Day: August 30, 2020

COVID-positive SP worker jumps to death from overbridge

6:46 pm August 30, 2020

Bareilly (UP): A Samajwadi Party worker escaped from the COVID-19 ward of a hospital here and then allegedly jumped to death from an overbridge, police said on Sunday. Raman Jauhari (40), a district-level SP leader, escaped from the hospital on Saturday evening and allegedly died by suicide after jumping from an overbridge on Delhi-Bareilly-Nainital highway, […]

Turkey vows to expand anti-PKK operations in northern Iraq

Turkey marks 1922 victory over Greece amid Med tensions

2:23 pm August 30, 2020

Ankara: Turkey marked the 98th anniversary of the decisive War of Independence battle against Greek forces Sunday as the threat of a new conflict with Athens looms in the eastern Mediterranean. “Turkey’s struggle for independence and future continues today as well,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a message to commemorate Victory Day. “It is absolutely not a coincidence that […]

India can become world’s toy hub, time to be vocal about local toys: PM

2:19 pm August 30, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India has talent and ability to become a toy hub for the entire world and called upon startups to work towards realising this potential while being “vocal about local toys”. He said the global toy industry is over Rs 7 lakh crore but India’s share is […]

Centre’s Unlock 4 guidelines: Haryana withdraws order to keep markets shut on Monday, Tuesday

2:15 pm August 30, 2020

Chandigarh: After the Centre’s Unlock 4 guidelines, the Haryana government on Sunday withdrew its order to keep markets in urban areas closed on Monday and Tuesday. Issuing the Unlock 4 guidelines on Saturday, the Union Home Ministry had said that state governments shall not impose any local lockdown outside containment zones without prior consultation with […]

COVID-19 tally in India breaches 35-lakh mark

2:10 pm August 30, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally zoomed past 35 lakh, just a week after it crossed the 30-lakh mark, with a record single-day spike of 78,761 cases, while recoveries surged to 27,13,933 on Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases rose to 35,42,733, while the death toll climbed to 63,498 with […]