Day: February 29, 2020

Man shot dead in Delhi’s Amar Colony

11:37 pm February 29, 2020

New Delhi: A 35-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by unidentified persons in southeast Delhi’s Amar Colony area on Saturday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Pawan Pandey, they said. Information regarding a firing incident in Prakash Mohalla was received around 7 pm, police said. During investigation, it was found that Pandey and […]

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Compensation awarded to families of those killed in 2011 helicopter crash in Arunachal

Compensation awarded to families of those killed in 2011 helicopter crash in Arunachal

11:36 pm February 29, 2020

Itanagar: Authorities were directed by a court on Saturday to pay compensation to the families of those killed in a helicopter crash in 2011 at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. A division bench of the Itanagar permanent bench of the Gauhati High Court directed civil aviation regulator DGCA, Arunachal Pradesh, the Civil Aviation Department and Pawan […]

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Bengali actor resigns from BJP

Bengali actor resigns from BJP

11:33 pm February 29, 2020

Kolkata: A popular Bengali actor, who joined the BJP in 2013, has resigned from the primary membership of the party expressing dismay over the “recent hate-filled situation” in the country. She put in her papers on Friday. The BJP, however, hoped she will reconsider the decision. “I had joined the party with a lot of […]

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"Depressed" dental student leaps to death in Hyderabad

Minor boy jumps to death from fifth floor of apartment

11:30 pm February 29, 2020

Hyderabad: Upset over his father giving a tab he wanted to his elder brother, a 12-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of their apartment here on Saturday, police said Both siblings had wanted the device and when the father came home, he gave it to the elder sibling. As he […]

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Rains in some parts of Delhi brings relief from heat

Rain brings down mercury in Delhi

11:27 pm February 29, 2020

New Delhi: Rains lashed several parts of the national capital on Saturday, bringing down temperature. Over a dozen flights were diverted from the Delhi airport due to inclement weather. The maximum temperature settled at 27.3 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 16.2 degrees Celsius, four notches […]

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