Day: June 29, 2019

Rains likely in TN, Kerala, coastal AP; low pressure to become depression soon

Two die of electrocution as rains lash Thane district

1:08 pm June 29, 2019

Thane: Two persons died of electrocution in separate incidents in Thane district of Maharashtra, caused by incessant rains, officials said on Saturday. Both the incidents took place late Friday night, they said. While the first incident happened in Thane city, the other one occurred in Ambarnath, officials of the  Cell said. In the first incident, […]

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Fadnavis orders inquiry into Pune wall collapse incident

Fadnavis orders inquiry into Pune wall collapse incident

1:04 pm June 29, 2019

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Saturday ordered an in-depth inquiry into the incident of wall collapse in Pune, in which 15 people were killed. “Extremely saddened to know about loss of lives in the Kondhwa, Pune wall collapse incident. My deepest condolences to the families and praying for speedy recovery of the injured. Directed […]

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ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Thane jeweller held for duping depositors

12:59 pm June 29, 2019

Thane: A jeweller in Thane district of Maharashtra was arrested for allegedly duping hundreds of people after accepting deposits from them promising high returns, police said Saturday. Inspector Avinash Sonkar of Naupada police station said the accused, Santosh Shelar, was running the deposit scheme using a network of agents and sub-agents between February last year […]

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Delhi man stabs himself with knife after argument with family

Mother, daughter killed in West Singhbhum

12:57 pm June 29, 2019

Chaibasa (Jharkhand): A 50-year-old woman and her daughter have been killed by unidentified persons in West Singhbhum district, police said Friday. Chakradharpur Sub-division Police Officer Anand Mohan Singh said the incident took place in remote Rouwali village under Gudri Police Station Wednesday. He said the bodies of Malti Devi and her 25-year-old daughter Raibati Khandayat […]

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Warm morning in Delhi, minimum temp 30 deg C

12:52 pm June 29, 2019

New Delhi: People in Delhi woke up to a warm morning on Saturday with the minimum temperature settling at 30 degree Celsius, two notches above the normal. The humidity level at 8.30 am was 43 per cent, the MeT department said and predicted partly cloudy sky later in the day. “The sky will be partly […]

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