Day: May 29, 2020

Missile park 'Agneeprastha' to be set up at INS Kalinga

Two MW solar plant commissioned at INS Kalinga

11:27 pm May 29, 2020

Visakhapatnam (AP): In keeping with the initiative of the Central government to promote solar energy, a two megawatt solar photovoltaic plant was commissioned at INS Kalinga here. Flag Officer Commanding-In-Chief, Eastern Naval Command Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain commissioned the plant set up as part of the Centre’s objective to achieve 100 GW of solar […]

Supreme Court acquits man in murder case

11:17 pm May 29, 2020

New Delhi: Coming to the rescue of a man, who was initially awarded death sentence which was later commute to life term, the Supreme Court Friday acquitted him in a murder case lodged in 2008 in Madhya Pradesh by giving him benefit of doubt. The man, along with two others, was awarded death penalty by […]

ASHA workers played critical role in COVID-19 management in UP, tracked 30.43 lakh migrant returnees

99,617 migrants return to J-K during lockdown

11:13 pm May 29, 2020

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday said it has brought back 99,617 people stranded in other parts of the country due to the coronavirus lockdown. Thirty-six special trains ferried back the migrants to Jammu and Udhampur railway stations, according to an official data. A total of 99,617 migrants stuck in other parts of […]

Indian Army officer gets UN award

11:07 pm May 29, 2020

New Delhi: Major Suman Gawani, an Indian Army officer who served as a woman peacekeeper with the UN Mission in South Sudan last year, has been conferred with a prestigious award by the world body for her role in addressing gender-related issues in the war-ravaged nation. Gawani has been given the ‘United Nations Military Gender […]

Pregnant woman’s head severed in wood-cutting machine

11:01 pm May 29, 2020

Coimbatore: In a gory incident, a 23- year-old pregnant woman died after her head was caught in a wood-chopping machine near here on Friday, police said. Kalpana switched on the machine in her husband Dharmaraj’s wooden box-making unit, and she was pulled into the equipment by her dupatta and her head was severed, police said. […]