Day: September 2, 2020

Teenager held for killing his friend

8:38 pm September 2, 2020

Nagpur: A 16-year-old boy has been detained for allegedly killing his friend over some dispute in Gittikhadan area here in Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday. In the incident that occurred on Tuesday night in Sai Nagar area, the accused allegedly slit the throat of the victim (16) with a sharp weapon, an official said, adding […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

India ranks 48th in global innovation index

8:30 pm September 2, 2020

New Delhi: India has joined the group of top 50 countries in the global innovation index for the first time, moving up four places to the 48th rank and keeping the top position among the nations in central and southern Asia. According to the Global Innovation Index (GII) list, 2020 released jointly by the World […]

Night curfew imposed in Noida, Ghaziabad till April 17

Noida: Meerut resident held in drug case

8:24 pm September 2, 2020

Noida (UP): A suspected drug peddler was arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida on Wednesday after over 38 kg of cannabis was allegedly recovered from him, police said. Mohammed Idris, a native of Meerut district, was held in the Dankaur area while he was transporting the contraband in a Haryana-registered car, police said. The accused […]

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

Rumours posing new challenge for Punjab health teams

8:20 pm September 2, 2020

Chandigarh: Circulation of several social-media rumours, including alleged organ harvesting of coronavirus patients, have posed a new challenge for the Punjab Health Department as villagers in some places preventing the medical teams from collecting samples, officials said on Wednesday. Health authorities have appealed to the people not to fall prey to such canards and get […]

Man beats 50-year-old father to death in Kota

8:12 pm September 2, 2020

Kota: A 25-year-old man beat his 50-year-old father to death with a stick in Rajasthan’s Kota district on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, police said. The incident took place in Govind Nagar area under Udyog Nagar police station, they said. The accused, Rohit, and his father Mukesh Valmiki would consume alcohol regularly and […]