Day: August 3, 2020

Woman kills father with lover, minor’s help in Jalna, arrested

11:05 pm August 3, 2020

Jalna: A woman, her lover and his minor friend have been arrested for allegedly killing her father in Kanhaiya Nagar area of Jalna, police said on Monday. The body of Madhukar Pawar (45), with several stab wounds, was found by the road after which probe began, Crime Branch official Rajendra Singh Gour said. “We zeroed […]

UK envoy to India Philip Barton promoted as new Foreign Office minister

11:01 pm August 3, 2020

London: Sir Philip Barton, the British High Commissioner to India based in New Delhi, was on Monday promoted as a minister in the newly formed Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The UK Foreign Office said Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had approved the appointment of Barton as the Permanent Under-Secretary of the new ministry, which had been unveiled by the UK PM earlier this year […]

COVID-19: India’s case tally crosses 18 lakh, recoveries surge to 11.86 lakh

11:00 pm August 3, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 18-lakh mark on Monday, just a day after it went past 17 lakh, with 52,972 cases reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surged to over 11.86 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of COVID-19 tests carried out in India has also crossed the 2 crore-mark, […]

France won’t ratify Hong Kong’s extradition agreement

10:57 pm August 3, 2020

Paris: France has decided not to ratify an extradition agreement with Hong Kong after China’s central government in Beijing imposed a new national security law on the city. The French Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson said in a written statement on Monday that “in light of the latest developments, France won’t proceed with the ratification” of the 2017 extradition agreement with Hong Kong “as it […]

Rituals begin in Ayodhya, stage set for Ram temple `bhoomi pujan’

10:50 pm August 3, 2020

Ayodhya: Religious rituals got under way in Ayodhya on Monday, two days ahead of the groundbreaking ceremony for a temple at a spot where devotees believe Lord Ram was born. Barricades are already in place in the temple town and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued an appeal, asking only those invited for Wednesday’s “bhoomi pujan” ceremony to come to Ayodhya. Adityanath […]