Day: December 18, 2019

Maha: Engineering student injured in acid attack

10:07 pm December 18, 2019

Mumbai: A 20-year-old engineering students was seriously injured in an acid attack in Maharashtra’s Gondia district on Wednesday, police said. The incident took place near Mundipar bus stand in Gondia township, where two motorcycle-borne men threw acid on the victim, an official said. A resident of Khalbandha village, the victim is a second-year student at […]

Severe cold cold conditions in parts of west UP

Delhi records coldest day of season at 7 degrees Celsius

10:04 pm December 18, 2019

New Delhi: Delhi recorded the coldest day of the season on Wednesday, with the minimum temperature settling at 7 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal. The maximum temperature was recorded at 18 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal, an official of the meteorological department said. The humidity levels oscillated between 97 and 61 per cent. […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

25-year-old sets himself ablaze at India Gate: Police

8:44 pm December 18, 2019

New Delhi: A 25-year-old man set himself ablaze on Wednesday in the national capital and doctors said he has suffered 90 per cent burns. The self-immolation occurred at the India Gate lawns where protesters have been demanding the rescinding of the Citizenship Amendment Act. Police, however, said that the act by the youth, identified as […]

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

Cold conditions prevail in Rajasthan

8:41 pm December 18, 2019

Jaipur: Sikar was the coldest recorded place in Rajasthan on Wednesday at 3.5 degrees Celsius, the weather office said as it predicted cold conditions to continue till Thursday. Sikar was followed by Bhilwara, where the minimum temperature was 3.7 degrees Celsius, it added. Mount Abu recorded a night temperature of 1.4 degrees Celsius. The minimum […]

Anti-hijacking exercise conducted off Kochi port

8:39 pm December 18, 2019

Kochi: The Indian Navy, in collaboration with Indian Coast Guard, Cochin Port Trust and all other concerned stakeholders, conducted a large-scale anti-hijacking exercise off the Port of Kochi on Wednesday. This was the first time that such a large-scale exercise involving all stakeholders was conducted in Kerala, defence press release said here. The exercise code-named […]