Day: February 13, 2020

School headmaster booked under POCSO Act, jailed

9:23 pm February 13, 2020

Coimbatore: The headmaster of a government elementary school at Kattampatty in Coimbatore district, was on Thursday arrested after being booked under the POCSO Act for allegedly misbehaving with girl students, police said. The parents of 11 students, studying in fourth and fifth standards, had complained about the 52-year-old headmaster for sexually harassing the girl students, […]

Delhi Metro bags Japan Society of Civil Engineers' award

Party on wheels: Noida Metro coaches are now for hire

9:20 pm February 13, 2020

Noida (UP): Fancy holding your next birthday party in a Metro coach decked up with balloons and bunting? Try Noida Metro. But remember you can’t serve liquor and your guests might be asked to go through a metal detector, just like other Metro passengers. The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) announced Wednesday that its coaches […]

‘Love Aaj Kal’ a litmus test for me: Kartik Aaryan

9:07 pm February 13, 2020

New Delhi: From comedies to playing an Imtiaz Ali romantic hero, Kartik Aaryan says it felt “validating” to be a part of “Love Aaj Kal”. The 29-year-old actor, who stars opposite Sara Ali Khan in the new take on the 2009 original, said playing the dual roles of Raghu and Veer was like undergoing a […]

Air tickets of seven Chinese paragliders cancelled

8:30 pm February 13, 2020

Aizawl: Seven Chinese nationals, who were scheduled to take part in a paragliding championship in Mizoram, could not make it to the event, in view of the curbs imposed by aviation regulator DGCA to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus. C Lalhminghlua, the president of Mizoram Aero-Sports Association (MASA) — which has organised the tournament– […]

Major fire in commercial building in Mumbai; no casualty

8:27 pm February 13, 2020

Mumbai: Firefighters battled to contain a major blaze that started in one of the floors of a three- storey commercial building on Thursday and later spread to other parts of the structure in suburban Andheri, but no casualty has been reported so far, a civic official said. The fire broke out in the ground-plus-three storey […]