Day: September 4, 2020

Act against those defaming Mumbai police: Raut on Kangana

4:55 pm September 4, 2020

Mumbai: Hitting out at actor Kangana Ranaut for comparing Mumbai to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday urged the Maharashtra government to take against people defaming the city police. He also asked Ranaut to tour the PoK first to see the situation prevailing there. In a tweet, Ranaut had recently asked, “Why is Mumbai feeling like Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir?”. She had tagged a September 1 news report where Sanjay Raut had […]

From Venice, a plea to reopen movie theaters shut by virus

4:50 pm September 4, 2020

Venice: Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has joined a chorus of voices at the Venice Film Festival urging the reopening of movie theaters after coronavirus lockdowns, saying films are meant to be seen on the big screen, not at home. Venice organisers have prided themselves on pushing ahead with the festival despite the cumbersome and costly anti-virus restrictions that include protective […]

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

Lakhimpur: 3-year-old raped before murder, third such case in three weeks

4:38 pm September 4, 2020

Lakhimpur Kheri: The three-year-old girl, who was found dead in a sugarcane field in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, was raped before murder, a senior police officer said on Friday. This is the third such incident in the district in as many weeks. The girl’s body, which bore injury marks on the head, was recovered from […]

Militant killed, Army officer inured in encounter in J-K

4:34 pm September 4, 2020

Srinagar: An unidentified militant was killed and an Army officer injured in an encounter in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Yedipora in Pattan area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir following specific information about the presence of militants, a police official […]

2 arrested for abusing, threatening couple in Delhi

4:25 pm September 4, 2020

New Delhi: Two men were arrested for allegedly misbehaving with and threatening a couple on Outer Ring Road in west Delhi after a purported video clip of the incident became viral on social media, police said on Friday. The accused have been identified as Karan Chopra (36) and Satpreet Singh (35), both residents of Paschim […]