Day: February 14, 2020

Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

Man lodged in Tihar Jail held for trying to extort money

10:57 pm February 14, 2020

New Delhi: A 26-year-old man lodged in Tihar Jail was held for trying to extort money worth Rs 50 lakh from another person by allegedly threatening to kill him if he failed to pay the amount, police said on Friday. The accused, identified as Lokesh, is a member of Tillu gang, they said. On Friday, […]

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College, university teachers protest in Kolkata over pay

10:55 pm February 14, 2020

Kolkata: College and university teachers in the state held a sit-in demonstration here on Friday, demanding the implementation of the revised UGC pay scale from 2016. Members of 16 teachers’ bodies from across the state took part in the demonstration, said Partha Pratim Roy, general secretary of the Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association (JUTA). The three-hour […]

Entries invited for outstanding woman mediaperson award

10:52 pm February 14, 2020

New Delhi: The Media Foundation has invited nominations for its annual award for women mediapersons. The annual Chameli Devi Jain Award is a major recognition for women mediapersons in India. It was first awarded in 1982 to an outstanding woman mediaperson, who had made a difference through writing. Chameli Devi Jain awardees include some of […]

IMD issues heat warning for six districts of Kerala

Odisha partners Kerala to develop water tourism

10:48 pm February 14, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The state tourism department has signed an agreement with the Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC) for developing water-based tourism in Odisha. Besides housing Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon Chilika lake, the state boasts of a 482-kilometer coastline and eight major reservoirs, apart from several other pristine water bodies where surveys have ascertained […]

Village remembers sacrifice of its jawan

10:45 pm February 14, 2020

Wayanad (Kerala): A year after V V Vasantha Kummar, a CRPF jawan, who was killed along with 39 others in Pulwama, hundreds of people of this remote Vythiri village in Wayanad gathered on Friday to pay rich tribute to their slain hero. Men, women and children carrying wreaths and flowers paid tribute at the memorial […]