Day: August 28, 2019

Claiming police apathy, Mathura couple sets self on fire

7:50 pm August 28, 2019

Mathura (UP): A man and his wife set themselves on fire outside a police station here on Wednesday, alleging inaction by the police over their complaint that some village strongmen were harassing them, officials said. The couple reached Surir police station in Mathura in the morning after pouring kerosene oil on their bodies and set […]

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

Navy takes over IMD building in naval base in Kochi

7:47 pm August 28, 2019

Kochi: The Indian Navy on Wednesday took possession of an unused, vacant Cyclone Detection Radar building of the Met department, to be used for providing daily meteorological information and forecast to users across the navy including ships. The building, inside the naval base, was equipped with S-band cyclone detection radar and had been used by […]

Give unique ID numbers to water bodies: NGT panel

7:01 pm August 28, 2019

New Delhi: Land owning agencies must ensure prevention of encroachments of water bodies in the city and unique ID numbers should be given to them for identification, a monitoring committee has told the National Green Tribunal. The committee led by a former high court judge told a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar […]

Maha hikes honorarium of senior litterateurs and artists

6:58 pm August 28, 2019

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Cabinet on Wednesday raised the monthly honorarium given to senior litterateurs and artists by one-and-half times, a move set to benefit 26,000 beneficiaries. Till now, the artists in ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ categories were receiving monthly payout of Rs 2100, Rs 1800 and Rs 1500, respectively, which will now go up to […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Man held for cheating people after opening acting school

6:50 pm August 28, 2019

New Delhi: Failing to secure a role in Bhojpuri films, a 24-year-old man opened his own acting school in Delhi’s Nizamuddin but resorted to cheating to bear the expenses, an act that led to his arrest by the Delhi Police. Raj Singhania, who belongs to Bihar’s Poonia district, along with his aide Hemraj, have been […]