The sun had just set over Anfield and on a 30-year wait to be champions of England again when the fireworks began to explode into the twilight. A signal went out across Merseyside. The drought was finally over for Liverpool. At first there have been just a dozen supporters who watching on phones and listening on radios outside this hallowed stadium. They were soon surrounded by a sea of thousands snaking from the doorway to the Kop past the The Albert Pub to the Hillsborough memorial. And as darkness eventually engulfed Liverpool’s home on this mid-summer’s evening, a red haze…
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Slamming the victim for not filing a complaint with the police soon after the incident, the Karnataka High Court granted anticipatory bail to an accused in a rape case against him, a lawyer said on Thursday. “Granting anticipatory bail to the accused, an employee in a private firm owned by the victim, on June 22, Justice Krishna Dixit said that it was ”unbecoming” of an alleged rape victim to have fallen asleep after being ”ravished” instead of filing a complaint against the accused soon,” the defendant’s counsel said here. The judge also observed that it was unbecoming of a woman…
After China, Pakistan and Nepal, now Bhutan has also started hassling India. Thimphu has stopped releasing channel water for irrigation along its border with India near Assam, affecting thousands of farmers in 25 villages of the region. Since the pushback from India to the Chinese aggression in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh, where 20 Indian soldiers and unknown number of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops were killed in a violent faceoff on June 15, Beijing has been using its diplomatic heft through its regional allies to put pressure on New Delhi. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime has invested heavily…
The Indian Railways on Thursday said it would refund all tickets booked for regular trains between July 1 and August 12 as coronavirus cases in the country surged a month after the government started relaxing some of the restrictions imposed in March. Only special trains announced in May and June will run, the railways said. Rail services, apart from the movement of some essential cargo, were abruptly halted in late March ahead of efforts to contain the virus that froze almost all economic activity, putting crores out of work overnight. Earlier this month, the railways had increased the number of…
Delhi recorded 3,390 fresh coronavirus cases today, taking the COVID-19 tally in the city to 73,780. With 64 deaths linked to the highly contagious virus over the past 24 hours, the fatalities in the national capital stood at 2,175, government data said. As many as 44,765 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated so far, while there are 26,586 active cases, it said. Since last Thursday, the case count in the city has either touched or breached the 3,000-mark on six out of seven days. Several experts have reasoned that the aggressive COVID testing is behind the spiralling cases of…
Conduct of the Chinese forces has been in complete disregard of all mutually agreed norms, India held Beijing responsible for the eastern Ladakh standoff. China has been amassing a large contingent of troops and armaments along the Line of Actual Control since early May. At media briefing, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava gave a run down of the events along the LAC in the eastern Ladakh region and held China responsible for the Galwan Valley clashes off June 15. In early May, he said, the Chinese side took action to hinder India’s “normal, traditional” patrolling pattern in the Galwan…
Restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic have forced innovation across sectors, including the global drug market, which has turned to new routes, trafficking methods and illegal substances, the UN warned in a report published Thursday. The latest World Drug Report presents an increasingly complex situation with the use of traditional drugs like cocaine, heroin and cannabis at an all-time high as well as the proliferation of synthetic substances, reports Efe news. “Due to COVID-19, traffickers may have to find new routes and methods, and trafficking activities via the darknet and shipments by mail may increase, despite the international postal supply…
On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to the people who fought for the protection of democracy in India, saying the country will never forget their sacrifices. In a tweet in Hindi, Modi said, “Emergency was imposed on the country exactly 45 years ago. At the time, people who fought for the protection of India’s democracy, suffered torture, I salute them all! The country will never forget their sacrifices.” He also attached one of the episodes from his monthly programme ”Mann ki Baat” held last year, where he spoke at…
In a retaliatory political move the Madhya Pradesh police have booked Congress Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh and 150 others for leading a cycle protest against the hike in fuel price allegedly without taking permission and for neglecting lockdown precautions against the spread of coronavirus. Digvijaya Singh, along with party workers, took out a bicycle rally in Bhopal on Wednesday. Former minister Jitu Patwari and many local Congress office-bearers held a similar protest in Indore. Significantly, the prices of petrol and diesel increased for the 19th consecutive day on Wednesday. In some parts of Madhya Pradesh the prices are higher…
In terms of the number of Covid-19 cases, Mumbai overtook Wuhan on June 9. Wuhan was the epicentre of coronavirus pandemic in China. Two weeks later, Delhi has overtaken Mumbai to become the worst-affected city for Covid-19 caseload in India. On Thursday morning, Delhi’s Covid-19 case count was at 70,390. Mumbai had 69,528 cases. But as happens with numbers, they don’t tell you the full story. Delhi did not become India’s new coronavirus hotspot just like that. Delhi’s inflection point was May 29. Barring one day, Delhi has consistently reported over 1,000 cases every day since then. Delhi has seen…