Day: August 13, 2020

Heavy rainfall in several parts of Kerala

Light to moderate rainfall recorded across Uttar Pradesh

4:33 pm August 13, 2020

Lucknow: There was light to moderate rain and thundershowers at most places in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated areas in the eastern part. The Lucknow weather office said heavy rain occurred at isolated places in the western part of Uttar Pradesh, and thunderstorm accompanied with lightning was reported from some […]

Congress corporator in Surat booked for demanding bribe

4:29 pm August 13, 2020

Ahmedabad: A case has been registered against a Congress corporator in Gujarat’s Surat for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a house owner, the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said on Thursday. While the corporator- Satish Patel- is yet to be arrested, his accomplice Abhiraj Ejwa was caught red-handed during a trap laid by […]

Traffic woes continue in Delhi amid farmers' protest

Heavy rains lead to traffic snarls in Delhi

4:26 pm August 13, 2020

New Delhi: Overnight rains led to waterlogging in several parts of Delhi on Thursday, throwing traffic out of gear. Traffic congestion was reported from various parts of the national capital in the morning hours. The Delhi Traffic Police took to Twitter to inform about the traffic situation. “A tree has fallen in front of Delhi […]

16 new cyber crime police stations set up in UP

4:23 pm August 13, 2020

Lucknow: Sixteen new cyber crime police stations have been set up in Uttar Pradesh to check growing cases of crime in the virtual domain, an official said on Thursday. Till now, the state had just two such police stations, one each in Lucknow and Gautam Buddh Nagar. With this, there are 18 cyber crime police […]

Rupee opens flat at 74.83 against US dollar

4:20 pm August 13, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee opened on a flat note at 74.83 against the US dollar on Thursday, unchanged from its previous close even as the domestic equity market was trading in the positive territory. After opening flat, the local unit was later trading at 74.85, down 2 paise over its previous close of 74.83 against US […]