Day: June 27, 2020

Actress Shamna Kasim case: Suspected kingpin held

10:34 pm June 27, 2020

Kochi: A man suspected to be the leader of a gang which allegedly threatened a South Indian actress and tried to extort money from her family here,has been arrested. Police said he was taken into custody from Palakkad on Saturday morning. He is being interrogated. According to police,he is also the prime accused in the […]

Hot and humid day in Delhi

10:22 pm June 27, 2020

New Delhi: The mercury neared the 40 degrees Celsius-mark in the national capital on Saturday, just two days after monsoon clouds reached the city. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for the city, recorded a maximum of 39.8 degrees Celsius, two notches more than normal. Humidity levels oscillated between 49 per cent and 82 […]

MP: Minor girl raped by criminal, critical

10:18 pm June 27, 2020

Raisen (MP): A five-year old tribal girl has been raped allegedly her 30-year-old history-sheeter relative out on bail in a village in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Saturday. The assault has left the girl critically injured who has been admitted in the district hospital, an officer said, adding that the accused has […]

Telangana witnesses 204 child marriages during lockdown

10:14 pm June 27, 2020

Hyderabad: As many as 204 child marriages have taken place in Telangana during the past three months, according to the Telangana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (TSCPCR). All the district Collectors and Magistrates in the state have been asked to issue instructions to the officials concerned to take immediate action and steps to […]

Delhi records 2,948 COVID cases; 66 more die

10:06 pm June 27, 2020

New Delhi: The national capital recorded 2,948 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total case count across the 80,000-mark, and 66 more deaths due to the disease, authorities said on Saturday. After June 22, it was the first time that the number of cases per day fell below the 3,000-mark in […]