Day: September 24, 2020

Driest September in Delhi in 16 years: IMD

2:20 pm September 24, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi recorded less than 21 mm rainfall in September, the lowest for the month in 16 years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD’s regional forecasting centre, said Delhi has already recorded the last rainfall of the monsoon season and any precipitation is unlikely now. The […]

Union Cabinet condoles MoS Suresh Angadi’s demise

2:18 pm September 24, 2020

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Thursday condoled the demise of Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi, and said the nation has lost an eminent leader, educationist, distinguished parliamentarian and able administrator. The cabinet, which met under Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conferencing, observed a two-minute silence in honour of Angadi, and passed […]

Woman raped for 3 years on pretext of marriage in UP

2:13 pm September 24, 2020

Ballia (UP): A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a man from her village in Bansdih area here for three years on the pretext of marriage, police said on Thursday. The accused, Sachin Parihar (31), has been arrested, they said. The woman, in her complaint, alleged that the accused had been raping her for the […]

Bus-size asteroid to zoom by Earth, ducking below satellites

12:14 am September 24, 2020

Cape Canaveral: An asteroid the size of a school bus is headed our way, but NASA says the space rock will zoom safely past Earth on Thursday. The newly discovered asteroid will come within 13,000 miles (22,000 kilometres) of Earth, well below many of the communications satellites orbiting the planet, scientists said this week. The closest approach will occur Thursday […]

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

Ghaziabad family beaten up with iron rods, robbed of cash, valuables worth Rs 9 lakh

12:08 am September 24, 2020

Ghaziabad: A shop owner and his family members were tied up and thrashed with iron rods by four robbers who fled with cash and valuables worth Rs 9 lakh, police said on Wednesday. The accused barged into Sanjay Mittal’s house in Ghaziabad‘s Kavi Nagar on the intervening night of September 22 and 23, SSP Kalanidhi […]