Day: February 26, 2020

Shaheen Bagh protest: Occupation of public ways not acceptable, says SC

Man held for making derogatory remarks against anti-CAA protesters

7:59 pm February 26, 2020

Palakkad (Kerala): A 24-year-old man was arrested here on charges of making derogatory remarks against those protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh after a compliant was filed against him, police said on Wednesday. Attappadi resident Sreejith Raveendran was nabbed after the Democratic Youth Federation of India, CPI-M’s youth wing, filed the complaint, […]

MP: Minor immolates self citing rape; three held

7:56 pm February 26, 2020

Betul (MP): A 14-year-old girl died of severe burn injuries on Wednesday after she immolated herself, alleging rape and harassment by three persons in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district, police said. The police have arrested all three accused, an official said. The Class 8 student poured kerosene and immolated herself at her home in Devgaon village […]

Odisha woman shot at by male friend in Bengaluru

7:54 pm February 26, 2020

Bengaluru: A 25-year-old woman hailing from Odisha was shot at and injured allegedly by her friend, who later attempted to end his life near Marathahalli here, police said on Wednesday. Both the woman and the man, who was also from Odisha and found in an unconscious state with injuries later, had been hospitalised, they said. […]

IIT Roorkee stands 1st in citations per faculty

Water conclave begins at IIT Roorkee

7:32 pm February 26, 2020

Dehradun: A conclave on hydrological aspects of climate change began at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee on Wednesday. Roorkee Water Conclave 2020, a three-day event being attended by experts from several countries like the USA, Spain, Germany, Japan, Netherlands and the UK, is being organised by IIT-R in collaboration with the National Institute of Hydrology. […]

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Security of Jammu, Srinagar airports handed over to CISF

7:25 pm February 26, 2020

Jammu: The security of the Srinagar and the Jammu airports have been handed over to the CISF and all police personnel posted there have been called back with immediate effect, officials said on Wednesday. All police personnel of executive and armed wings posted at the Jammu and the Srinagar airports are transferred to their respective […]