Day: August 7, 2019

Last rites of Swaraj performed with full state honours

7:16 pm August 7, 2019

New Delhi: The mortal remains of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj were consigned to flames on Wednesday at the Lodhi Road crematorium here. Hundreds of people, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and veteran party leader L K Advani bade her farewell. Swaraj, who also served as the Leader of Opposition […]

Tiger found dead in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

Man killed in wild animal attack in Pench buffer zone

7:11 pm August 7, 2019

Seoni: A 28-year-man from Seoni in Madhya Pradesh has been killed in an attack by a wild animal, suspected to be a tiger, in the Khawasa buffer zone of the Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR), an official said on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday when the victim, Manoj Dhurve, had gone to his farmland, which […]

Murder accused arrested after 16 years in UP

3:40 pm August 7, 2019

Muzaffarnagar (UP): A murder accused absconding for 16 years was arrested after a long hunt by the special task force in the district, police said Wednesday. The accused, Devendra was arrested on Tuesday for the involvement in the murder of eight person in 2003, police said. In 2003, Devendra and three other men had killed […]

Six injured in clash in Shamli

3:37 pm August 7, 2019

Muzaffarnagar (UP): Six people, including two women, were injured in stone pelting during a clash between two groups of the same community in Shamli district, police said on Wednesday. The clash occurred at Karori village on Tuesday when two men allegedly passed a comment on a woman, Kairana police station incharge Yashpal Dhama said. The […]

Swaraj’s cremation: Traffic restrictions near Lodhi Road

3:28 pm August 7, 2019

New Delhi: The traffic will remain affected near Lodhi Road due to the cremation of former foreign minister Sushma Swaraj, police said on Wednesday. Swaraj passed away at AIIMS after suffering a cardiac arrest on Tuesday night. She was 67. The last rites of Swaraj, who was the chief minister of Delhi from October-December 1998, […]