Day: July 26, 2019

Death toll in Bihar floods mounts to 127

9:44 pm July 26, 2019

Patna: The flood situation remained grim in Bihar, where the death toll rose to 127 on Friday, even as the Nitish Kumar government said it would be writing to the Centre for help in the wake of the calamity which has affected more than eight million people. The number of deaths, that had remained unchanged […]

23-year-old man, girlfriend held in Delhi for theft

9:40 pm July 26, 2019

New Delhi: A 23-year-old man was arrested from east Delhi’s Mandawali area on the charge of committing theft and his girlfriend, who used to store the stolen items, has also been held, police said on Friday. On Tuesday night, police received a complaint that a laptop, four mobile phones and a motorcycle were stolen from […]

Class VII student found hanging at residence in MP

8:33 pm July 26, 2019

Gwalior: The body of a 12-year-old boy was found hanging at his house here, police said on Friday. The boy, Mridul Yadav, a student of Class VII, was found hanging on Thursday evening, police said. “The boy lived with his parents in their three-storey house. He was alone in the ground floor room at the […]

43 booked for beating tigress to death in UP’s Pilibhit

8:32 pm July 26, 2019

Pilibhit (UP): An FIR was lodged against 43 persons on Friday after a video showing some villagers beating an adult tigress to death went viral on social media. According to Principal Conservator of Forests, Sunil Pandey the tigress had on Wednesday attacked and injured nine villagers while they were working in an agriculture field in […]

Discussed VRS with PMO on July 18; no connection with transfer TP Power Min: S C Garg

8:29 pm July 26, 2019

New Delhi: Newly-appointed Power Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg on Friday asserted there is no connection between his transfer from the high profile Finance Ministry and decision to take voluntary retirement, saying he had already discussed the retirement matter with the PM Office on July 18. Garg, who was the senior-most officer in the Finance Ministry, […]