Day: February 8, 2020

China virus toll hits 722, with first foreign victim

The death toll from China’s coronavirus outbreak soared to 722 on Saturday, including the first foreign victim, as Hong Kong imposed a mandatory quarantine on mainland arrivals to block the spread of an epidemic that has caused global panic. With 86 more people dying in mainland China — […]

Kobe Bryant helicopter had nearly cleared blinding clouds

LOS ANGELES — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant and eight others was almost out of blinding clouds when he suddenly plunged and crashed into a Southern California hillside, investigators and aviation experts indicated. Ara Zobayan had told air traffic control he was […]

Payback: Trump ousts officials who testified on impeachment

WASHINGTON — Exacting swift punishment against those who crossed him, an emboldened President Donald Trump ousted two government officials who had delivered damaging testimony against him during his impeachment hearings. The president took retribution just two days after his acquittal by the Senate. First came news Friday that […]

Three suspected criminals arrested in Jammu

Jammu, Feb 8: Three suspected motorcycle-borne criminals were arrested on the city outskirts, police said on Saturday. Gulshan Kumar, Vikram Singh and Roshan Singh were riding on a motorcycle when they were signalled to stop by a police party engaged in checking at near Patta Bohri Friday evening, a […]

Delhi polls: Cong chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul cast vote

New Delhi, Feb 8: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi on Saturday cast their vote for the Delhi Assembly elections. Sonia Gandhi, who was unwell and discharged from a hospital here this week, voted at the Nirman Bhavan polling station. She was accompanied by her daughter […]

Voting in Delhi underway; CM Kejriwal, former VP Hamid Ansari cast vote

New Delhi, Feb 8: Voting for the assembly elections in Delhi is underway with people queuing up outside polling booths since early Saturday morning undeterred by the chilly weather. Over 1.47 crore people are eligible to exercise their franchise in the polls that will decide the fate of 672 […]

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