received information from the welfare officer of Observation Home for Boys-II, Sewa Kutir, Kingsway Camp regarding sexual assault alleged by one inmate, a senior police officer […]