Day: February 9, 2020

Soldier kills 26 in bloodiest mass shooting in Thailand

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand — A soldier with a grudge gunned down 26 people and wounded 57 in Thailand’s worst mass shooting before he was fatally shot inside a mall in the country’s northeast on Sunday, officials said. Officials said the soldier was angry over a financial dispute, first […]

China’s virus death toll surpasses SARS but new cases fall

BEIJING — China’s virus death toll rose by 89 on Sunday to 811, passing the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic, but fewer new cases were reported in a possible sign its spread may be slowing as other nations stepped up efforts to block the disease. […]

Where did they go? Millions left city before quarantine

SHANGHAI — For weeks after the first reports of a mysterious new virus in Wuhan, millions of people poured out of the central Chinese city, cramming onto buses, trains and planes as the first wave of China’s great Lunar New Year migration broke across the nation. Some carried […]

Update on Novel Coronavirus: More than 9400 persons under surveillance No new case reported

open view news desk Universal screening for all flights from Singapore and Thailand besides Hong Kong and China is already ongoing at earmarked aero-bridges. The screening of passengers is now on in all 21 airports, International Seaports and border crossings. As of now 1818 flights and 1,97,192 passengers […]

Mamata’s book on CAA sold out in book fair

Kolkata, Feb 9: A book against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act written by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was sold out six days after it was launched in the International Kolkata Book Fair, her publisher said. Titles favouring and opposing the CAA and the proposed nationwide NRC authored by […]

Assembly polls: 3 minority-dominated seats witness highest voter turnout in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 8: Three minority-dominated seats of Mustafabad, Matia Mahal and Seelampur recorded the highest voter turnout in the Delhi Assembly elections on Saturday, polls officials said. According to the data shared by officials, Mustafabad in northeast Delhi recorded 66.29 per cent voter turnout till 5 pm while […]

Delhi records voter turnout of 57 pc till 6 pm; figure likely to rise: Poll official

New Delhi, Feb 8: Delhi recorded a voter turnout of 57.06 pc till 6 pm, even as polling at some booths was underway and the figure is likely to rise, Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh said on Saturday. Polling officially ends at 6 pm. But voters, who enter […]

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