Day: August 31, 2020

When “Royal Bengal tiger” met “Maratha tiger” in his den

11:43 pm August 31, 2020

Mumbai: In July 2012, then presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee‘s visit to Bal Thackeray’s home in suburban Mumbai had raised many eyebrows within the Congress. While Mukherjee later mentioned in his autobiography that his meeting with Thackeray had riled Sonia Gandhi, the late Sena patriarch said it was but natural for the “Maratha tiger to support […]

Girl raped by minor youth in Mathura

7:59 pm August 31, 2020

Mathura (UP): A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an adolescent in a village in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday. The girl had stepped out of her house on Saturday to buy some groceries from a nearby shop when she was waylaid by the youth and raped in a lonely place, […]

IndiGo celebrating Durga Puja at six airports

Orissa HC allows Durga Puja in Cuttack

7:56 pm August 31, 2020

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday gave its stamp of approval to holding Durga Puja in Cuttack by adhering to COVID-19 guidelines issued by the state and Central governments. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq gave the directive while hearing a petition filed by Balubazar Puja Committee. The puja committee had […]

Police: Most arrested during Kenosha protests not from city

7:53 pm August 31, 2020

Kenosha: Most of the people arrested in demonstrations against police brutality since the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha were not city residents, according to police. Of the 175 people arrested during protests in Kenosha since Blake was shot in the back August 23, leaving the 29-year-old Black man paralysed, 102 have addresses outside of Kenosha, including 44 different cities, […]

First ‘historic’ direct flight between Israel and UAE lands in Abu Dhabi

7:49 pm August 31, 2020

Abu Dhabi: In a historic step towards peace in the Middle East, the first commercial direct flight between Israel and the UAE landed in Abu Dhabi on Monday after both countries announced the normalisation of relations. “We just completed a truly historic flight. This hopefully will be the first of many,” Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s adviser, and son-in-law, who is leading […]