Day: August 19, 2020

Allahabad HC stays arrest of 'Mirzapur' web series directors, writers

HC asks all DMs to vigorously enforce social distancing

10:32 pm August 19, 2020

Allahabad: Amid the ongoing anti-COVID fight, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday asked all district administrations in Uttar Pradesh to vigorously enforce the social distancing norms and wearing of masks among people. The court also appointed two advocate commissioners and directed them to submit their joint report on measures being taken by the government to […]

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

AAP protests against NDMC proposal to hike taxes

10:29 pm August 19, 2020

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party held a protest against the decision of the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation to hike taxes on Wednesday. The protest was led by party’s municipal corporation incharge Durgesh Pathak. The municipal corporation has proposed to hike four taxes due to financial crunch. The taxes include professional tax, tax on […]

Childless couple held for kidnapping toddler

10:05 pm August 19, 2020

Mumbai: A couple were arrested here on Wednesday hours after they allegedly abducted the one-year-old daughter of their friend. The accused were identified as Reshma Mistri (32) and her husband Ibrahim Mistri (35). According to the police, the couple abducted the child as they had no child of their own. On Wednesday morning, the accused […]

15-year-old girl raped by 5 persons in Tripura

10:01 pm August 19, 2020

Agartala: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five persons in Tripura’s Sepahijala district, police said on Wednesday. The five persons forcibly took the girl to a jungle near Dewan Bazar area and raped her while she was returning from her el 15-year-old girl raped by 5 persons in Tripurader sister’s house on Sunday night, […]

6 lakh may have been coronavirus-infected in city: Study

9:22 pm August 19, 2020

Hyderabad: There may be at least six lakh people in the city who have been infected by coronavirus with a large number of them asymptomatic and need no hospitalisation, a study said on Wednesday. Conducted by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology and CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, the study said individuals infected by SARS-CoV-2 […]