Day: June 20, 2019

Sacked cop Sanjiv Bhatt gets life sentence in 29-year-old custodial death case

8:23 pm June 20, 2019

Jamnagar: A court in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to life imprisonment in a custodial death case dating back to 1990 when he was posted as additional superintendent of police in this district. Bhatt, who earlier filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court against the role of then Gujarat chief minister […]

Amarinder dubs Kejriwal's announcement of observing fast as 'theatrics'

Amarinder govt ignoring state’s water management: AAP

8:20 pm June 20, 2019

Chandigarh: The AAP Thursday accused the Amarinder government of ignoring the issue of water management despite a looming water crisis in the state. Ruing that despite being an agrarian state, Punjab is yet to have a state water policy, senior AAP leader and MLA Aman Arora said the present Congress government is sleeping over the […]

Three more children die in Bihar, AES toll touches 118

8:13 pm June 20, 2019

Muzaffarpur (Bihar): Three more children suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) have died here since Wednesday evening, taking the total number of deaths caused due to the outbreak to 118, the district administration said Thursday. While two deaths were reported from the SKMCH hospital — raising the toll at the government healthcare facility to 97 […]

Iran Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone amid tensions

8:11 pm June 20, 2019

Tehran: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a US drone Thursday amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing nuclear deal with world powers, American and Iranian officials said, though they disputed the circumstances of the incident. The Guard said it shot down the drone over Iranian airspace, while two US officials told The Associated Press that the downing happened over international airspace in […]

Terror hideout busted in J-K's Poonch; arms, ammo seized

National security top priority of Modi govt: Kovind

2:17 pm June 20, 2019

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind Thursday flagged national security as one of top most priorities of the Narendra Modi government, saying all possible steps will be taken to ensure country’s security as it was done after the terror attack in Pulwama. He also said that illegal infiltrators pose a major threat to India’s internal […]