Day: November 16, 2019

16 doctors booked for ragging

1:31 pm November 16, 2019

Palghar: An offence has been registered against 16 doctors of a medical college here for allegedly ragging a student, police said on Saturday. A 23-year-old student of Dr M L Dhawale Memorial Homoeopathic Institute in Maharashtra’s Palghar district alleged that she was ragged by a group of seniors while preparing for a college event on […]

3 killed, 3 injured in boiler explosion in Bihar

1:19 pm November 16, 2019

Motihari: Three persons were killed and three others injured when the boiler of a plant exploded in Bihar’s East Champaran district on Saturday, police said. The boiler of the cooking plant of an NGO at Bangra Nagar panchayat area exploded when labourers were preparing mid-day meal to be supplied to schools, Sugauli Police Station SHO, […]

Dalit man who was forced to drink urine succumbs to injuries

1:19 pm November 16, 2019

Chandigarh: A 37-year-old Dalit man, who was mercilessly thrashed and forced to drink urine in Punjab’s Sangrur district, succumbed to his injuries Saturday morning at a hospital here, police said. “He succumbed to his injuries at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER),” Sangrur Senior Superintendent of Police Sandeep Garg said. He […]

Ombudsman allows Rajat Sharma to quit as DDCA President

Rajat Sharma resigns as DDCA president

1:16 pm November 16, 2019

New Delhi: Senior journalist Rajat Sharma on Saturday resigned from the post of president of Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA), citing his inability to continue amidst “various pulls and pressures” within the organisation. Sharma’s nearly 20-month tenure was a tumultuous one with his public differences with general secretary Vinod Tihara, who enjoys a fair […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Pak air traffic controller saves Jaipur-Muscat flight after pilot sounds alert

1:13 pm November 16, 2019

Islamabad: An air traffic controller from Pakistan ‘s Civil Aviation Authority saved a plane flying from Jaipur to Muscat, the capital city of Oman, after its pilot sounded alert due to bad weather. Sources in the aviation authority have said that the plane encountered abnormal weather conditions near the Chor area of the southern Sindh […]