Day: August 31, 2019

Medvedev vows to do ‘better’ after obscene US Open gesture

2:06 pm August 31, 2019

New York: Daniil Medvedev said he was working to do “better next time” after his middle-finger gesture angered the crowd during his third round match at the US Open. The Russian fifth seed received a code violation for angrily snatching the towel from a ballperson, threw his racquet and then covertly raised his middle finger […]

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

Two of family electrocuted to death

2:00 pm August 31, 2019

Hardoi (UP): Two members of a family were electrocuted to death in Bahar village under Kotwali Dehat Police Station area here, police said on Saturday. Ramesh (38) was chasing away animals who had entered his agriculture field on Friday when he accidently came in contact with a high tension wire, ASP Gyananjay Singh said. His […]

UP: Bodies of two women found near railway track

1:56 pm August 31, 2019

Banda (UP): The bodies of two women were found near the Ken river bridge besides a railway track in Kotwali Police Station area here, police said on Saturday. Police reached the spot and recovered the bodies of the women aged around 25 and 28 years on Friday, ASP Lal Bharat Kumar Pal said. The bodies […]

Donkey ‘Pola’ celebrated in Akola district

1:52 pm August 31, 2019

Akola: While the festival of ‘Pola’ is dedicated to bulls in Maharashtra, people from certain communities in Akola district worship donkeys on that day. Farmers in Maharashtra worship bulls and oxen on the occasion of ‘Pola’, also called as ‘Bail Pola’, as a mark of gratitude for their year-long hard work for farming. The festival […]

NRC Rejection Slip likely from Mar 20: Assam Government

Final NRC released, excludes 19.07 lakh applicants

1:45 pm August 31, 2019

Guwahati: The much-awaited updated Final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was released on Saturday, excluding names of over 19 lakh applicants. A total of 3,30,27,661 people had applied to be included in the NRC. Of them, 3,11,21,004 have been included in the document and 19,06,657 excluded, a statement from the NRC State Coordinator’s […]