Day: August 2, 2020

NIA arrests six more people and conducts searches at 6 places in Kerala gold smuggling case

6:39 pm August 2, 2020

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested six more people and conducted searches at six places in connection with the Kerala gold smuggling case, an official said on Sunday. The agency has so far arrested 10 people in the case of smuggling of gold through diplomatic baggage addressed to the UAE consulate in Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram. On July 30, […]

UP minister Kamal Rani Varun cremated in Kanpur

6:35 pm August 2, 2020

Kanpur: UP Technical Education Minister Kamal Rani Varun, who died of coronavirus at a Lucknow hospital on Sunday, was cremated at the Kanpur’s Bhairo Ghat crematorium as per the COVID-19 protocol. The local administration made all preparations for her last rites with state honours. “A guard of honour was given as soon as her body […]

UK's Lords condemns Brexit bill as UK-EU talks stay stalled

Former UK minister and current MP arrested on suspicion of rape

6:29 pm August 2, 2020

London: A former UK minister and sitting Conservative Party lawmaker, who has not been named as he is yet to be charged, is out on bail after being arrested on suspicion of rape. According to ‘The Sunday Times’, the allegations of rape against the parliamentarian were made by a former employee who alleges that the […]

HM’s remark against custodial torture, a welcome move

Amit Shah tests positive for coronavirus

6:17 pm August 2, 2020

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah said that he has tested positive for coronavirus. “My health is fine but I am getting admitted to hospital on advice of doctors,” said Amit Shah after testing positive for COVID-19. Shah also asked all those who came in contact with him to isolate and get themselves tested. As […]

40-year-old woman, minor daughter gang-raped in MP’s Burhanpur

5:05 pm August 2, 2020

Burhanpur: A 40-year-old woman and her 12-year-old daughter were abducted and gang-raped by six people in Shahpur area in Madhya Pradesh‘s Burhanpur district, police said on Sunday. As per the complaint, six armed men, after holding the woman’s watchman husband hostage, abducted her and their daughter from their home near a stone crushing site in […]