Day: July 9, 2020

NGO chairman arrested for raping woman employee

7:26 pm July 9, 2020

Raipur: The chairman of an NGO was arrested on Thursday on charges of raping a 37-year-old woman employee of his organisation and blackmailing her with a video clip of the alleged act in Chhattisgarh‘s Raipur district, a police official said. The accused, 31, who originally hails from Nagpur in Maharashtra, had been allegedly raping the […]

Earthquake of 4.3 magnitude hits Mizoram

7:20 pm July 9, 2020

Aizawl: An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude rocked Mizoram on Thursday, which was felt mainly in Champhai district located on the India-Myanmar border, officials said. This is the eighth tremor reported in the hilly northeastern state in three weeks. The earthquake occurred at 2.28 pm and the epicentre was 23 km southwest of Champhai town, according […]

Johnny Depp, at libel trial, says Heard relationship was ‘tailspin’

7:17 pm July 9, 2020

London: Johnny Depp denied assaulting ex-wife Amber Heard on a private Caribbean island and during a furious rampage in Australia in a third day of evidence Thursday in his libel suit against a tabloid newspaper that called him a “wife-beater.” Depp is suing News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, and the paper’s executive editor, […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Punjab to set up plasma bank

7:11 pm July 9, 2020

Chandigarh: The Punjab government will set up a plasma bank to facilitate plasma therapy treatment in the state. The approval for the same was given by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, while chairing a review meeting here via video conferencing, of the COVID-19 situation in the state on Thursday. He approved the establishment of the plasma […]

Study on to restore elephant corridors: TN govt to HC

Elephant found dead near Bengal’s Buxa Tiger Reserve

7:06 pm July 9, 2020

Kolkata: An elephant was found dead near a village adjoining the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district on Thursday, a forest official said. The carcass of a “sub-adult” male elephant aged around four was found in a paddy field near Garo Busty village in Rajabhatkhawa area, he said. It could have either died […]