Day: August 14, 2019

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Sorcerer held for biting woman to cure her fever

11:06 pm August 14, 2019

Malkangiri (Odisha): A 45-year-old witch doctor was on Wednesday arrested for allegedly biting a tribal woman several times to cure her from fever in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, the police said. The patient was bitten on her neck, back, chest, shoulders and other parts of the body as a mode of treatment, Superintendent of Police Jagmohan […]

Flights resume at Hong Kong airport as protesters apologize

11:02 pm August 14, 2019

Hong Kong: Flights resumed Wednesday at Hong Kong airport after two days of disruptions that descended into clashes with police, highlighting the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters and the authorities in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. After nightfall, a new protest outside a police station in the city was dispersed as officers fired tear gas. There […]

Yaas: NDRF deputes highest-ever number of teams for Odisha, Bengal; over 10L evacuated

Odisha govt sounds flood alert oin 11 districts

10:57 pm August 14, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government on Wednesday sounded a flood alert in 11 districts following heavy rainfall in lower catchment areas of Mahanadi river over the past few days, officials said. The situation in western Odisha eased during the day with the intensity of rains lessening and water in submerged areas receding, they said Due to the […]

Police traces 16-year-old girl who eloped with lover

Interfaith couple commits suicide in Kanpur

10:51 pm August 14, 2019

Kanpur: A man and a woman belonging to different communities allegedly committed suicide, fearing that their families would not accept their relationship, police said here on Wednesday. The bodies of Azad Ali (22) and Kanchan (19), who eloped a fortnight back, were recovered along with a suicide note and an empty bottle of a poisonous […]

46 police officials from Maharashtra bag President’s Medal

10:40 pm August 14, 2019

Mumbai: A total of 46 police officials from Maharashtra on Wednesday bagged the President’s Police Medal for distinguished service. The recipients included ACP Rajaram Patil, brother of former deputy chief minister late R R Patil. A total of 946 medals have been announced by the Union home ministry for personnel and officers of Central Armed […]