Day: August 26, 2020

Man killed over love affair in Nagpur district; four held

9:36 pm August 26, 2020

Nagpur: A 22-year-old man has been killed by ten persons in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district over his affair with a woman from a village, police said on Wednesday, adding that four accused have been arrested. The accused intercepted the motorcycle of the victim, Mohib Khan, on Tuesday afternoon near Walni village and attacked him with baseball bats and […]

60,000 in Southern California to evacuate after blaze grows

Weather, reinforcements helping in California wildfire fight

9:34 pm August 26, 2020

Vacaville: Firefighters hard-pressed by some of the largest wildfires in California history scrambled Wednesday to take advantage of cooler weather and an influx of aid as they carved and burned containment lines around the flames to prevent more land from burning. “Every percent of containment is hours and hours of sweat and blood up on […]

UN watchdog: Iran to allow access to 2 suspected nuke sites

9:25 pm August 26, 2020

Berlin: Iran has agreed to allow inspectors in to two sites where the country is suspected of having stored or used undeclared nuclear material, the UN atomic watchdog agency said Wednesday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran was “voluntarily providing the IAEA with access to the two locations specified by the IAEA and facilitating the IAEA verification activities to resolve […]

Sushant death case: NCB files criminal case against Rhea, others

9:20 pm August 26, 2020

New Delhi: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday filed a criminal case against Rhea Chakraborty and others for their alleged dealings in banned drugs, officials said. They said various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) have been pressed in the complaint filed by the federal anti-drugs agency on an official reference received from the Enforcement Directorate […]

Floods in northern Afghanistan leave at least 100 dead

9:16 pm August 26, 2020

Kabul: Heavy flooding has killed at least 100 people and injured scores of others as heavy seasonal rains drenched northern and eastern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. Annual heavy rains, compounded by mudslides, often threaten remote areas of Afghanistan, where infrastructure is poor. Summer often brings heavy rainfall in northern and eastern parts of the country, leading to […]