Day: January 9, 2020

Rupee surges 48 paise against US dollar

5:46 pm January 9, 2020

Mumbai: The Indian rupee on Thursday appreciated by 48 paise to close at 71.21 against the US dollar as investors cheered easing tensions between the US and Iran. At the foreign bank exchange, the domestic unit opened strong at 71.44 per dollar as against the previous day’s close of 71.70. During the day, it traded […]

Tiger found dead in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

Farmer’s half-eaten body found at Dudhwa National Park

5:43 pm January 9, 2020

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP): A 55-year-old farmer was killed by a tiger in the Dudhwa National Park, forest officials said on Thursday. The half-eaten body of the farmer, identified as Matru, was recovered from the field on Thursday, Dudhwa buffer zone Deputy Director Dr Anil Kumar Patel said. The farmer, a resident of Bojhwa village under […]

Nirbhaya case: 4 convicts hanged at 5:30 am after nightlong court hearings

Nirbhaya case: Death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma moves curative plea in SC

5:40 pm January 9, 2020

New Delhi: In a last ditch effort to escape the noose, Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the four men sentenced to death in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday. A curative petition is the last legal remedy available to a convict. On Tuesday, a […]

Journo, among three, held for circulating obscene video

5:33 pm January 9, 2020

Coimbatore: Three people, including a reporter of a Tamil TV channel, have been arrested and lodged in the Central jail here on the charge of circulating a video of women employees undressing to get into their uniforms in a petrol bunk in the city, police said. One of the arrested – two of them bunk […]

8 killed in van-bus collision on Jaipur-Bikaner NH

4:33 pm January 9, 2020

Jaipur: Eight people were killed on Thursday when the van they were travelling in collided with a bus due to dense fog on the Jaipur-Bikaner national highway, police said. Six people died on the spot while two succumbed to the injuries on the way to a government hospital here. The victims are yet to be […]