Day: October 6, 2020

Flood situation in Assam continues to improve

10:31 pm October 6, 2020

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam continued to improve on Tuesday although more than 77,500 people are still suffering due to the deluge across three districts, an official bulletin said. According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), Nagaon is the worst hit with more than 49,200 people affected, […]

Hathras: Ahmedabad sanitation workers abstain from work

10:17 pm October 6, 2020

Ahmedabad: As many as 20,000 sanitation workers of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Tuesday abstained from work in protest against the alleged gang-rape and death of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, a union leader said. While the Ahmedabad Municipal Servants’ Association (AMSA), the apex body of sanitation workers in the city, claimed […]

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

Smuggled betel nuts worth Rs 2.55 crore seized in Assam

10:14 pm October 6, 2020

Guwahati: Areca nuts worth Rs 2.55 crore, suspected to be smuggled from Myanmar, were seized in Guwahati and three persons arrested, a senior official said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, three trucks carrying 68 tonnes of areca nut, commonly known as betel nut, coming from Kalain in Cachar district were intercepted, said Om Prakash […]

Deer killed after being hit by vehicle near Simlipal

10:07 pm October 6, 2020

Baripada (Odisha): A deer was killed after being hit by a vehicle near the Similipal sanctuary in Odisha‘s Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday, forest officials said. The incident happened near Kalabadia on National Highway 18 in the Deuli forest range, when the animal, weighing around 30 kg, had come out of the Similipal sanctuary, Range Officer […]

UP farmer ends life after stray cattle destroy crop

10:00 pm October 6, 2020

Fatehpur (UP): A 60-year-old farmer killed himself Tuesday allegedly after stray cattle destroyed crop at his field in a village here, police said. Harishchandra Nishad, a resident of Walipur Ramsagara village here, had left home early morning to guard his crop against stray cattle but he was found hanging from a tree in the field, […]