Day: September 7, 2019

Farm labourer dies of pesticide poisoning in Maharashtra

8:43 pm September 7, 2019

Akola: A 32-year-old farm labourer is suspected to have died of poisoning suffered while spraying pesticide on crops in Maharashtra’s Akola district. Ranjit Dadarao Dhande, resident of Asegaon Bazaar, died at the government hospital here on Saturday afternoon. Dr Kusumakar Ghorpade, dean of the hospital, said the exact cause of death would be known only […]

EDMC kicks off month-long anti-dengue campaign

JMC to launch campaign in Jammu to fight dengue, malaria

8:38 pm September 7, 2019

Jammu: The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) will organize a thermal fogging campaign and special sanitation drive from September 9 to free the city from dengue and malaria, a councillor said on Saturday. Chairman Public Health Sanitation Committee, JMC, Baldev Singh Billawaria, said the special thermal fogging campaign will kick off in all the 75 wards […]

Damoh: Six-year-old girl raped, her eyes damaged by accused

Man held for sexually assaulting his daughters

8:36 pm September 7, 2019

Gurgaon: A man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his two minor daughters in Sohna area, police said on Saturday. The incident was reported to a woman police post here on Friday by the mother of the victims who is from Nepal. The woman in her complaint said that her husband, who worked as a […]

'Glory to Hong Kong': The new anthem embraced by protesters

Hong Kong averts airport protest with mounted security blitz

8:26 pm September 7, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong authorities mounted a security blitz at and near the airport on Saturday, averting a second straight weekend of disruptions by pro-democracy activists who have refused to yield even after gaining a concession from the government this week. Police mounted road checks and inspected passengers on trains and buses heading to the […]

UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK

Special Cover on Chandrayaan-2 released

8:20 pm September 7, 2019

Kolkata: The Department of Posts, West Bengal, on Saturday released a commemorative Special Cover on the Chandrayaan-2 mission. The Special Cover was released at a function at the General Post Office (GPO) here. “The Special Cover is to pay tribute to our scientists who took India’s space research so far,” Post-Master General Kolkata Amitabh Singh […]