Day: September 12, 2020

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

70-yr-old woman raped, beaten up by man in UP’s Ballia

4:52 pm September 12, 2020

Ballia: A 70-year-old woman was allegedly raped and beaten up by a man in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia on Saturday following which the accused was arrested, police said. The 25-year-old man forcibly entered the woman’s house around 4 am and allegedly raped her, SHO of Haldi police station Satyendra Rai said. The accused, who used to […]

Heavy rainfall in several parts of Kerala

Light rains, thundershower at few places in UP

4:48 pm September 12, 2020

Lucknow: Light to moderate rain and thundershower occurred at isolated places in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, the meteorological department said. Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning were seen at isolated places over eastern parts of the state. Light to moderate thunderstorm accompanied with lightning is very likely at isolated places over eastern UP while the western region […]

TN govt not for NEET, says Education Minister

4:42 pm September 12, 2020

Erode(TN): The Tamil Nadu government is against the National Eligibility-cum- EntranceTest (NEET) and has been urging the Centre to exempt the state from the test, School Education Minister K A Sengottiyan said on Saturday. The Minister’s statement comes on a day when a 19-year- old girl died by alleged suicide in Madurai, apparently ‘apprehensive’ over […]

Record spike of 97,570 infections pushes India’s COVID caseload to 46,59,984

4:36 pm September 12, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 46 lakh with a record 97,570 infections being reported in a day, while 36,24,196 people have recuperated so far taking the national recovery rate to 77.77 per cent on Saturday, according to Union health ministry data. The total number of coronavirus cases has mounted to 46,59,984, while the […]

Engineer in quarantine found dead with throat slit

4:33 pm September 12, 2020

Kannur: A 30-year-old engineer, who had returned from Kuwait and was in quarantine here, was found dead with his throat slit, police said on Saturday. T V Sharath was staying in an outhouse adjacent to his residence. When a relative went to give Sharath breakfast, the latter was found dead, the police said. A pair […]