Day: December 28, 2019

Weightlifter Seema banned for four years for doping

3:53 pm December 28, 2019

New Delhi: India’s Commonwealth Championship silver medallist weightlifter Seema has been slapped with a four-year suspension for a doping violation. In a statement, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) said Seema’s dope sample was collected this year during the 34th Women National Weightlifting Championship in Vishakhapatnam. “Presence of prohibited substances were found in her system during […]

Delhi man stabs himself with knife after argument with family

Maha: Senior citizen stabbed to death, robbed

3:50 pm December 28, 2019

Palghar: A 63-year-old woman was stabbed to death and valuables worth over Rs 7 lakh were stolen from her home at Virar town in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Saturday. The incident took place at around 5.30 pm on Friday in Virat Nagar, where an unidentified person allegedly entered the home of Manisha Domble, […]

5 flights diverted at Delhi airport due to fog

Four flights diverted due to fog at Delhi airport

3:48 pm December 28, 2019

New Delhi: Due to heavy fog on Saturday morning, four flights have been diverted from Delhi airport, said an airport official. The official said that the flights are operating at the airport under CAT III B conditions, which means that the runway visual range (RVR) is between 50 metre and 175 metre. “Four flights have […]

Top five Bollywood films of 2019: Where are the women?

3:44 pm December 28, 2019

New Delhi: If box office success is any yardstick, mainstream Hindi cinema continues to be overtly macho with four of 2019’s five top grossers dealing with themes of hyper masculinity leaving women as mere props or maybe a side note at best. While “War”, “Kabir Singh”, “Uri: The Surgical Strike” and “Bharat” demonstrated the skewed […]

Hundreds gather at Mumbai plot after rumours of 'free' land

Saki Naka fire: Two found dead inside burnt garment unit

3:35 pm December 28, 2019

Mumbai: Two bodies have been recovered from a garment godown, which was gutted in a fire in the western suburb of Saki Naka on Friday evening, police said on Saturday. Aarti Lalji Jaiswal (25) and Piyush Dheeraj Katadiya (42) were found dead in the garment unit in the early hours of Saturday, deputy commissioner of […]