Day: April 18, 2020

Man hurls acid on sleeping woman

7:44 pm April 18, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: A 39-year-old woman suffered serious burns when acid was thrown at her while she was asleep inside her house near here early Saturday, police said. The woman was working as a housekeeper in a company at Technopark. The assailant, a 34-year-old man, has been arrested. Police said he broke the glass window panes of […]

26 Navy personnel in Western Naval Command test positive for coronavirus

7:37 pm April 18, 2020

New Delhi: At least 26 Indian Navy personnel have tested positive for coronavirus at the Western Naval Command in Mumbai, in first case of a major outbreak of the deadly disease in the Indian armed forces. All the infected sailors were serving at the INS Angre, a shore-based logistics and support establishment, and they are […]

Tiger found dead in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

Maharashtra: Tiger mauls woman to death in Gondia forest

4:07 pm April 18, 2020

Nagpur: In the third tiger attack reported in a week’s time, a 32-year-old woman was killed by a big cat at Mouza Mangejhari in Tirora forest range in Gondia district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Saturday, a forest official said. The incident took place at around 6.30 am, when a group of people […]

Police officer dies of COVID-19 in Ludhiana

4:05 pm April 18, 2020

Chandigarh: An assistant commissioner of police, who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a private hospital in Ludhiana, died on Saturday. “Sad News ACP Anil Kohli passed away. Died of #COVID-19. Was admitted in SPS Hospital Ludhiana,” Ludhiana district public relations office tweeted. ACP Anil Kohli had tested positive for coronavirus a few days ago. […]

Teen tests positive for coronavirus in Amravati

3:52 pm April 18, 2020

Amravati: A 17-year-old boy tested positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra’s Amravati city on Saturday, taking the count of cases in the district to six, a senior official said. The patient is the son of an autorickshaw driver who had tested negative for coronavirus, following his death a couple of days ago, collector Shailesh Naval said. […]