Day: October 15, 2020

50 people died in heavy rains, flash floods in Telangana

8:57 pm October 15, 2020

Hyderabad: At least 50 people died in the torrential rains and flash floods in Telangana in the last few days, the state government said on Thursday. Eleven of the deaths were reported from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) area, officials said at a review meeting held by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, an official […]

Noida: 140 new COVID cases, discrepancy in death data

8:56 pm October 15, 2020

Noida (UP): Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 140 new COVID-19 patients on Thursday, pushing the district’s case tally to 15,567, official data showed. Discrepancy appeared in the death toll as per the data released by the UP Health Department which showed the district’s fatalities at 64 with one more person succumbing to the virus […]

Nitish behaved with my father haughtily, worked to defeat LJP nominees in LS polls: Chirag

8:50 pm October 15, 2020

Patna: LJP president Chirag Paswan trashed on Thursday suggestions that he parted ways with Nitish Kumar‘s JD(U) because of differences over seat-sharing for the Bihar assembly polls, and accused the chief minister of harming the Dalit community by creating a sub-group of Mahadalits. Paswan said his party had fought the Lok Sabha polls last year […]

Elderly man killed by elephant in Uttarakhand

Radio collaring of elephants begins in Uttarakhand

8:47 pm October 15, 2020

Dehradun: Radio collaring of elephants began in Uttarakhand on Thursday with an aim to keep tab on their movement and reduce man-animal conflict, officials said. The drive began as a tracking collar was tied around a 35-year-old male tusker in Haridwar forest division, they said. Divisional Forest Officer Haridwar Niraj Kumar Sharma said the elephant […]

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

Women start-up summit to be held in Kerala on Oct 31

8:42 pm October 15, 2020

Kochi: The Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) will soon be hosting a summit to encourage women professionals to set up businesses, augmenting an inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystem in the state. The ‘Women Startup Summit 2020’ to be held on October 31 will be part of the government’s proactive steps to increase female participation in the entrepreneurship segment, […]