Day: April 9, 2020

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Retired policeman held for liquor home delivery in UP’s Etah

6:26 pm April 9, 2020

Etah (UP): A retired policeman has been arrested here for delivering liquor to the doorsteps of people despite a nationwide lockdown imposed to contain COVID-19, police said on Thursday. Peshkar was held with 13 cartons of country-made liquor in Malawan area, said Etah SSP Sunil Kumar Singh. The accused was involved in liquor trade and […]

Goa bustles with tourists but pandemic may play party-pooper

COVID-19 lockdown hits Goa’s poultry supply

4:10 pm April 9, 2020

Panaji: Goa‘s poultry supply has been hit by the COVID-19 lockdown, after over 50,000 birds belonging to the state’s poultry owners remained stuck at Belagavi in neighbouring Karnataka. Several poultry owners in Goa prefer to have their breeding farms in Belagavi because of its favourable weather. “Before the Goa government sealed the state borders on […]

PM salutes courage of CRPF on ‘valour day’

4:00 pm April 9, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the courage of Central Reserve Police Force personnel on the organisation’s ‘shaurya divas’ or valour day. The courage of @crpfindia is widely known. On CRPF Valour Day today, I salute this brave force and remember the bravery of our CRPF personnel in Gujarat’s Sardar Patel Post […]

Man commits suicide as he missed wife in lockdown

3:50 pm April 9, 2020

Gonda (UP): A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his room as he was missing his wife stuck at her parents’ place due to the lockdown, police said. The incident took place in Radha Kund locality here on Wednesday, they said, adding the deceased has been identified as Rakesh Soni, […]

Woman donates all her savings to PM CARES Fund

3:46 pm April 9, 2020

Dehradun: As the battle against the COVID-19 outbreak rages on, a woman in Uttarakhand donated all her personal savings of Rs 10 lakh to the PM CARES Fund to help the needy. Devki Bhandari, 60, handed a cheque to the authorities here on Wednesday. Touched by the gesture, Chief Minister Trivevdra Singh Rawat said she […]