Day: August 31, 2020

Noida man duped on job pretext, woman among 3 held

7:10 pm August 31, 2020

Noida (UP): Three Uttarakhand-based people, including a woman, have been arrested for allegedly duping a man from Noida on the pretext of giving him a job in a software firm, police said on Monday. Besides the fraud, the accused trio was also involved in burglaries, they said, adding that as it recovered household items and […]

Mortar shell defused safely in Rajouri

7:05 pm August 31, 2020

Jammu: Security forces on Monday defused a live mortar shell and averted a tragedy in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Rajouri district, officials said. A suspected object was found by some labourers who were digging a trench in Nowshera area and they informed the police, the officials said. Police and army identified it as a live mortar […]

Actor-MPs urge Centre to reopen cinema halls

7:01 pm August 31, 2020

Kolkata: Four actors of the Bengali film industry, three of them ruling TMC MPs, have urged the Centre to consider re-opening movie theatres with necessary COVID-19 protocols in place, underscoring that cinema hall owners and employees are under severe financial duress. Sources in the industry said the actor-MPs have made the plea as members of […]

Man from Delhi hangs himself in Rishikesh

6:59 pm August 31, 2020

Rishikesh: A man from Delhi allegedly committed suicide here by hanging himself from a tree, police said on Monday. He was found hanging from a tree near IDPL’s Canal Gate on Sunday by passersby who reported the matter to the police, SHO Ritesh Kumar said. Documents recovered from his clothes revealed his identity as 34-year-old […]

Ajay Singh Chautala becomes JJP national president

6:56 pm August 31, 2020

Chandigarh: Former MP Ajay Singh Chautala was appointed the national president of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) on Monday. The decision was taken at a national executive meeting of the party held in Panchkula. Chautala is serving a jail term in connection with a teachers’ recruitment scam in Haryana in 2000 and is currently on […]