Day: April 26, 2020

COVID-19: Sops for farmers, traders extended in Tamil Nadu

11:40 pm April 26, 2020

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday extended by one month the waiver on warehouse charges, interest on loan against farm produce stocked in godowns and a cut in cold storage user fee, announced as part of measures to the help farmers during the COVID-19 lockdown. Also, one per cent market fee waiver for traders […]

Two militants killed in Kulgam in south Kashmir

11:36 pm April 26, 2020

Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The militants fired upon a patrolling party of the security forces in Devsar area of the south Kashmir district on Sunday evening, a police official said. He said the security forces retaliated and […]

Gold demand on Akshay Tritiya likely to plunge 95 pc

11:32 pm April 26, 2020

Mumbai: With jewellery shops shut due to the lockdown to control coronavirus, the demand for gold on auspicious Akshaya Tritiya is estimated to plunge by around 95 per cent and only negligible sales happening through digital mode. Sharp rise in gold prices by over 52 per cent in the last one year is also a […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

Elderly woman killed in fire in Shimla village

11:26 pm April 26, 2020

Shimla: An 80-year-old woman was killed in a fire that gutted eight houses in Dugyani village in Shimla district on Sunday, police said. The deceased woman was identified as Sodha Mani, they said. The blaze was put out by the fire brigade with the help of local people and the police. The exact cause of […]

Soldier commits suicide near LoC in JK's Poonch

Nagpur: CRPF jawan kills self with rifle in Gadchiroli

11:19 pm April 26, 2020

Nagpur: A 30-year-old CRPF jawan shot himself with his service rifle on Sunday in Bhamragadh taluka of Gadchiroli, some 170 kilometres from here, police said. He was identified as Uttarakhand-resident Deepak Kumar attached to the force’s battalion number 37, an official said. “He shot himself in the chest with his Insas rifle at around 2:30pm. […]

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