Day: March 12, 2020

52 crore saplings planted in 3 years: Maharashtra minister

8:09 pm March 12, 2020

Mumbai: As many as 52 crore saplings were planted in Maharashtra in the last three years, minister of state for forests Duttatray Bharane told the Legislative Council on Thursday. The minister was responding to a calling attention raised by Congress MLC Husnabano Khalife. “The target during 2017-19 was to plant 50 crore saplings but the […]

Man held for bestiality in Hyderabad

8:03 pm March 12, 2020

Hyderabad: A 30-year-old man was on Thursday arrested for allegedly involved in bestiality, police said. The accused, who was unmarried, committed the act on a calf at a cow-shed and neighbours who happened to notice the man lodged a complaint, they said. Following the complaint, a case under IPC section 377 (Unnatural offences – whoever […]

Aligarh clashes: BJP leader, five others arrested

7:57 pm March 12, 2020

Aligarh (UP): BJP leader Vinay Varshney, who was booked in an attempt to murder case during violent clashes in the city over the new citizenship law, was arrested on Thursday. Varshney was arrested from his residence, police said. He was booked under IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder) in connection with an attack on Mohamed […]

SBI to invest Rs 7,250 cr for Yes Bank rescue

7:55 pm March 12, 2020

Mumbai: The largest lender State Bank of India on Thursday announced a Rs 7,250-crore fund infusion into the crippled Yes Bank under which it will pick up to 49 per cent equity in the fourth largest private sector lender. The fund infusion is part of the Reserve Bank-mandated rescue plan. SBI said its shareholding in […]

CBI arrests I-T officials, CA in bribery case

7:52 pm March 12, 2020

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested two income tax department officials and a chartered accountant in a Rs four lakh bribery case and carried out searches at 10 locations in Rajasthan in this regard, officials said on Thursday. Laxman Singh, Income Tax officer and Prem Sukh Didel, Income Tax inspector, both posted in Nagaur, Rajasthan […]