Day: August 3, 2020

7 killed in cyclone Yaas in Bihar;Nitish orders payment of Rs 4 lakh each compensation to their families

High population density makes Bihar all the more vulnerable to Covid-19: Nitish

11:23 pm August 3, 2020

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the state is definitely facing a threat from coronavirus because of its highest population density in the country and hence needs to remain alert. “There is definitely a threat to Bihar (from coronavirus) as our population density is highest in the country. It is three-fold of the national average […]

SAD leader claims four Sikh women were forcibly converted to Islam in J&K

Dowry case: Wrongly declared dead, woman found alive

11:18 pm August 3, 2020

Bulandshahr: A woman given up for dead after her family wrongly identified a body stuffed in suitcase has turned out be alive, police said here on Monday According to Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh, Varisha’s husband Aamir, a resident of the Islamabad area in Bulandshahr, had lodged a complaint that she had gone missing on July […]

Real estate firm ‘duping’ SBI: CBI recovers over Rs 50 lakh in cash from accused

11:15 pm August 3, 2020

New Delhi: The CBI has recovered over Rs 50 lakh in cash during searches on Monday from one of the accused in a bank-fraud case against a real estate firm, who was recently booked by the central probe agency, officials said. The agency has conducted searches at 11 locations in multiple cities after registering a […]

Pakistani Parliament debates whether to expel French envoy

Pak PM Imran Khan hopes for early start of Intra-Afghan talks

11:12 pm August 3, 2020

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday expressed hope for an early start of the Intra-Afghan talks to end the decades-old bloodshed in the war-torn country. During a telephonic conversation with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who called Khan to greet him on Eid-ul-Azha, the two leaders discussed the Afghan peace process, according to a statement issued by […]

Heavy rain lashes Kerala; govt ready to face onslaught: CM

11:08 pm August 3, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Parts of Kerala, including Kozhikode and Idukki districts, received heavy rain on Monday. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the state government was prepared to face any eventuality and he sought six more teams of the NDRF (National Disaster Response Force). As the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted heavy rain in the coming days in Kerala, Vijayan said the government has set up a 24-hour control […]