Day: November 18, 2019

Akbar’s tomb to lose its blackbucks

9:51 pm November 18, 2019

Agra (UP): About 80 blackbucks that inhabit the grounds around Mughal emperor Akbar’s tomb in Sikandra near here will now get a new home, an official said. The blackbucks will be shifted to the Etawah Safari Park in another part of the state. Maneesh Mittal, who is divisional forest officer, social forestry for Agra, said […]

Ladakh L-G holds meeting to redress tele-connectivity issues in UT

Leh freezes at minus 6.7 C; rain likely in J&K, Ladakh

9:47 pm November 18, 2019

Jammu: Light to moderate snow and rains are likely to hit the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh on Thursday evening, the meteorological department said. The mercury marked a decline in Jammu and Ladakh regions, while it continued an upward trend in the Kashmir Valley, a weather department official said. Leh township of […]

Doctor, JE held for taking bribe in Rajasthan

Bihar govt engineer caught accepting Rs 16 lakh bribe

9:44 pm November 18, 2019

Patna: Vigilance sleuths caught an executive engineer of the Road Construction Department red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 16 lakh on Monday. Acting on a complaint, a vigilance team laid a trap and arrested Arvind Kumar from his residence here while he was accepting Rs 16 lakh in cash from a contractor, a vigilance […]

4.3 magnitude earthquake jolts parts of Kutch district

9:41 pm November 18, 2019

Ahmedabad: An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolted parts of Kutch district of Gujarat on Monday evening, but there was no report of any casualty or damage to property, officials said. The earthquake of 4.3 magnitude was recorded at 7:01 pm with its epicentre 23 km NNE (north-north-east) of Bhachau in Kutch district, an official of […]

Normal life hit in parts of Nagaland in shutdown against citizenship law

Protests against CAB in NE states

9:39 pm November 18, 2019

Guwahati/Shillong/Aizawl/Itanagar: Protests were held in the north eastern states on Monday opposing the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were burnt in Assam. The protest rallies coincided with the first day of the winter session of Parliament during which the bill is proposed to be introduced. Sit-ins were also launched […]