Day: August 20, 2020

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Berlin security services: Highway attacker wasn’t on radar

7:02 pm August 20, 2020

Berlin: German authorities said Thursday that a 30-year-old man accused of deliberately driving his car into other vehicles along a major Berlin highway wasn’t previously on the security services’ radar. The Iraqi citizen crashed into a car, two motorcycles and a motor scooter on Tuesday night. Six people were injured, three of them severely. He was charged with at […]

UN: Discussions with Russia on COVID-19 vaccine under way

6:57 pm August 20, 2020

London: The World Health Organization’s Europe office said it has begun discussions with Russia to try to obtain more information about the experimental COVID-19 vaccine the country recently approved. Last week, Russia became the first country in the world to license a coronavirus vaccine when President Vladimir Putin announced its approval. But the vaccine has not yet passed the advanced trials normally required […]

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

One held for selling used medical gloves in Navi Mumbai

4:35 pm August 20, 2020

Thane: The Navi Mumbai police have arrested a man for allegedly cleaning and selling used medical gloves collected from hospitals amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, the police on Monday evening conducted a raid in Pawne MIDC, where they found that used gloves collected from hospitals were being […]

Multiple landslides block Jammu-Srinagar NH

4:25 pm August 20, 2020

Banihal/Jammu: Multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district on Thursday, leaving over 200 vehicles stranded, officials said. The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was blocked by landslides at Trishul Morh, Battery Cheshma and Pantiyal areas, officials said. As a result, […]

Yes Bank fraud case: HC grants bail to Wadhawan brothers

4:21 pm August 20, 2020

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd promoters Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan, who have been accused of money laundering by the Enforcement Directorate in the multi-crore Yes Bank fraud case. Justice Bharati Dangre granted them bail as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) failed to file its charge […]