Day: January 10, 2020

Delhi man stabs himself with knife after argument with family

Jaipur: Husband charged with murder of wife, toddler

5:07 pm January 10, 2020

Jaipur: Three days after the brutal murder of a woman and her two-year-old toddler, police on Friday arrested the victim’s husband and a contract killer in the case. Police said Rohit Tiwari had hired contract killer Raj, alias Surabh Chaudhary, as he had strained relations with his wife Shweta Tiwari (30) and wanted to start […]

New SSP takes charge in Ghaziabad

4:51 pm January 10, 2020

Ghaziabad (UP): Kalanidhi Naithani, a 2010 batch IPS officer, took charge as the new Senior Superintendent of Police of Ghaziabad district on Friday afternoon. After assuming the charge, Naithani told media persons here that “visible policing” will be his first priority as it maintains the fear of law among anti-social elements. He said police will […]

Citizens battle to save China’s sickly ‘mother river’

4:48 pm January 10, 2020

Henan: Water has been a source of death as well as a source of life for a generation in Shenqiu, a region fed by a tributary of China’s heavily polluted Yangtze river and pockmarked with notorious “cancer villages”. Residents often faced a bitter choice: drink dirty, discoloured water and risk sickness, or pay high prices […]

Hell and ice water: Glacier melt threatens Pakistan’s future

4:40 pm January 10, 2020

Shisper Glacier (Pakistan): The villagers of Hassanabad live in constant fear. Above them the vast Shisper glacier dominates the landscape: A river of jagged black ice moving towards them at as much as four metres per day. Climate change is causing most glaciers worldwide to shrink, but due to a meteorological anomaly this is one […]

Canada holds vigils for victims of plane crash in Iran

4:31 pm January 10, 2020

Toronto: Hundreds of mourners held a candle-light vigil Thursday night in Toronto to remember 176 people killed when a Ukraine-bound plane crashed in Iran. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said multiple intelligence sources indicate that Iran shot down the Ukrainian airliner built by Boeing, although he conceded it may have been unintentional. The dead included 63 […]