Day: September 19, 2020

Homes destroyed as winds push California fire into desert

11:42 pm September 19, 2020

Juniper Hills: Winds pushed an unrelenting wildfire burning in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles deeper into a Mojave Desert community, but firefighters looked to seize on more favorable weather on Saturday to protect homes and make headway into their nearly two-week battle. Meanwhile, officials were investigating the death of a firefighter on the lines of another Southern California wildfire that […]

Rajasthan: Around Rs 4.5 crore cash seized from car

No decision to discontinue printing of Rs 2000 note: FinMin

8:30 pm September 19, 2020

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry on Saturday informed the Lok Sabha that no decision has been taken to discontinue the printing of Rs 2,000 denomination currency notes. In a written reply, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said printing of bank notes of particular denomination is decided by the government in consultation with the […]

Centre rejects study which claims India is world’s largest emitter of anthropogenic sulphur dioxide

8:26 pm September 19, 2020

New Delhi: The Environment Ministry on Saturday rejected the findings of a study which claimed that India is the world’s largest emitter of anthropogenic sulphur dioxide (SO2) and informed the Rajya Sabha that 18 units for flue-gas desulphurization were installed in the country. Congress MP Ripun Bora had sought to know whether the government is […]

Maha: Tiger kills elderly woman in Yavatmal district

8:21 pm September 19, 2020

Nagpur: A 60-year-old woman was killed by a tiger at a village in Pandharkawda forest division in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district on Saturday, an official said. The woman was attacked by the big cat while she was working in a field at Mouza Andharwadi village at around 12 pm, the official from Pandharkawda forest department said. […]

Rajasthan: 45-yr-old woman raped in Alwar; 5 held

8:17 pm September 19, 2020

Jaipur: A 45-year old woman was allegedly raped in front of her nephew who was also forced to sexually assault her in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, police said on Saturday. The accused also shot a video of the incident and circulated it following which an FIR was registered, they said. Of the six people named in […]