Day: April 12, 2020

Ex-village head among 5 held for thrashing woman

5:09 pm April 12, 2020

Muzaffarnagar (UP): Five people, including a former village head, have been arrested for allegedly thrashing a woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district for refusing to work, police said on Sunday. The video of the incident, which occurred at Dulhera village under Shahpur police station area on Saturday, went viral on social media. Former village head […]

Woman abducted, strangled to death; 1 held

5:06 pm April 12, 2020

Muzaffarnagar (UP): A 20-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and strangled to death by a man in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred in Jhinjhana town on Saturday evening. The body was found dumped in the fields, according to an officer. Acting on a complaint, a case was registered and Mohit, […]

SC to hear PIL against setting up of PM CARES Fund on Monday

4:57 pm April 12, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court would hear a PIL seeking quashing of the Centre’s decision to set up the PM CARES Fund to deal with the situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, where citizens can donate money, on Monday. On March 28, the Centre set up the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in […]

Assam man walks, hitch-hikes from Gujarat amid lockdown

Wear mask in Ahmedabad or face Rs 5000 fine/3-year jail

4:42 pm April 12, 2020

Ahmedabad: In view of the rising number of coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad, the city civic body has made it compulsory for people to wear masks from Monday, failing which they would be fined Rs 5,000 or sentenced to three years in jail, an official said. The order has been issued under the Epidemic Diseases Act […]

Muted Easter Sunday at Jerusalem’s Church of Holy Sepulchre

4:21 pm April 12, 2020

Jerusalem: A handful of priests celebrated Easter on Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified and resurrected. In the heart of Jerusalem’s Old City, the church — which had not been closed over Easter for at least a century — has been shuttered to […]