Day: March 8, 2020

Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in UP’s Saharanpur

9:13 pm March 8, 2020

Saharanpur: A debt-ridden farmer hanged himself to death in front of a bank in Sharanpur’s Chhutmalpur, police said on Sunday. SP (Rural) Vidya Sagar Mishra said the incident took place on Saturday evening and the farmer has been identified as 50-year-old Vedpal. He hanged himself from a tree, triggering panic in the area. Police said […]

Nadda promises OBC status for left out Hindu backward castes

Nadda slams UPA over scams in defence purchases

9:11 pm March 8, 2020

Sirsa (Har): BJP national president J P Nadda on Sunday lashed out at the previous UPA government, accusing it of corruption in the purchase of defence equipment. Addressing people during a ‘Pragati Rally’ here, he praised the Narendra Modi-led NDA government for the defence purchases made in the recent past and claimed that under the […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

‘Women workforce down to 18pc from 37pc in 13 yrs’

9:00 pm March 8, 2020

Guwahati: Women workforce in the country fell to 18 per cent in 2019 from 37 per cent in 2006, non- government organisation Azad Foundation said on the International Women’s Day on Sunday. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report this year ranks India at 149th position out of 153 countries on economic participation and […]

Miscreants loot cash and gold worth Rs 20 lakh from bank

Mumbai: Man fires at, injures polygamist brother-in-law

8:57 pm March 8, 2020

Mumbai: A 20-year-old man was arrested in Dharavi in Mumbai for allegedly firing at and injuring his sister’s husband on Sunday morning, police said. Afridi Sayyed shot two bullets at Rizwan Kasim Shah Patel (29), one of which got lodged in the latter’s head and the other went past his body, an official said. “Sayyed […]

Driver accused of raping woman in car

8:54 pm March 8, 2020

Hyderabad: A 23-year-old married woman was allegedly raped by a man in his car near here after giving her a lift, police said on Sunday. The 33-year-old accused offered the woman a lift in his car on late Friday while she was waiting on the roadside to go to Chandanvelly village, they said. Instead of […]