Day: July 17, 2019

11 million devotees visit Mathura’s ‘mini kumbh’

10:00 pm July 17, 2019

Mathura: Over 11 million devotees undertook circumambulation of the holy Govardhan hillock and visited the Mudiya Poono Mela in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district that ended on Wednesday. The fair, which is dubbed as Mathura’s ‘mini-Kumbh’, began on July 12 and was to end on Tuesday but it continued till Wednesday amid a huge rush. “Over […]

Clah between Kolkata Police, Youth Congress

9:53 pm July 17, 2019

Kolkata: Clashes broke out between Youth Congress workers and police in the city Wednesday during a protest rally by the organisation demanding immediate arrest of those involved in the cut money scam in West Bengal. Police were deployed in large numbers, barricades were set up, water canons were kept ready on the B B Ganguly […]

Kanwar fair begins amid tight security

9:49 pm July 17, 2019

Haridwar: Scores of Shiva devotees poured into the city to collect sacred water from the Ganga as the annual kanwar yatra began Wednesday. The ghats of the river, including Har ki Pauri, kept bustling with devotees who streamed in all day to fill their pots and urns with the holy water. Around 10,000 police and […]

Two killed after truck rams into ATM booth in Jammu

9:46 pm July 17, 2019

Jammu: A driver and his helper were killed when their truck rammed into a roadside shop housing an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of a bank here, police said Wednesday. The ATM guard escaped with minor injuries in the incident which took place at T-Chowk in the Channi Himmat area on the outskirts of the city […]

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NRI women safety cell inauguratedin Telangana

9:45 pm July 17, 2019

Hyderabad: A NRI women safety cell, dealing with matrimonial issues, was Wednesday inaugurated at the women safety wing of the Telangana police here. Inaugurated by the state director general of police M Mahendar Reddy, the cell would provide legal guidance with the support of ‘NILA’, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), for aggrieved women in NRI marriages, […]