Day: June 13, 2019

17-yr-old wrestler booked for molesting girl grappler

4:57 pm June 13, 2019

Hisar (Har): A 17-year-old wrestler was booked for allegedly molesting a national level girl grappler, police said Thursday. The incident took place on June 9 near Sports Authority of India (SAI) campus at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, where the complainant had gone to attend a camp for the junior girl grapplers, they said. In a […]

26 illegal stone-crushing plants closed in Kathua

4:52 pm June 13, 2019

Jammu: Authorities have closed down 26 stone-crushing plants that were found to be illegally-operated in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. District Deputy Commissioner Vikas Kundal gave the order to close the plants located near Keerian-Gandial village as they did not have any no objection certificate and licence. Kunday said the district administration would […]

Cyclone Vayu weakens, to cross Guj coast by night

Cyclone Vayu: Power supply disrupted in 560 Guj villages

4:48 pm June 13, 2019

Vadodara: Power supply has been disrupted in nearly 560 villages of Gujarat due to cyclone Vayu and all efforts are on to restore it, an official said on Thursday. The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) chalked out an action plan well in advance in view of the cyclone threat, the state government-promoted company’s in-charge […]

IAF lost 44 aircraft and choppers since 2014-15

All 13 people on board dead in AN-32 crash: IAF

4:45 pm June 13, 2019

New Delhi: All 13 people on board the AN-32 aircraft which crashed in Arunachal Pradesh are dead, the IAF said after a team of rescuers searched the wreckage of the plane in a heavily forested mountainous terrain on Thursday. An IAF official said there were no survivors from the crash of the AN-32 aircraft. “IAF […]

Pondy Lt Governor pulls chariot at temple festival

4:41 pm June 13, 2019

Puducherry: Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi joined hundreds of devotees in pulling the chariot of Tirukameeswarar temple at a village near here on the occasion of the annual car festival Thursday. Bedi pulled the chariot amidst chanting of hymns by devotees at the 12th century temple in Villianur. Chief Minister V Narayanaswamy, Ministers A Namassivayam […]