Day: February 28, 2021

UK COVID-19 vaccine rollout expands to over-60s in latest phase

11:21 am February 28, 2021

London: The UK’s vaccination programme against COVID-19 enters a new phase on Sunday as the National Health Service (NHS) will begin contacting all over-60s to book their jabs at the nearest vaccination centre or with a general practitioner (GP) or pharmacy. Almost 2 million people aged 60 to 63 will be invited after over 64s had been […]

Internet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest

11:14 am February 28, 2021

Tehran: Iran’s impoverished southeast has been experiencing wide disruptions of internet services, experts said, as unrest gripped the remote province after fatal border shootings. Several rights groups reported in a joint statement that authorities shut down the mobile data network in the restive province of Sistan and Baluchestan, calling the disruptions an apparent “tool to conceal” the government’s […]

Restaurant owner’s son dies days after being shot by terrorists in Srinagar

11:00 am February 28, 2021

Srinagar: The son of the owner of popular eatery Krishna Dhaba, who was shot at by terrorists on February 17, died at a hospital here on Sunday, officials said. Akash Mehra was undergoing treatment at the SMHS Hospital for the past 10 days. Mehra succumbed to his injuries in the early hours of Sunday, the officials […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

Boy killed, family members injured as branch of tree falls on them

10:54 am February 28, 2021

Jajpur: Afour-year-old boy was killed and three of his family members were injured when a branch of a roadside tree that was being cut fell on them in Odisha’s Jajpur district, police said. The incident took place near Jodikua Chhak under Jajpur town police limits in the district on Saturday when the four member family was returning home on a bike […]

Out on bail, gangster shot dead in Bathinda

10 killed in shooting attack in Mexico’s Jalisco state

10:48 am February 28, 2021

Mexico City: Ten men were killed and a woman and two boys were wounded in a shooting attack on a home in western Mexico Saturday. Prosecutors in the state of Jalisco said the bullet-ridden bodies of the 10 men were found by police on the sidewalk in front of the home. Another wounded boy was found inside, and a […]