Day: February 17, 2020

Arvind Kejriwal takes charge as Delhi CM

7:57 pm February 17, 2020

New Delhi: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Monday took charge as the chief minister of Delhi for the third time. Members of his Cabinet — Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Rajendra Pal Gautam, Imran Hussain, Gopal Rai and Kailash Gahlot also took charge as ministers at the Delhi Secretariat. The new cabinet is going to meet […]

SC directs Centre to grant permanent commission to women officers in Army within 3 months

3:00 pm February 17, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to grant permanent commission to all women officers in the Army within three months and said there will not be any absolute bar on giving them command postings. A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud rejected the Centre’s argument of physiological limitations and social […]

Fire at GST Bhavan in Mumbai; no casualty

2:56 pm February 17, 2020

Mumbai: A massive fire broke out in the nine-storey GST Bhavan in Mazagon area here on Monday, a civic official said. There was no report of any casualty. The blaze erupted on the eighth floor of the GST Bhavan around 12.30 pm, the official said. Thick smoke was seen emanating from the building after the […]

Fire breaks out in residential building in Greater Noida

2:52 pm February 17, 2020

Noida (UP): A fire broke out on the 18th floor of a residential building in Greater Noida on Monday, officials said. The incident was reported at around 1.30 pm at Elegant Ville Society in Bisrakh area. The blaze was controlled by 2 pm, a police spokesperson said. “The fire got triggered by a short circuit […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

Kidnapped 4-year-old recovered from UP’s Banda

2:46 pm February 17, 2020

Banda (UP): A four-year-old girl, kidnapped two months back, was recovered from Mudwara village in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district, police said on Monday. The girl was kidnapped by a person named Sayane (38), who has been arrested, Circle officer, Anshuman Mishra said. The girl was last seen playing outside her house. An FIR was registered […]