Day: September 14, 2020

Perfectly preserved Ice Age cave bear found in Arctic Russia

11:42 pm September 14, 2020

Madisonville: Reindeer herders in a Russian Arctic archipelago have found an immaculately preserved carcass of an Ice Age cave bear, researchers said Monday. The find, revealed by the melting permafrost, was discovered on the Lyakhovsky Islands with its teeth and even its nose intact. Previously scientists only had been able to discover the bones of cave bears that became extinct […]

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

DU’s second phase of open book exams starts

11:23 pm September 14, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi University’s second phase of open-book exams kicked off Monday with college authorities saying there were no complaints of technical glitches from students. The exams went off smoothly, said Professor Balaram Pani, Dean of Colleges, Delhi University. Nearly 10,780 students are expected to appear in the online open-book exams. Nineteen of them are […]

Police raid hookah bar in Ghaziabad

11:21 pm September 14, 2020

Ghaziabad: The Indirapuram police here raided a hookah bar being run in the garb of a gymnasium, an official said on Monday. According to SSP Kalanidhi Naithani, this was the second such raid conducted by police since Friday. He said 15 youths were arrested for violating coronavirus-related norms during the raid. Police raided the hookah […]

Chhattisgarh: Tantrik held for raping ailing teen girl

11:12 pm September 14, 2020

Bilaspur: A tantrik was arrested from Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir-Champa district for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl on the pretext of curing her, police said on Monday. Habbu Maulvi alias Shakir Raja Qureshi (44) was arrested on Sunday from Kotmi Sonar village, JP Gupta, Station House Officer (SHO) of Bilaspur’s Sipat police station said. “Last week, the […]

Kashmiri Pandit organisations observe Martyr’s day

11:10 pm September 14, 2020

Jammu: Several organisations of Kashmiri Pandits observed Martyr’s day here and in Delhi on Monday, demanding their rehabilitation in the Valley and setting up of a panel to probe the “genocide” the community was allegedly subjected to. The Kashmiri Pandits have been observing ‘Balidan Divas’ (Martyr’s day) since 1990 to pay homage to the community […]