Day: November 2, 2020

Unable to repay loan, farmer takes own life in Jharkhand

10:13 pm November 2, 2020

Hazaribag: A 39-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide at his residence in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district after failing to repay loan to a bank, whose officials apparently threatened to put him behind bars for the default, a police officer said on Monday. According to a complaint by the farmer’s brother, the bank officials had been putting […]

Odisha DGP inaugurates cybercrime complex

10:09 pm November 2, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Cyber police stations of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Crime Branch and the Cybercrime Prevention Against Women and Children (CCPWC) of Odisha have come under one roof the Cybercrime Complex – which was inaugurated here on Monday. Director General of Police Abhay inaugurated the state’s first such complex, from where a laboratory-cum- training […]

Man, wife held for killing niece in northeast Delhi

10:05 pm November 2, 2020

New Delhi: A man and his wife have been arrested for allegedly killing their 17-year-old niece by hitting on her head with an iron rod and later stuffing her body inside a bed box at their house in northeast Delhi‘s Nandnagri area, police said on Monday. The minor girl was living with Vakeel Podar (51) […]

Ex-RBI governors warn of NPAs delaying recovery

9:59 pm November 2, 2020

Mumbai: Domestic banks, which have the highest bad loan pile in the world, pose a huge risk to the recovery of the pandemic-ravaged economy unless the government rescues them, four former Reserve Bank governors warn in a soon-to-be-released book. While Raghuram Rajan blames excessive investments by companies and the exuberance of bankers, coupled with inability […]

Wisconsin presidential recount in 4th day, with few changes

As coronavirus takes centrestage in US polls, will Trump emerge underdog?

9:19 pm November 2, 2020

By Aditya Vikram Singh: WITH US Presidential polls reaching the last lap, as USA goes to the hustings on Tuesday, the final countdown have begun in the much debated US presidential elections which will determine the fate of the incumbent President and the Republican nominee Donald Trump and the former two term US Vice President […]