BSF has found a tunnel in Samba, Jammu and Kashmir | Photo credit: ANI Key points The tunnel is 20 feet long, 3-4 feet in diameter, and begins in Pakistan and ends in Jammu. It was reinforced with sandbags that had markings from a couple of cities in Pakistan. Jammu: …
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Karnataka recorded 8,960 Covid cases on Friday, bringing the state’s positive case count to 3,18,752. Of the total positive cases, Bengaluru recorded the highest number of positive cases with 2,721, bringing the total count for the state capital to 1,21,449. Mysuru and Ballari have witnessed a large increase in the …
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Kamala Harris “is not competent” to be president, said US President Donald Trump, launching an attack on the credentials of the Indian-origin senator for the highest office. Addressing his supporters at a Republican campaign rally in New Hampshire on Friday, Trump said he would support seeing a female president in …
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For representation. Security personnel stand guard during Odisha’s Bhubaneswar lockdown. (PTI file) The notice lifting the lockdown in seven cities was issued after Chief Secretary AK Tripathy announced Friday that the state government will provide free transportation and accommodation to students. PTI Last update: August 29, 2020 12:38 PM IST …
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NEW DELHI: In an attempt to curb restrictions such as “weekend closings“Seen as damage to the economy still reeling under Covid, the Unblocking 4.0 guidelines released by the Center on Saturday oblige states and UT to consult the Center before imposing any local lockdowns on areas other than buffer zones. …
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Scientists this week confirmed a new coronavirus reinfection in a 33-year-old man in Hong Kong, who had Covid-19 in March and was found to be infected with a different variant of the virus after 142 days during a visit to Europe. They used genetic sequencing to confirm that the second …
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New Delhi, August 29 meThe ndia decided to withdraw from a multilateral war game in Russia next month, government sources said on Saturday, a week after New Delhi confirmed its participation in the exercise that Chinese and Pakistani troops are also expected to attend. Last week, India had informed Russia …
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China gambling racket: locals hired and used to open accounts with HSBC Bank New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has frozen Rs 46.96 million rupees in four bank accounts after raiding 15 locations in Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Pune after some companies were allegedly running illegal online gambling applications linked to …
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Several houses damaged in Thanamandi de Rajouri | Photo credit: ANI Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir: Heavy rains in recent days have damaged several houses in the Thanamandi area of the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. “About 30 kutcha houses and 15 pucca have been partially damaged and roads have …
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Around 37,000 Odisha candidates who would write the National Cum Income Eligibility Exam (NEET) and Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) between September 1 and 13 would have to follow safety rules such as physical distancing, personal hygiene, mask inside of exam rooms due to the Covid-19 pandemic, authorities said. The additional …
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