Day: August 4, 2020

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Maryland county pledges probe on health worker’s virus death

11:24 pm August 4, 2020

Washington: Officials in Maryland’s Prince George’s County say they “will spare no time or expense” investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a veteran public health worker who died of COVID-19 after relatives and coworkers believe she contracted the virus on the job. The probe follows a story by Kaiser Health News and The Associated Press two weeks ago focusing on […]

J&K govt declares entire Kashmir except Bandipora ‘red zone’ amid rising COVID-19 cases

11:20 pm August 4, 2020

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has classified the districts into red, orange and green zones depending on the severity of COVID-19 spread in the areas and declared the entire Kashmir region, except Bandipora, as a “red zone”. The categorisation has been done to implement restrictions after August 5, when the current phase of lockdown in the union […]

Brothers stab each other to death in Ghaziabad

11:11 pm August 4, 2020

Ghaziabad: Two brothers in an inebriated state stabbed each other to death at their home here, police said on Tuesday Mohan Lal, 28, and Mota, 32, engaged in an argument over some issue after getting drunk on Monday night. They then stabbed each other with knives, City superintendent of police Maneesh Mishra said Police reached […]

US group opposes Biden admin's steps on H1B visas

UK suspends digital visa processing tool amid allegations of racism

11:07 pm August 4, 2020

London: The UK government on Tuesday said that it will be suspending the use of a digital tool to process visas amid a legal challenge that claimed it amounted to “racism” as the computer algorithm discriminated against applicants on the basis of nationality by design. The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) and digital rights […]

Ram Janmbhoomi Trust announces mass contact, contribution campaign for construction of Ayodhya temple

For some in Ayodhya, bhoomi pujan will be country’s ‘tryst with divinity’

11:06 pm August 4, 2020

Ayodhya: Comparing the ‘bhoomi pujan‘ to mark the beginning of construction of a Ram temple to the day India attained independence from the British, a former vice-chancellor of a state university here said Wednesday’s ceremony will be the country’s “tryst with divinity”. “India had its ‘tryst with destiny’ on August 15, 1947 and I hope that August 5 will be […]