Day: February 5, 2020

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Man found murdered in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib

10:32 pm February 5, 2020

Fatehgarh Sahib (Pb): A 25-year-old man was found murdered in Railway Colony, Bassi Pathana here on Wednesday, police said. The deceased was identified as Suvinder Kumar (25), a native of Uttar Pradesh. He was living in a rented accommodation with two friends and they used to sell burgers, they said. After receiving information about the […]

Sindhu beats Rituparna in her final PBL match

10:28 pm February 5, 2020

Hyderabad: Star shuttler PV Sindhu expectedly beat Rituparna Das here on Wednesday even as her side Hyderabad Hunters has been knocked out of the Premier Badminton League (PBL). Sindhu recorded an easy 15-7 15-8 win over Das, representing Pune Aces at the GMC Balayogi Sats Indoor Stadium. Having upset world number 14 Beiwen Zhang in […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Two held for giving shelter to Amritsar jail undertrials

10:23 pm February 5, 2020

Amritsar: Police on Wednesday arrested two people, including a woman, for allegedly giving shelter to the three undertrials who escaped from the high-security Central Jail in Amritsar recently. The accused are relatives of the two of the undertials, who had escaped by scaling the boundary walls of the prison on the intervening night of Saturday […]

Mamata presents vote on account for Rs 2.99 lakh cr in House, oppn parties boycott speech

Mamata’s mike at administrative meet malfunctions; probe ordered

10:15 pm February 5, 2020

Krishnagar (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday ordered an enquiry after the microphone on which she was speaking at an administrative meeting malfunctioned for some time. Banerjee was talking to the officials present at the meeting here in Nadia district when a sound coming from the microphone baffled her. “Has this (sound) […]

SAD leader claims four Sikh women were forcibly converted to Islam in J&K

Hinganghat: Outpouring of support for woman who remains critical

10:09 pm February 5, 2020

Wardha/Nagpur/Mumbai: Two days after a 25-year-old lecturer was set ablaze by her stalker in Maharashtra’s Wardha district, leaving her critically injured, the brutal incident has galvanised common people as well as politicians in expressing outrage and saying prayers as the victim continues to be in critical condition. A day after a shutdown was observed in […]