Day: August 1, 2020

US condemns terrorists who seek to infiltrate across LoC

Army jawan killed in firing by Pak along LoC

4:17 pm August 1, 2020

Jammu: An Indian Army jawan was killed when Pakistan opened heavy fire on forward posts along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday, a defence spokesperson said. He said the Pakistan Army violated the ceasefire agreement by opening fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri sector. “Indian troops responded strongly […]

Man held for raping 15-yr-old girl in UP’s Muzaffarnagar

4:12 pm August 1, 2020

Muzaffarnagar: Police have arrested one of the three men accused of raping a 15-year-old girl here, an official said on Saturday. According to an FIR registered in the case, the accused abducted the minor on Thursday when she had gone out of her house to throw garbage in the village dump yard. They allegedly took […]

UP: Missing man's body recovered from car found in canal

UP farmer swept away by strong current in Ganga river

4:09 pm August 1, 2020

New Delhi: A 55-year-old farmer was swept away by the strong current in the river Ganga which locals attributed to heavy rainfall. According to police, his body was found floating in the river on Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Mahendra, police added.

India records highest one-day jump of 57,118 COVID-19 cases; recoveries surge to 10,94,374

4:04 pm August 1, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally reached 16,95,988 on Saturday with a record single-day increase of 57,118 cases, while the recoveries surged to 10,94,374, according to the Union Health Ministry data The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 36,511 with 764 people succumbing to the disease in a day, the data updated at 8 am […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK’s Johnson names brother and Brexiteers to House of Lords

12:00 am August 1, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson named 36 new members to Parliament’s unelected House of Lords on Friday, including his brother, a slew of prominent Brexit supporters and a Russia-born newspaper owner whose father was a KGB agent. The list of new peers also includes Brexit-backing former lawmakers and ex-cricket star Ian Botham, a vocal proponent of leaving the European Union. Former Treasury chiefs Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond, who both […]

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