Day: January 30, 2020

Doctor, JE held for taking bribe in Rajasthan

3 women working at school of nursing take bribe, caught

9:23 pm January 30, 2020

Hyderabad: Three women, including a principal in-charge of a school of nursing, were on Thursday trapped for allegedly accepting a bribe, anti-corruption bureau (ACB) has said. The principal in-charge was caught in her office when she demanded and accepted Rs 40,000 as bribe from a complainant through two teachers, an ACB press release said here. […]

Two avalanches hit Kashmir; no loss of life reported

Avalanche hits J-K’s Ganderbal; 2 missing

9:14 pm January 30, 2020

Srinagar: Two persons were reported missing while as many rescued from the debris in a snow avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday, officials said. The avalanche struck Gagangeer area on Srinagar-Kargil road, trapping the four civilians, the officials said. Local residents and authorities swung into action and launched a search and rescue […]

Rupee slides 22 paise to 3-week low on equity rout

8:13 pm January 30, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee lost 22 paise to close at a three-week low of 71.49 against the US dollar on Thursday tracking heavy sell-off in domestic equities amid rising concerns over the outbreak of coronavirus. Forex traders said most Asian currencies declined after the US Federal Reserve kept its key policy rates steady. Moreover, market participants […]

NGT junks plea over aircraft dropping human excreta on Delhi home

8:10 pm January 30, 2020

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has junked a retired army officer’s plea that aircraft were dumping human excreta on his south Delhi residence, saying it might have been a mischief done by an individual. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said there was no material to link the waste found […]

First AC local of Central Railway flagged off in Mumbai

8:06 pm January 30, 2020

Mumbai: Minister of state for railways Suresh Angadi on Thursday flagged off the first air- conditioned local on Central Railway’s suburban network from the control room of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus here. The local, piloted by women, departed for Thane from Panvel station at 3.48 pm after the minister along with other dignitaries showed a green […]