Day: January 23, 2020

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

Sessions Judge hearing Nirbhaya case transferred

2:49 pm January 23, 2020

New Delhi: The sessions judge who recently issued death warrants against the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case has been transferred. Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora has been transferred to the Supreme Court as Additional Registrar on deputation basis for one year, a letter sent by Registrar General, […]

Woman, two children found murdered in Chandigarh

2:43 pm January 23, 2020

Chandigarh: A 45-year-old woman, her daughter and son were found murdered with their throats slit at their home in Chandigarh’s Manimajra town, police said on Thursday. Bodies of Sarita, her daughter Sanchi (21) and son Arjun (16) were found lying in a pool of blood at their home in Modern Housing Complex here, they said. […]

Jackie Shroff to team up with son Tiger in ‘Baaghi 3’

2:36 pm January 23, 2020

Mumbai: Actor Tiger Shroff is set to share the screen with his father and veteran actor Jackie Shroff for the first time in “Baaghi 3”, the makers announced on Thursday. In the third installment of action-drama, directed by Ahmed Khan, Jackie will play the on-screen father of Tiger and his co-star Riteish Deshmukh’s characters. In […]

Army cancels recruitment exam after paper leaked

Primary schools in Bengal to focus more on handwriting

2:31 pm January 23, 2020

Kolkata: Students of state-run primary schools in West Bengal will soon get special sessions devoted to improvement in handwriting. Teachers of the primary schools will be specially trained before the next academic session for the purpose, syllabus committee chairman Abhik Majumder told PTI on Thursday. The trained teachers will then work with the students of […]

Protest messages shared in Hong Kong Lunar New Year packets

2:20 pm January 23, 2020

Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s anti-government protests are putting a new spin on a Lunar New Year tradition. Every year, adults hand out red packets stuffed with cash to children and young, single adults. Messages printed on them generally convey wishes for prosperity and happiness, but artist Jason Kwan has designed rubber stamps for those who […]