Day: December 31, 2019

Angul coldest place in Odisha at 5 degree Celsius

10:43 pm December 31, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Several places in Odisha reeled under cold wave conditions with 10 towns recording minimum temperature below 10 degree Celsius even as the state government on Tuesday told the district collectors to be on alert in view of IMD’s forecast of thunderstorm from Thursday. Angul was the coldest place in Odisha with a minimum temperature […]

Over 500 people killed in 370 terror attacks in Pakistan in 2019: report

10:39 pm December 31, 2019

Islamabad: There were nearly 370 terror attacks in Pakistan in 2019, causing the death of 518 people, according to a report by a think-tank. This is a 30 per cent drop from the 739 fatalities from the nearly 400 terror attacks in 2018, the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) said in its report […]

Lawsuit: Famed Jesuit abused boy 1,000 times around world

10:36 pm December 31, 2019

Chicago: One day in May of 1970, an 11-year-old boy and his disabled sister were sitting on the curb outside a Chicago tavern, waiting for their mother to come out. When a priest with crinkly eyes and a ready smile happened by and offered the family a ride home, they could not have been happier. […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

Shah visits SSB headquarters in Delhi; reviews security on Nepal, Bhutan borders

10:26 pm December 31, 2019

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday visited the headquarters of border guarding force SSB here and reviewed its operational preparedness along the Nepal and Bhutan frontiers, officials said. Shah, who was accompanied by Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and other senior officials of his ministry, was briefed about the “organisational structure, deployment, operational […]

Rhino found dead in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

10:22 pm December 31, 2019

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP): A male rhino was found dead in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve here on Tuesday, an official said. “The carcass was recovered from Rhino Rehabilitation Area-1 of Dudhwa National Park. Prima facie it seems that the death was due to infighting,” said Sanjay Kumar Pathak, field director, Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. Pathak informed that after […]