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Confusion over Delhi’s COVID-19 toll as govt data, figures from hospitals don’t match

8:14 pm May 9, 2020

New Delhi: Confusion prevailed over the number of deaths due to coronavirus in the national capital, with data from four hospitals showing that 92 people succumbed to the infection as against 68 fatalities reported by the Delhi government. The toll of 68 shared by the Delhi government in its health bulletin on Friday is based […]

Nepal constitutes committee to investigate death of eight Indian tourists

9:13 pm January 22, 2020

Kathmandu: Nepal has formed a five-member team to investigate and submit a report within 15 days into the death of eight Indian tourists, including four minors, who died in their room at a resort in the Himalayan country as the postmortem of the bodies was underway here on Wednesday. Tragedy struck a group of 15 […]

Wall Street scuffles as worsening pandemic slows its rally

US stocks fall as investors digest first round of earnings

9:19 pm January 14, 2020

NEW YORK: US stocks fell in early trading on Tuesday as investors digested the first significant round of fourth-quarter corporate earnings reports. Major banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, reported surprisingly good earnings, though Wells Fargo disappointed investors. The financial sector held up better than most in the early going. Nearly every other sector fell […]

Protesters attack US Embassy in Baghdad after airstrikes

6:00 am January 1, 2020

BAGHDAD: Angered by deadly airstrikes targeting an Iran-backed militia, dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area in one of the worst attacks on the embassy in recent memory. American guards fired tear gas, […]

CM Hemant Soren expands ministry, inducts 7 ministers

Hemant Soren takes oath as 11th chief minister of Jharkhand

3:02 pm December 29, 2019

Ranchi: JMM working president Hemant Soren was on Sunday sworn in as the 11th chief minister of Jharkhand at Morhabadi Ground here. Governor Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to Soren, in the presence of senior political leaders and chief ministers from across states. This will be the 44-year-old JMM leader’s second […]