Day: July 1, 2019

Over 32000 animals killed on railway tracks in 2016-18

Speeding train knocks down elephant, injures another

7:33 pm July 1, 2019

Jalpaiguri (WB): A male adult elephant was run over and killed and another was injured by a running train in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, forest department officials said on Monday. The Dhubri-New Jalpaiguri Intercity Express hit the pachyderms at around 8.30 pm on Sunday when the train was passing through an elephant corridor. While […]

Benchmark indices rally on easing trade war worries

7:29 pm July 1, 2019

Mumbai: Indian stock market Monday rallied in line with global equities as investors globally heaved a sigh of relief after the US and China called a truce in their long-drawn trade tussle. Besides, hopes of reform measures in the Union Budget to be unveiled on Friday also fuelled the rally in domestic equites. Starting the […]

Vijayvargiya dubs MLA son’s act as unfortunate, pro-poor

7:26 pm July 1, 2019

Indore: BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Monday termed the bat assault incident involving his MLA son Akash Vijayvargiya as “unfortunate”, saying the latter raised his voice in support of a poor family and not a builder. He said both his son and the civic administration were “novice players” and that the dispute could have […]

Tension prevails in central Delhi, temple vandalised

7:24 pm July 1, 2019

New Delhi: Tension prevailed in central Delhi’s Hauz Qazi area after clashes broke out between two groups belonging to different communities over a parking issue, following which a temple was vandalised, police said Monday. Taking to twitter, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central), Mandeep Singh Randhawa urged people to help them in restoring normalcy in the […]

Book traces history of picture postcards in India

7:21 pm July 1, 2019

New Delhi: The postcard was introduced in India in July 1879 for a quarter anna and the product proved to be a huge hit recording an annual sale of 26 million cards within the country by 1883, says a new book. “Picturesque India: A Journey in Early Picture Postcards (1896 – 1947)” describes the evolution […]