Day: July 11, 2019

Allotment of 22 govt quarters in Delhi cancelled: Govt

8:29 pm July 11, 2019

New Delhi: The Centre received 180 complaints till June regarding subletting of government quarters in Delhi, prompting authorities to cancel the allotment of 22 accommodations, the Lok Sabha was informed Thursday. In a written reply to a question in the House, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said 119 government quarters were […]

Bloggers to hard sell Odisha tourism abroad

8:27 pm July 11, 2019

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to project Odisha’s tourism potential at the international level, Odisha’s tourism department in collaboration with Air Asia has roped in eight bloggers who will promote the natural beauty and rich heritage of the state, an official said. A total of eight bloggers, including foreigners, will explore various places of the state […]

Female reproductive organs removed from man’s body

8:23 pm July 11, 2019

Mumbai: In an extremely rare case, a 29- year-old man, who had sought cure for infertility, was found to have non-functioning female reproductive organs including the uterus. Doctors at the government-run JJ Hospital operated on him last month and removed the unwanted organs. The condition is so rare that so far only 200 such cases […]

Rare medicinal herb worth over Rs 5 lakh seized in Doda

8:20 pm July 11, 2019

Bhadarwah/Jammu: An endangered medicinal herb worth Rs 5.5 lakh was seized while it was being smuggled from Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, a forest official said Thursday. Acting on specific information, sleuthes of territorial forest department conducted a search operation on interstate Bhadarwah-Chamba road, connecting Doda with Chamba in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh and seized 650 […]

Man drowns in lake during TikTok video shoot

8:17 pm July 11, 2019

Hyderabad: Tragedy struck two men who were taking bath in a lake and recording a video of it on mobile app TikTok on the city outskirts as one of them allegedly drowned, police said Thursday. 24-year old Narasimhalu drowned after he moved deep into the lake even as his cousin was recording a video of […]