Day: August 16, 2019

Delhi court convicts expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar in Unnao rape case

Delhi court commences trial in 2017 Unnao rape case

7:51 pm August 16, 2019

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday commenced the trial in a case of alleged rape of a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma completed recording statement of a prosecution witness in an in-camera hearing in the case in which expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is a key accused. The […]

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

Man arrested with constable’s stolen machine gun

7:45 pm August 16, 2019

New Delhi: A 35-year-old man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on Independence Day with a stolen carbine machine gun of a Punjab police constable, police said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off about selling of a carbine machine gun, a trap was laid near Lal Bagh Mandi in Loni town and the accused, […]

Soldier commits suicide near LoC in JK's Poonch

Cop shoots himself dead in Ghaziabad

7:36 pm August 16, 2019

Ghaziabad: A sub-inspector allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself dead with his service revolver at his residence here on Friday, police said. Madhup Singh, posted as a senior sub-inspector at Baleni police station in Baghpat district, had gone to drop his child to school in the morning, Superintendent of Police (City) Shlok Kumar said. After […]

Carcass of crocodile with bullet injury mark found in UP

35 crocodiles rescued in Vadodara since July 31 downpour

7:29 pm August 16, 2019

Vadodara: As many as 35 crocodiles have been rescued so far from various parts of the city ever since heavy rains battered the city and its surrounding areas over a fortnight ago, a forest official said on Friday. The city and its adjoining areas had received nearly 500 mm of rainfall in a day till […]

India suspends Thar Link Express

5:27 pm August 16, 2019

Jaipur, Aug 16 (PTI) India on Friday suspended the weekly Thar Link Express which connects Jodhpur in Rajasthan to Karachi in Pakistan, a railway official said. The train’s scheduled journey on Friday will not take place, North Western Railway’s Chief Public Relations Officer Abhay Sharma said. He said the train services on both up and […]