Day: February 21, 2020

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

MNS leader, social worker held in extortion case

12:24 am February 21, 2020

Mumbai: A leader of the Raj Thackeray- led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has been arrested in an extortion case, police said on Thursday. According to a police official, Shakha Pramukh of ward Number 21 in suburban Charkop Rajendra Sawant and social worker Kevin Delema have been arrested for demanding Rs 3.70 lakh from a person […]

Decision on next Himachal CM after Assembly polls: BJP

BJP demands re-tendering for energy plant at Deonar

12:22 am February 21, 2020

Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday demanded re-tendering for the proposal of setting up an energy plant from 600 metric tonne waste at Deonar dumping ground, alleging “obscurity and irregularity”. A delegation of BJP, led by party’s Mumbai unit president Mangal Prabhat Lodha, meet BMC commissioner Pravin Pardeshi and raised this demand. The […]

Maharashtra govt scraps portal-led recruitment process

12:20 am February 21, 2020

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided on scrap the “Mahapariksha” portal following complaints about irregularities in recruitment process. The complaints were made by political leaders and organisations representing students. The Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government will decentralise the examination process for recruitment of certain employees and conduct them at the department-level through empanelled agencies from […]

Four rare species turtles found in Kashmere Gate

12:17 am February 21, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has recovered four turtles of the rarest of rare species from Kashmere Gate area near ISBT, officials said on Thursday. The police received an information on Wednesday that four live turtles were found in an abandoned condition at MCD parking, Mori Gate, they said. The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau inspected […]

Sharjeel Imam brought to Assam for interrogation

12:11 am February 21, 2020

Guwahati: JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who was arrested on charges of sedition, was brought to Assam on Thursday evening for interrogation. Imam was brought to the city from New Delhi by train and then taken to a hospital for medical checkup, Guwahati Police Commissioner Munna Prasad Gupta told PTI. After his checkup, Imam was produced […]

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