Day: August 13, 2020

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

502 tortoises found in vehicle in UP’s Amethi, one accused held

8:20 pm August 13, 2020

Amethi: Over 500 tortoises were recovered from a vehicle during a checking near Kadunala on the Lucknow-Varanasi national highway while one person was arrested in this connection, police said on Thursday. Amethi Superintendent of Police Dinesh Singh told mediapersons that a police team led by Jagdishpur police station SHO Rajesh Kumar Singh and sub-inspector Mahendra Saroj checked a vehicle […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Portland protesters, police clash again near US courthouse

8:16 pm August 13, 2020

Portland: Protesters and police clashed in downtown Portland in a demonstration that lasted into the predawn hours of Thursday, with some in the crowd setting a fire and exploding commercial grade fireworks outside a federal courthouse that’s been a target in months of conflict for Oregon’s largest city. Officers used tear gas to break up the crowd […]

Odisha top officer sent to compulsory retirement in sexual harassment case

8:05 pm August 13, 2020

Bhubaneswar : Odisha government Thursday ordered compulsory retirement of a special secretary rank officer after his arrest and imprisonment in a sexual harassment case. The order was issued to Bibhu Prasad Sadangi, a senior Odisha Administrative Service officer posted as the director of AYUSH. He has already been suspended after the jail term following his arrest for […]

AIIMS forensic team report lacks credibility, says Rajput's family lawyer

Rajput’s father urges SC to confirm transfer of his son’s suicide case to CBI

7:51 pm August 13, 2020

New Delhi: Sushant Singh Rajput‘s father Thursday urged the Supreme Court to “confirm” the transfer his son’s suicide case to the CBI and direct the Mumbai police to “render all assistance” to the central probe agency. Mumbai Police was “not investigating the matter properly”, Krishna Kishore Singh alleged in his written submission to the apex court. The Bihar government and Rhea Chakraborty, against whom Krishna has […]

Singer Zubeen Garg ‘manhandled’ in Guwahati, case filed

7:46 pm August 13, 2020

Guwahati: Singer Zubeen Garg was allegedly abused and threatened by some drunk men in the early hours of Thursday in Guwahati, police said. A case has been filed in connection with the incident that happened near the Ganesh Mandir area, just 50 metres away from the assembly building, around 12.40 am, they said, adding that officials will also […]