Day: October 16, 2019

NHRC notice to UP govt on custodial death

8:49 pm October 16, 2019

Lucknow: The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about the death of a man in police custody in Pilkhuwa on Sunday after he was brutally assaulted during interrogation in connection with a murder case. He was allegedly kicked, punched, hit with planks of wood, given electric shocks and pierced […]

Modi wish Naveen Patnaik on his 73rd birthday

8:10 pm October 16, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended birthday greetings to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on his 73rd birthday. Many other leaders cutting across political affiliations, including West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Union ministers-Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi-wished Patnaik on the occasion. Though Patnaik refrained from celebrating his birthday as a mark of […]

History-sheeter held in UP after brief encounter

50% of Bhopal cops suffer from diabetes and hypertension

8:06 pm October 16, 2019

Bhopal: A recent health camp conducted to test the fitness levels of police personnel in Bhopal revealed that 50 per cent of Bhopal policemen suffer from diabetes and hypertension. Around 200 personnel of Bhopal police were examined at the health camp conducted by a Delhi-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) at Madhya Pradesh police’s Police Training and […]

Vatican dismisses appeal by Kerala nun

8:03 pm October 16, 2019

Kochi: The Vatican has dismissed an appeal by a Kerala nun,challenging the Franciscan Clarist Congregations decision to expel her for “failing to give a satisfactory explanation for her lifestyle in violation of FCC laws.” Sister Lucy Kalappura was expelled by the Congregation in August this year. The Congregation had charged her with publishing poems, purchasing […]

Prisoner hangs self in jail in Rajasthan’s Karauli

7:59 pm October 16, 2019

Jaipur: A 23-year-old prisoner on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by hanging in Hindaun sub-jail of Rajasthan’s Karauli district, officials said. Mahendra alias Kalla, a resident of Nadauti tehsil of the district, was lodged in the jail on August 29 this year after being booked in a case of theft and under provisions of the Arms […]