Day: November 29, 2020

Afghan officials say 34 killed in separate suicide bombings

4:06 pm November 29, 2020

Kabul: Afghan officials said Sunday at least 34 people were killed in two separate suicide bombings that targeted a military base and a provincial chief. In eastern Ghazni province, officials said 31 soldiers were killed and 24 others wounded when the attacker drove a military humvee full of explosives onto an army commando base before […]

Road accident in Bharatpur leaves 4 dead

4:01 pm November 29, 2020

Jaipur: Four people were killed and seven others injured when a pick-up vehicle collided with a dumper in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred in Deeg police station area when the victims were on their way to Haryana from Uttar Pradesh. The deceased were identified as Ghanendra (33), Uma (30), Jamuna Prasad (56) and pick-up […]

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

Thane: 14-year-old boy killed by teen lover’s brother

3:53 pm November 29, 2020

Thane: A 20-year-old man from Palghar has been arrested for allegedly killing a minor boy from Bhiwandi in Thane district over a love affair, police said on Sunday. The 14-year-old victim was in love with the accused’s minor sister and this was the cause of murder, a Narpoli police station official said. “The girl’s family […]

Environment-friendly ‘kulhad’ to replace plastic tea cups at railway stations

3:49 pm November 29, 2020

Jaipur: Tea will be sold in environment-friendly ‘kulhads’ (earthen cups) in place of plastic cups at all railway stations in the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday. The minister was speaking at an event organised at the Dhigawara railway station in Rajasthan’s Alwar district to mark the inauguration of the newly electrified Dhigawara-Bandikui section under the North Western Railway. […]

‘World’s smallest atom-memory unit created’

3:44 pm November 29, 2020

Houston: Researchers have created the smallest memory device yet, an advance that may lead to faster, smaller, and more energy-efficient electronic chips for consumer electronics and brain-inspired computing. The scientists from the University of Texas at Austin in the US also found the physics that unlocks dense memory storage capabilities for these tiny devices. In […]