Day: October 1, 2020

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

Hathras case: Presence of semen on victim’s body not essential for prosecution in rape, experts

10:17 pm October 1, 2020

New Delhi: Legal experts Thursday debunked the theory propounded by the Uttar Pradesh Police that absence of semen from the body of Hathras victim suggested that she was not raped, saying presence of sperm cannot be an essential ingredient to prove the crime. Senior advocates Rebecca John and Vikas Pahwa told PTI that absence of semen […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Indian diaspora groups in UK rally against new ‘fringe’ group on Kashmir

10:13 pm October 1, 2020

London: Indian diaspora organisations are rallying against a new “fringe” Conservative Party group on Kashmir and have issued letters to the ruling party headquarters, copies of which have also been sent to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel. The protest follows the revival of a so-called “Conservative Friends of Kashmir” group, announced on social media last week by seven […]

Air India flyer seeks damages over data breach

AI cancels all Frankfurt flights till Oct 14 as Germany withdraws permission to operate them

10:08 pm October 1, 2020

New Delhi: Air India has cancelled all 12 flights between Frankfurt and India till October 14 after Germany withdrew permission to operate them, said senior government officials on Thursday. Two days ago, Lufthansa said it will have to cancel all “planned flights” between India and Germany from September 30 to October 20 because of an “unexpected rejection” of its flight schedule by the Indian authorities. The government officials said […]

Husband-wife duo arrested for cheating people

10:01 pm October 1, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday arrested a husband-wife duo who allegedly ran away with the money invested by people in a local scheme run by them, officials said. The accused have been identified as Mahender Chawla (53) and Renu Chawla (52), residents of Sector-3 Rohini, they said. On Wednesday, police received information that […]

2,041 new coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh, 20 deaths

9:50 pm October 1, 2020

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh on Thursday reported 2,041 new coronavirus cases, pushing its caseload to 1,30,088, while 20 new fatalities took the death toll to 2,336, an official said. Seven deaths were reported in Indore, the district worst-hit by the pandemic in the state, two each in Bhopal and Sehore, one each in Gwalior, Jabalpur, Shivpuri, […]