Day: October 4, 2020

CWG gold medallist shooter Shreyasi Singh joins BJP, may contest Bihar polls

10:41 pm October 4, 2020

New Delhi: Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter Shreyasi Singh, whose father Digvijay Singh was a seasoned socialist leader from Bihar, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday and may fight the state assembly elections. She joined the BJP at the party headquarters here in the presence of its general secretaries Bhupender Yadav, who is in charge of its Bihar affairs, and Arun […]

Chhattisgarh minister terms rape of minor ‘small’ incident, BJP demands his removal

10:37 pm October 4, 2020

Raipur: Chhattisgarh minister and Congress leader Shivkumar Dahariya has termed the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in the state’s Balrampur district as a “small” incident while talking about the Hathras case. After the BJP criticised Dahariya and the Congress for the comments, the minister said that his remarks were “misconstrued”. “(Former Chhattisgarh chief minister) Raman Singh is unaware that the big (rape) incident has occurred in Balrampur of […]

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

DU likely to announce cut-offs for various UG programmes on Oct 10

10:33 pm October 4, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi University plans to announce cut-offs for various undergraduate courses on October 10, two days ahead of the commencement of the admission process to allow students adequate time to choose courses and colleges. The varsity is holding the entire admission process online for the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic. According […]

Purr-fect Nadal sees off cat-loving qualifier

10:07 pm October 4, 2020

Paris: While there have been upsets in the women’s draw, it’s business as usual for Rafael Nadal among the men at the French Open. Against a player who loves him so much that he named his cat after him, Nadal showed no mercy with Sebastian Korda, seeing off the 20-year-old qualifier with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 thumping on Court Philippe Chatrier to reach […]

Raped on pretext of marriage, teen hangs self to death in Palghar; kin blame cops

10:03 pm October 4, 2020

Palghar: A 19-year-old woman allegedly hanged herself to death at her home in Maharashtra’s Palghar district after she was raped by a man several times on the pretext of marriage, police said on Sunday. The woman’s kin, however, claimed she was depressed after being chided and humiliated by police officials while lodging a complaint against […]