Day: October 14, 2020

2 dead as SUV turns turtle in Ambala

8:28 pm October 14, 2020

Ambala: Two persons died and four were injured when the SUV in which they were travelling turned turtle after hitting a road divider in Haryana’s Ambala district on Wednesday, police said The vehicle was on the way to Kurukshetra when the accident happened on the Ambala-Delhi National highway. The SUV was crossing near the Ambala flyover when […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK PM under pressure for ‘circuit breaker’ full COVID-19 lockdown

8:26 pm October 14, 2020

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday stood his ground in the face of mounting pressure for a temporary complete national lockdown to act as a “circuit breaker” for the continued rise in coronavirus infections, even as the new three-tier system Covid-19 restrictions came into force across England. While the new medium, high and very high […]

Farmers can manipulate output if CCE data made public: Guj govt to HC

8:22 pm October 14, 2020

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government on Wednesday told the High Court that farmers could manipulate crop output to show high losses for making insurance claims under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana if the details of Crop Cutting Experiment(CCE) are made public. The statement came in reply to a Public Interest Litigation filed by Khedut Ekta Manch against the government’s […]

ED searches premises of film producer who worked with Sushant Singh Rajput

8:20 pm October 14, 2020

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at the premises of a film producer in connection with its money laundering probe linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said. They said the office and residential premises of Dinesh Vijan in Mumbai were raided under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). […]

Don’t fall in anybody’s ‘publicity trap’, vote after comparing work of successive govts: Nitish to voters

8:10 pm October 14, 2020

Banka: Beginning his election tours with a public meeting at Banka, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday alerted people not to fall in anybody’s “publicity trap” else while their income would multiply but that of the common man would slide as was the case before the present dispensation came on the scene. He cautioned people that any error in […]