Day: September 18, 2019

Nationwide search ends as missing Delhi elephant found after two months

7:52 pm September 18, 2019

New Delhi: A two-month, nationwide search for an elephant that was illegally whisked away by its mahout ended before dawn Wednesday when authorities found it hiding in plain sight — near the banks of Yamuna river in New Delhi, about 5 km from where it had disappeared, officials said. Forest Department officials had been searching […]

Amit Shah in Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Sunday

Amit Shah, Nadda to visit Bengal ahead of Durga puja

7:35 pm September 18, 2019

Kolkata: BJP chief Amit Shah and its working president J P Nadda will visit Bengal ahead of the Durga puja to look into the organisational aspects and propagate about abolition of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, party sources said on Wednesday. Nadda is likely to visit Bengal on September 27, to address a program […]

Probe ordered into suspected NEET impersonation in TN

7:16 pm September 18, 2019

Chennai: In a suspected case of impersonation in NEET, authorities have ordered a probe into a complaint that there was a difference between the photo of the first year MBBS student of a government college pasted in his application form and his appearance now. A police complaint has also been lodged and the student in […]

Terror hideout busted in J-K's Poonch; arms, ammo seized

Nine mortar shells found along LoC in JK, defused

7:11 pm September 18, 2019

Jammu: Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday defused nine mortar shells fired by the Pakistan army from across the Line of Control (LoC), officials said. Pakistani troops have been targeting civilian hamlets and forward posts along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts with small arms and mortar shelling, they said. Nine mortar […]

Bru voters to be deleted from Mizoram electoral roll

Mizoram yet to receive Rs 350 crore from Centre for Bru repatriation

7:08 pm September 18, 2019

Aizawl: Mizoram government has not yet received Rs 350 crore from the Centre for the proposed repatriation of 4,447 Bru families from six relief camps in Tripura, a senior state Home department official said on Wednesday. The repatriation process will begin from October one. The Centre had approved an amount of Rs 350 crore for […]