Day: May 17, 2019

Delhi witnesses dusty winds, light rains

Temp drops in Raj after dust storm and light rains

10:53 pm May 17, 2019

Jaipur: The maximum temperature dropped by a few notches in Rajasthan on Friday after dust storm and light rains lashed parts of the state, a MeT Department official said Friday. Several places in east and west regions of the state witnessed rainfall ranging from 1 to 4 cm till 8 am, he said. On Friday, […]

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ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Three arrested for taking bribe in Rajasthan

10:41 pm May 17, 2019

Jaipur: An engineer of the public health and engineering department, a patwari and and a land assessor were arrested on Friday in two separate cases of accepting bribe, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials said. PHED Executive Engineer Major Singh Dhillon was arrested from Hanumangarh district for taking Rs 5,500 bribe, ACB ADG Saurabh Srivastava said. In […]

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Differences resurface between Himachal Congress leaders

TDP wants re-poll ordered at 18 polling stations

10:37 pm May 17, 2019

Amaravati: Telugu Desam Party Friday sought re-poll in 18 polling stations spread over seven assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh. A delegation of TDP leaders, including ministers and legislators, met Chief Secretary L V Subrahmanyam in the Secretariat and submitted a memorandum in this regard. The TDP alleged irregularities in the polling stations as the opposition […]

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Member of Army mountaineering team to Mt. Makalu dies

Member of Army mountaineering team to Mt. Makalu dies

10:30 pm May 17, 2019

New Delhi: The Army on Friday said a member of its 18-personnel expedition team to Mount Makalu in Nepal, which claimed to have spotted mysterious footprints of mythical creature Yeti, died while descending from the summit point. The team had successfully climbed Mt. Makalu (8,485 metre) on Thursday. “While descending from the summit point to […]

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Delhi Metro bags Japan Society of Civil Engineers' award

Teenager held with 5 bullets at Delhi Metro station

10:18 pm May 17, 2019

New Delhi: A teenaged boy was Friday apprehended at a metro station here for allegedly carrying five live bullets in his bag, officials said. The juvenile was held by the CISF personnel at Mayur Vihar Phase-I metro station around 4 pm after the baggage scanner detected the bullets, they said. The accused, a resident of […]

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