Day: August 9, 2020

TN records 2,405 COVID-19 cases, 49 fatalities

COVID-19 death toll in Jammu region reaches 35 with one more fatality

7:50 pm August 9, 2020

Jammu: A 63-year-old patient died of COVID-19 at a hospital here on Sunday, taking the total number of fatalities due to the disease in the Jammu division to 35, officials said. Suresh Kumar, who was diabetic, was admitted to Chest Disease hospital here on August 7 after he tested positive for COVID-19. He breathed his […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Little evidence coronavirus transmitted in schools, UK study indicates

7:44 pm August 9, 2020

London: One of the world’s largest studies of its kind is expected to conclude that there is little evidence that coronavirus is transmitted in schools, according to a UK media report on Sunday, giving a boost to their proposed reopening next month. Professor Russell Viner, President of the UK’s Royal College of Paediatrics and a member of the government’s Scientific Advisory […]

CISF official asked if I am Indian as I don’t know Hindi: DMK MP Kanimozhi

7:32 pm August 9, 2020

Chennai/New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi on Sunday alleged that a CISF official asked her if “she was an Indian” as she could not speak Hindi, prompting the paramilitary force to respond saying appropriate action will be taken. The incident is understood to have taken place when Kanimozhi was at the Chennai international airport to take a flight to Delhi. “Today at the airport […]

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

Noteban, ‘faulty’ implementation of GST, lockdown ‘destroyed’ India’s economic structure: Rahul

7:27 pm August 9, 2020

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that the Modi government’s decision of demonetisation and its “faulty” implementation of GST and the lockdown have “destroyed” the economic structure of the country. His attack on the government came as the Congress’ youth wing launched a “Rozgar do” campaign with the objective to raise the voice of […]

“Sri Lankan don poisoned to death by revengeful woman?”

7:18 pm August 9, 2020

Coimbatore: The question whether Amani Thanji, who had been living with the Sri Lankan don Angoda Lokka, poisoned him to death to avenge the killing of her husband in the island nation, is doing the rounds among the police and public. The suspicion arose after a postmortem report revealed that the finger and toe nails of the […]