Day: March 17, 2020

Flydubai temporarily suspends services to India

3:49 pm March 17, 2020

Mumbai: Gulf airline flydubai has temporarily suspended its services to India for a month due to travel and visa restrictions in the wake of coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. The pandemic is adversely impacting the airline industry world over with carriers cancelling or cutting down services across their international network. The low-cost airline, in a notifications, said […]

Rajasthan: Man rapes minor stepdaughter, arrested

Naidu for discussion on report on child pornography

3:47 pm March 17, 2020

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday suggested the House discuss a report related to child pornography so that ministries concerned could make suitable amendments to existing laws or a new legislation to check the menace. The Committee set up under senior Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on the initiative of Naidu had […]

Coronavirus: Maha govt suspends breath-analyser test

3:44 pm March 17, 2020

Nagpur/Mumbai: Battling rising number of novel coronavirus cases, the Maharashtra government has suspended the use of breath-analyser for testing drunk driving cases for the time being. A senior Home Ministry official said the move is aimed at minimising the chances of viral transmission by restricting person-to-person contacts. “We have decided to suspend the use of […]

Olympian boxer Sakti Mazumdar dies of heart attack

Boxing coach arrested for sexually assaulting student

3:38 pm March 17, 2020

New Delhi: A boxing coach was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his 19-year-old student when they were in West Bengal for a tournament in February, police said on Tuesday. The woman, who was representing Haryana in the tournament, lodged a police complaint against her 28-year-old coach on Friday, a senior officer said. She has alleged […]

IUML terms nomination of Gogoi to RS 'national shame'

Govt nominates ex-CJI Gogoi to Rajya Sabha

12:17 am March 17, 2020

New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who headed benches that pronounced several key judgements including in the sensitive Ayodhya land dispute case, was on Monday nominated to Rajya Sabha by the government. Gogoi also led the benches that ruled on matters like Rafale fighter jet deal and entry of women in Sabarimala […]