Day: December 8, 2019

Arun Shourie to be discharged in few days: Hospital

11:31 pm December 8, 2019

Pune: Former Union minister Arun Shourie’s health has improved and he will be discharged from the hospital in Pune in the next few days, a senior official said on Sunday night. Shourie, 78, has been undergoing treatment at Ruby Hall Clinic since the last six days after he fell and suffered a head injury during […]

Five cattle smugglers arrested in J-K's Reasi

UP govt plans cow safaris for better upkeep of bovines

11:30 pm December 8, 2019

Lucknow: Faced with stray cattle menace, the Uttar Pradesh government plans to set up ‘cow safaris’ in the state for better safety and upkeep of the animal The idea mooted by UP Animal and Husbandry minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary is in line with the Yogi government’s aim of cow protection. “The Yogi government is vigilant […]

Delhi fireman saves 11 people, hailed as hero

11:18 pm December 8, 2019

New Delhi: Rajesh Shukla was hailed as a hero on Sunday after the firefighter pulled 11 people out of a multi-storey building in north Delhi amid a blaze on Sunday. Racing past smoke-filled corridors, the Delhi Fire Service personnel said he entered the building at least 12 times before his breathing apparatus exhausted. During the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Gang involved in impersonating aspirants of CTET busted

11:13 pm December 8, 2019

Lucknow: The Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday busted a gang involved in impersonating aspirants of the Central Teacher Eligibility Test-2019 examination and arrested 10 people in Moradabad, officials said. Two of the gang members belong to Moradabad and Amroha, while the rest are from Bihar, the STF said. It has seized […]

Protest march against Citizenship (Amendment) Act

16 organisations call for 12-hour Assam bandh on Tuesday against CAB

11:09 pm December 8, 2019

Guwahati: As many as 16 left-leaning organisations have called for a 12-hour Assam bandh on December 10 to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) has already called for an 11-hour North East bandh from 5am on Tuesday on the same issue. Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and its sister […]