Day: June 30, 2019

My new book comes from companionship: Arundhati

5:23 pm June 30, 2019

New Delhi: Author Arundhati Roy says although writers usually walk alone, most of the essays she has written rose from the heart of a crowd. Each of the essays she has written, Roy says, took her on journeys deeper and deeper into worlds that enriched her understanding and complicated her view, of the times we […]

Externed history-sheeter robs man, steals vehicles in Thane

4:05 pm June 30, 2019

Thane: A man externed from Thane in Maharashtra was found to be involved in two crimes after sneaking into the city illegally, police said Sunday. Chetan Anant Thakur (22) has eight crimes of theft, house-breaking, assault and burning of vehicles against his name and was externed from Thane limits, said an official. “Acting on a […]

India can become world's toy hub, time to be vocal about local toys: PM

PM in Mann ki Baat 2: You brought me back

4:01 pm June 30, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had said a few months ago that he would return with his monthly radio address after the elections, Sunday credited the people for his return to run the government. On February 24, days before the Lok Sabha elections were announced, he had suspended his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ […]

Four of family injured in fire after gas leakage in Maha

3:55 pm June 30, 2019

Thane: Four members of a family were injured in a fire that broke out after leakage of gas from an LPG cylinder at their home in Thane district of Maharashtra on Sunday, an official said. The incident occurred around 8 am at the house located in Shivaji Nagar area of Kalwa town, Thane civic body’s […]

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

Man injured as militants open fire in Pulwama

3:52 pm June 30, 2019

Srinagar: Militants shot at and injured a person in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. Militants barged into the house of Ali Muhammad Yatoo at his native village Nawnagri in Palpora area of the south Kashmir district late Saturday night and fired upon him, a police official said. He said Yatoo […]