Day: May 28, 2020

C'garh: Naxal couple surrenders before police in Bijapur

3 Naxals killed in Jharkhand encounter

2:33 pm May 28, 2020

Ranchi: Three Naxals were killed and two apprehended after a gunbattle with security forces in Jharkhand on Thursday, officials said. They said the encounter, followed by an ambush on a reinforcement party of the Central Reserve Police Force, took place in the Manmaru-Tebo area of West Singhbhum district. The security team was led by the […]

Two migrants commit suicide after returning home in UP

2:25 pm May 28, 2020

Banda (UP): Two migrant workers who returned a few days ago to the district committed suicide, police said on Thursday. People close to the two deceased said that both were facing financial problems. Suresh (22) committed suicide by hanging from a tree in his Lohara village under Mutondh police station area on Wednesday, SHO Mutondh […]

V-P, PM pay tributes to Savarkar on birth anniversary

2:13 pm May 28, 2020

New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary, saying he motivated several people to join the freedom struggle. “On his Jayanti, I bow to the courageous Veer Savarkar. We remember him for his bravery, motivating […]

Vehicle-borne IED blast averted in Pulwama: police

2:07 pm May 28, 2020

Srinagar: A vehicle-borne IED blast was averted as security forces detected a car fitted with explosives in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. The improvised explosive device (IED) was safely defused. “A major incident of a vehicle borne #IED blast is averted by the timely input and action by #Pulwama Police, […]

Mumbai hotel blaze under control: 25 doctors rescued

1:58 pm May 28, 2020

Mumbai: Twenty five doctors and two others staying in a south Mumbai hotel were rescued after a major fire broke out in the five-storey building, officials said on Thursday. The fire broke out at Hotel Fortune near Metro Cinema late Wednesday night and was brought under control early Thursday, fire brigade officials said. “The fire […]