Day: July 21, 2019

Man hangs self inside police lock-up in Amritsar

4:20 pm July 21, 2019

Amritsar: A 28-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside the lock-up of a police post here, even as the family alleged foul play in his death, prompting authorities to launch a magisterial inquiry into the incident. Baljinder Singh used a belt to hang himself with an iron rod of a window inside the […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Woman held for sending threat letters to Guj minister

4:16 pm July 21, 2019

Bardoli: A woman was Sunday arrested for allegedly threatening Gujarat minister Ishwar Parmar and demanding Rs 1.5 crore through anonymous letters. Pravina Maisuriya had dropped these letters, in which she threatened to defame and kill Parmar if he didn’t pay up Rs 1.5 crore, at the latter’s office, a Bardoli police station official said. Parmar […]

Nadda promises OBC status for left out Hindu backward castes

Modi govt has changed India, brought ‘achhe din’: Nadda

4:14 pm July 21, 2019

Mumbai: BJP working president J P Nadda on Sunday said the country has changed under the Narendra Modi-led government which has brought “good days” in the last five years. He said when the BJP says it aims at a “Congress-mukt Bharat” (India free of Congress), it means it wants a country free of corruption. “‘Achhe […]

Narcotics worth Rs 35 lakh seized in Shamli district

2:40 pm July 21, 2019

Muzaffarnagar (UP): Narcotics worth Rs 35 lakhs were seized from a truck in neighbouring Shamli district and two men were arrested, police said Sunday. During interception, 500 kg toda (weed husk) was seized from the vehicle in Jhinjhana area on Saturday, police said. Preliminary investigation has revealed that the substance was being smuggled from Rajasthan’s […]

Rx: A red nose, a coloured wig, and a medical clown

2:37 pm July 21, 2019

New Delhi: Replacing the big top for a hospital ward, men and women of varying ages clown around, dressed in colourful frills and ruffles, coloured wigs and red noses, dancing and prancing as they look for smiles in the aisles. They are the Clownselors, a group of volunteers who are out to tell us that […]