Day: October 31, 2019

Man held in MP for poaching, selling animal parts

Man held for killing Indian monitor lizard

9:38 pm October 31, 2019

Thane: A 32-year-old man from Navi Mumbai was arrested on Thursday for allegedly killing an Indian monitor lizard, an endangered species, forest officials said. The accused, Subhash Rathod, was identified and nabbed after a video went viral, in which he and some other persons could be seen killing the lizard, a statement issued by Thane […]

Mumbai, Hyderabad join UNESCO network of creative cities

9:28 pm October 31, 2019

Hyderabad: UNESCO has announced that Mumbai and Hyderabad have been included in its network of ‘Creative Cities’ on the occasion of World Cities Day 2019 on Thursday. Mumbai has been designated as Creative City of Films and Hyderabad a Creative City of Gastronomy, an official press release said. In India, Chennai and Varanasi are UNESCO […]

Woman raped by boyfriend, his accomplices

9:18 pm October 31, 2019

Rourkela (Odisha): A woman was raped allegedly by her boyfriend and his two associates in Odisha’s Sundergarh district, while her female companion managed to flee, police said on Thursday. All the three accused were arrested. The victim went near a forest under Kumarmunda police station limits on Tuesday evening after her boyfriend called her up […]

JKNPP protests in Jammu as state is bifurcated into UTs

9:14 pm October 31, 2019

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) held protests here on Thursday against the “downgrading” of Jammu and Kashmir from a state to a Union territory (UT). Stepping into the record books as the first lieutenant governors of two new Union territories, G C Murmu was sworn in as lieutenant governor of Jammu […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

All central laws now applicable in new UTs of JK, Ladakh

9:06 pm October 31, 2019

New Delhi: All central laws such as the anti-corruption act and provisions of the IPC will be applicable in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from Thursday, according to a notification issued by the Union Home Ministry. Some of these laws were until now not applicable to the state of Jammu and […]

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