Day: February 5, 2020

Businessman commits suicide

10:51 pm February 5, 2020

Mumbai: A 57-year-old man allegedly committed suicide at his house in suburban Malvani on Wednesday afternoon, the police said. Mohafdal Mohammad Ali Hakeem, who was in the leather goods business, allegedly hanged himself at his flat in the Manavsthal building on Malvani Lagoon road, an official said. Hakeem lived with wife and two daughters. His […]

Fire at Mumbai highrise, eight rescued

10:47 pm February 5, 2020

Mumbai: A fire broke out on Wednesday evening on the fifth floor of a 15-storey residential building in the posh Malabar Hill area in south Mumbai, officials said. Eight persons — five men and three women — were rescued from the building and there were no reports of casualties, they added. A civic official said […]

Lawyers’ bandh affects life in Western Odisha

10:44 pm February 5, 2020

Sambalpur (Odisha): Normal life was affected in nine Western Odisha districts on Wednesday due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by lawyers demanding establishment of a permanent bench of the Orissa High Court in the region. The lawyers were also protesting against the Odisha Bar Council’s recommendation to the Bar Council of India (BCI) for disciplinary […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

104 new faculty members join Jindal Global Law School

10:41 pm February 5, 2020

New Delhi: A total of 104 new faculty members have joined Jindal Global Law School of the Sonipat-based O P Jindal Global University, taking the faculty-student ratio to 1:9, the varsity said on Wednesday. Among these new faculty members are two professors, three associate professors, 27 assistant professors, 38 senior research associates and 34 research […]

Fire in Mumbai highrise; search and rescue ops on

10:36 pm February 5, 2020

Mumbai: A fire broke out on Wednesday evening at one of the 15 floors of a residential building in posh Malabar Hill area in south Mumbai, officials said. So far, there is no report of any casualty. A civic official said the fire erupted on the fifth floor of the Palma Building located near the […]

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