Day: August 15, 2020

PM to inaugurate ‘Atal Tunnel’ in Rohtang next month: Himachal CM on I-Day

9:02 pm August 15, 2020

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday said the ‘Atal Tunnel’ in Rohtang would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the end of September this year. Thakur stated this while presiding over a state-level Independence Day function at the historic Dhalpur Maidan in Kullu district. He also said the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the state’s economy, however, India reported less […]

Heavy rains leave low-lying areas marooned in Surat, Vadodara

8:44 pm August 15, 2020

Ahmedabad: Heavy rains lashed parts of south and central Gujarat districts on Saturday, leaving many low-lying areas water-logged, especially in Surat and Vadodara, and necessitating emergency evacuation of hundreds of people, officials said. In a rain-related incident, two people are feared drowned in Devbhumi Dwarka district while trying to cross a swollen river while another person was rescued by villagers. […]

Pompeo inks deal for US troop move from Germany to Poland

8:31 pm August 15, 2020

Warsaw: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday sealed a defence cooperation deal with Polish officials that will pave the way for the redeployment of American troops from Germany to Poland. In Warsaw at the end of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe, Pompeo and Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak signed an Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement that sets out the legal framework for the additional […]

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

Kejriwal urges people to donate oximeters to help villages in fight against COVID-19

8:16 pm August 15, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged people to donate oximeters to the AAP so that they can be distributed by its volunteers in villages across the country to help those battling COVID-19 in the hinterlands. Oximeters help in measuring the oxygen level and are found to be extremely useful for coronavirus patients who in many […]

Chetan Chauhan died due to UP govt's ‘negligence’: Sanjay Singh

Former India opener Chetan Chauhan critical but responding to treatment: Family

8:13 pm August 15, 2020

New Delhi: The health condition of former India opener Chetan Chauhan, who tested positive for COVID-19 last month, is “critical” and he remains on life support at a medical facility in Gurugram. The 73-year-old Chauhan, who is also a cabinet minister in the Uttar Pradesh government, was admitted at the Sanjay Gandhi PGI Hospital in Lucknow after testing positive for the virus on July […]