Day: November 18, 2020

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

Delhi to get high-tech business park at Rani Khera

11:26 pm November 18, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi government will set up a high-tech business park at Rani Khera on 150-acre land, which will be just 15 minutes away from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, according to a statement. The first-of-its-kind business park will have various IT services and high-tech industry among others, it said. Earlier this month, […]

Man shot dead in Nagpur in broad daylight

11:07 pm November 18, 2020

Nagpur: Two unidentified assailants shot dead a 35-year-old man near Ashirwad Nagar in Nagpur city on Wednesday afternoon, the police said. The killing in broad daylight created panic in the area. Umesh Dhoble, the deceased, was a vegetable vendor who lived in Somalwada, the police said. According to eyewitnesses, Dhoble arrived on a motorbike with […]

Pfizer, BioNTech conclude Phase 3 study of COVID-19 vaccine candidate, say it’s 95% effective

11:05 pm November 18, 2020

New York: Global drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said on Wednesday that their COVID-19 vaccine was found 95 per cent effective in the final analysis of the Phase 3 trial, including in people aged over 65 years, paving the way for the companies to apply for emergency authorisation from US regulators within days American pharmaceutical giant […]

BSF recruit allegedly dies by suicide in Hazaribag

Recovery of drugs: BSF constable, two others arrested

10:59 pm November 18, 2020

Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested a BSF constable and two others in connection with the recovery of 11 kg of heroin smuggled from Pakistan. Constable Barinder Singh was arrested from the BSF premises in Rajasthan’s Ganganagar in an operation by the Jalandhar police, according to a release. A .30 bore foreign-made pistol, a […]

Traders not in favour of another lockdown in Delhi

10:56 pm November 18, 2020

New Delhi: Traders from Delhi on Wednesday said they were not in favour of another lockdown in the city and pledged that the market associations will conduct awareness campaigns to enforce COVID-appropriate behaviour. Nearly 200 traders’ associations’ gave suggestions at an online “Mahapanchayat” organised by the Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI), its president Brijesh […]