Day: August 7, 2020

Chhattisgarh: 298 new coronavirus cases, seven deaths

11:07 pm August 7, 2020

Raipur: Chhattisgarh’s coronavirus case count rose to 11,328 with 298 more people, including a BJP leader and 17 BSF personnel, testing positive on Friday, a health official said. Leader of Opposition in the Chhattisgarh Assembly Dharamlal Kaushik disclosed on Twitter that he had contracted the viral infection. The death toll increased to 84 after seven […]

Puducherry, Karnataka CMs express shock over plane crash

Shah directs NDRF to rush to air crash site in Kerala

10:59 pm August 7, 2020

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah directed the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Friday night to rush to the spot at Kerala’s Kozhikode, where an Air India Express aircraft crashed, to assist in the rescue-and-relief operations. The Air India Express plane coming from Dubai overshot the runway at the Kozhikode airport. “Distressed to […]

Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

Trains rescheduled on Konkan route

10:54 pm August 7, 2020

Mangaluru: Heavy rains and landslides along the Konkan route has forced Railways to divert eight long distance trains connecting Mangaluru to Pune. The wall inside Pernem tunnel between Pernem and Madure stations has collapsed due to the landslide. A five metre stretch of the lined wall inside the Pernem tunnel caved in in the wee […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Man held for robbing mobile phone of his wife

10:50 pm August 7, 2020

New Delhi: The police have arrested a 38-year-old man who robbed the mobile phone of his wife to teach her a lesson after she left him, officials said on Friday. The accused has been identified as Vinod, a resident of southwest Delhi’s Badarpur, they said. He was earlier involved in 51 different cases, including robbery, […]

Serum Institute to produce up to 100 mn COVID-19 vaccine doses for India, other countries

10:45 pm August 7, 2020

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India, (SII) on Friday said it?has entered into a new partnership with international vaccine alliance Gavi and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate manufacturing and delivery of up to 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for India as well as other low and middle-income countries (LMICs) “The collaboration will […]