Day: October 17, 2020

Nagpur: Man held for raping 12-year-old girl

11:37 pm October 17, 2020

Nagpur: A man was arrested in Nagpur for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl after luring her to the cotton fields nearby, police said on Saturday. The incident happened on Friday afternoon in Nilaj village when the girl and her brother were grazing goats, said a Khaparkheda police station official. After the girl’s kin filed a […]

Congress alleges rampant fraud in voters' list in Kerala

Congress to start ‘Speak up for Chandigarh’ campaign

11:29 pm October 17, 2020

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Congress on Saturday said it will start an online social media campaign under which the party leaders will regularly raise various issues, including the recent steep hike in water tariffs, in the city. Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee president Pradeep Chhabra said the party will also gherao the municipal corporation office on October […]

Man found hanging in rented accommodation in south Delhi

11:15 pm October 17, 2020

New Delhi: A 30-year-old man ended his life by allegedly hanging himself on Saturday inside his rented accommodation in south Delhi’s Mehrauli area, police said. The deceased has been identified as Rajesh Singh, a native of Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand, they said. Singh hanged himself from a ceiling fan in his rented room inside a Church […]

Tigress captured from defunct rubber factory in UP

Tigress, cub found dead in MP’s Bandhavgarh reserve

11:06 pm October 17, 2020

Umaria (MP): A 10-year-old tigress named Solo was found dead along with one of her cubs in the buffer zone of Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) on Saturday, an official said. A patrolling party found the big cat dead with injury marks, while the carcass of one of her two-year-old cubs was found lying […]

Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh Sandhu cremated

10:56 pm October 17, 2020

Amritsar: A large number of people turned up on Saturday at the cremation of Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh Sandhu, who was shot dead by two unknown assailants in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district. Earlier, the family had refused to cremate the body unless the accused were arrested, but then agreed to conduct the last rites […]