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Maha: Man Hit By Truck While Evading Police; Driver Held
A 24-year-old man was knocked down by a speeding truck while he was trying to evade the police in Maharashtra's Thane city, an official said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Ghodbunder Road in the early hours of Tuesday, when a team of patrollin...
Bengal Doctors' Forum Urges Govt to Use Newly Procured 150 Phones to Help Covid-19 Patients Speak to Kin
Further, the Forum requested that all registered medical professionals should be able to avail the RT-PCR tests at approved centers, including the private sectors in a hassle-free manner and free of cost by the state government as they have been dedicated...
Rupee Inches 2 Paise Higher to 73.33 Against US Dollar in Early Trade
On the domestic equity market front, the BSE benchmark Sensex was trading 269.19 points lower at 40,356.32, and the broader NSE Nifty dropped 89 points to 11,845.50.
Himachal Technical Education Minister Tests COVID-19 Positive
Himachal Pradesh Technical Education Minister Ram Lal Markanda has tested positive for coronavirus. He is the fifth minister, including Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, and the 12th MLA in the 68-member state Assembly to have contracted the virus.
Month After 19-year-old's Rape & Murder, 4-Year-Old Raped in UP's Hathras
The minor’s uncle said that the girl was playing outside her home when the accused took the minor to his home and raped her.
Chased By People, Bison Drops Dead In Bengal
A full-grown bison dropped dead after angry local people chased it as the animal had injured a man, besides invading a house in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday, forest officials said. The mob also ransacked a forest department vehicle when...
Fake TRP Racket: Police Summon Republic TV's Executive Editor, Journalist
Mumbai Police on Tuesday issued a summons to Republic TV's executive editor and a journalist working with the channel in connection with the fake TRP racket it is probing, an official said. Niranjan Narayanaswamy, executive editor - news and journalist...
BJP Hits Out At Raj Govt Over 'Rise' In Crimes
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday targeted the Congress government over the alleged increase in the number of crimes in Rajasthan. BJP leaders said if the chief minister is also in charge of the home affairs, then it was expected that crime in the...
Two Held For Cheating People On Pretext Of Providing Loans
Delhi police said they have arrested two men for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of providing them loans against insurance policies. The accused - Shubham Kumar (22) and Raushan Kumar (29), both residents of Muzaffarpur in Bihar - would ask the...
Biden Says Obama Is 'Doing Enough' For Campaign
Washington (AP) Joe Biden says former President Barack Obama will be out on the trail and is doing well. The Democratic nominee did not offer more details but told reporters Tuesday ahead of a campaign trip to Florida that he thinks Obama is doing en...
14 Deaths, 2,035 Fresh Coronavirus Cases In Rajasthan
Fourteen more people died from coronavirus in Rajasthan on Tuesday as 2,035 fresh cases surfaced, taking the state's infection tally to 1,63,219. So far, 1,679 people have died from the infection in the state, according to a health bulletin.
8 Arrested After 90-year-old Meghalaya Man Buried Alive Over Suspicion of 'Witchcraft'
The body with hands and legs tied and face covered was exhumed on Monday from a 5-feet-deep pit in the Mawliehbah Mawnar village.
SC Seeks Centre's Response on Plea for Regulating Minors' Access to Social Media and to Verify Profiles
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde agreed to hear the matter and issued notices to the Centre and others on the plea seeking a direction to the Union Law Ministry to formulate a gender-neutral legislation or to amend existing laws to expressly crim...
CM Yogi To Witness Star-studded Ramlila At Lakshman Qila In Ayodhya
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will witness this year a star-studded Ramlila at Lakshman Qila in Ayodhya, which will be telecast live in 14 languages, including Urdu, across the country. He will be one of the few in the audience f...
Kerala Film Awards: Kani Kusurti Bags Best Actress Award,Suraj Venjaramoodu Best Actor
Kani Kusurti bagged the award for the best actress, while Suraj Venjaramoodu adjudged the best actor at the 50th state film awards announced here on Tuesday. "Kusruti bagged the award for her performance in the movie 'Biriyani', while Venjaramoodu...
IMD Issues Yellow Alert for 13 Districts in Kerala; Five Die in Rain-related Incidents in Andhra Pradesh
It has also issued yellow alerts for districts other than Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Pathanamthitta on Wednesday. Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod districts have been issued yellow alert on Thursday.