Day: June 16, 2019

Hospitals in Delhi to join IMA’s strike call on Monday

11:07 pm June 16, 2019

New Delhi: Healthcare services at several government and private hospitals in the national capital are likely to take a hit on Monday as scores of doctors have decided to boycott work for a day in support of their striking colleagues in West Bengal. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) had given the June 17 strike call […]

‘No Parle factory employs people under 18 years’

11:02 pm June 16, 2019

Mumbai: Under fire for allegedly employing children at a unit in Raipur, biscuit maker Parle-G Sunday said the Chhattisgarh facility, from where the minors were rescued, was operated by a third-party contractor. Makers of the popular biscuit brand are investigating the matter and assured “concrete action”, a day after a storm erupted against the company […]

Massive power outage hits Argentina, Uruguay: Power companies

10:55 pm June 16, 2019

Buenos Aires: A massive outage blacked out Argentina and Uruguay Sunday, leaving both South American countries without electricity, power companies said. Uruguay’s system went down at 7:06 am (1006 GMT), according to the Uruguayan power company UTE, which attributed the outage to “a fault in the Argentine network.” Two Argentine power companies confirmed the failure […]

Rajasthan: Around Rs 4.5 crore cash seized from car

Debt-ridden Guj businessman held for printing fake notes

10:49 pm June 16, 2019

Ahmedabad: A Rajkot resident was Saturday arrested in a raid by personnel of the Gujarat police’s Special Operations Group at his house for allegedly printing currency notes, an official said. Sixty fake currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000 denominations, having a face value of Rs 75,000, were seized in the raid near the […]

Self-styled godmanarrested for ‘raping’ teenager

10:46 pm June 16, 2019

Hyderabad: A self-styled godman was taken into custody for allegedly raping a 19-year-old girl at her house here under the pretext of ridding her house of evil spirits, police said Sunday. The accused (25), claiming to have supernatural powers, had told the teenager’s parents there were evil spirits in her house and that he would […]