Day: July 22, 2020

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

Odisha govt renames Bilung village as ‘Rangabati’ Bilung

4:14 pm July 22, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has renamed Bilung village in Sambalpur district as ‘Rangabati Bilung’, as the lyricist of the hugely popular ‘Rangabati’ song, Mitrabhanu Gauntia was born in the village, a senior official said on Wednesday. The state’s Revenue and Disaster Management department has renamed Bilung village in Sambalpur district as ‘Rangabati Bilung’ after getting […]

Rupee settles flat at 74.75 against US dollar

3:59 pm July 22, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee pared its initial gains and settled on a flat note at 74.75 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday amid muted domestic equities and strengthening American currency. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened on a strong note at 74.61 against US dollar, but pared the gains and settled for […]

MP CM orders sacking of rape accused excise official

3:53 pm July 22, 2020

Bhopal: A Madhya Pradesh excise official booked on the charge of rape will be terminated from service on directions of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Wednesday. The directives in this regard were issued during the cabinet meeting held this morning, he said. The accused excise sub-inspector has been arrested […]

3 arrested for making country bombs to kill wild animals

Another elephant dies of electrocution in West Bengal

3:48 pm July 22, 2020

Kolkata: A male elephant died on Wednesday after coming in contact with a live electric wire in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, the second such incident in the district in as many days. Chief Wildlife Warden, Ravikant Sinha, said the pachyderm died while trying to eat a branch of a jackfruit tree which was entangled with […]

Inter-state gang of drug smugglers busted in UP, 6 held

3:40 pm July 22, 2020

Banda (UP): With the arrest of six people, police here have busted an inter-state gang of narcotics smugglers, a senior officer said on Wednesday. On a tip off, four vehicles were intercepted by a police team in Mahokhar village on Tuesday and during checking 32.75 kg ganja (cannabis) was recovered from them, Superintendent of Police, […]