Day: August 11, 2020

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo opens anti-China, anti-Russia tour in Czech Republic

8:28 pm August 11, 2020

Prague: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the Czech Republic at the start of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe expected to focus on threats to the region posed by Russia and China. Amid post-election violence and concerns about significant democratic backsliding in nearby Belarus, Pompeo plans to use his visit to push his hosts to counter Russian and Chinese […]

Four men arrested by Haryana police for cheating people by cloning ATM cards

8:20 pm August 11, 2020

Chandigarh: Haryana Police on Tuesday said they have busted an interstate gang and arrested four men involved in cheating people by cloning ATM cards. “They first stole data and then used it to clone cards and later used them at different ATM machines,” a spokesperson of state police department here said. Police said an ATM cloning machine as well as a […]

UP woman studying in US dies in Bulandshahr road crash, kin allege bikers followed her 2-wheeler

7:21 pm August 11, 2020

Bulandshahr: A 20-year-old woman, on a visit home from the US where she studied, died in Bulandshahr in a road accident, which her family alleged happened because two motorcycle-borne men were following her two-wheeler and harassing her, officials said Tuesday. The daughter of a tea shop owner, Sudiksha Bhati died Monday morning near Aurangabad when she was […]

Heavy rains likely in parts of Mumbai, coastal areas: IMD

7:17 pm August 11, 2020

Mumbai: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted that heavy rainfall was likely in isolated places of coastal Maharashtra, including Mumbai, till August 15. While Mumbai is expected to receive light to moderate showers, neighbouring districts of Thane, Palghar, Raigad and Ratnagiri may witness heavy rains at isolated places, an IMD official said. “A similar forecast has been issued for Pune, Kolhapur and Satara districts […]

India’s single-day count of COVID-19 cases more than that of US, Brazil in past 7 days: WHO data

7:12 pm August 11, 2020

New Delhi: For the past seven days, India’s single-day count of COVID-19 cases has been more than that of the US and Brazil, the two worst-hit nations in terms of infections, according to an analysis of WHO data. India, the third worst-hit nation in terms of infections, has also accounted for over 23 per cent of the […]