Day: November 3, 2020

Patna to Khagaria, first-time voters share excitement, fear of ‘COVID-time polling’

11:18 pm November 3, 2020

Patna: As Bihar election is being conducted amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a section of young first-time voters shared their excitement and apprehension of casting their franchise for the first time in a new normal electoral environment. From capital Patna to far-off Khagaria, many asserted that they “voted to bring change”, while others said pollution, women’s safety and jobs weighed heavy […]

‘Baba Ka Dhaba’ row: YouTuber alleges defamation, claims he handed over Rs 3.78 L to eatery owner

11:14 pm November 3, 2020

New Delhi: As police probe is underway, YouTuber Gaurav Wasan, who shot the video of the owner of popular eatery ‘Baba Ka Dhaba’, alleged on Tuesday that he is being defamed and claimed that he had handed over Rs 3.78 lakh to him. Nearly a month after his video went viral, 80-year-old Kanta Prasad, the owner […]

After Mathura namaz row, 4 held for Hanuman Chalisa in Idgah

11:12 pm November 3, 2020

Mathura: Police arrested four men Tuesday after they chanted ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ at an Idgah, a day after namaz offered on the premises of a temple here triggered a row. New sections have also been added in the FIR registered over the namaz incident. Police are now accusing those involved in it of “cheating” by calling […]

YouTuber arrested for committing sacrilege’

11:06 pm November 3, 2020

Ludhiana: A man has been arrested here for allegedly committing sacrilege by tearing pages of Guru Granth Sahib and throwing them on a road and triggering tension in the area by uploading the video footage of strewn pages on YouTube. The police identified the arrested youth as Sewa Singh, a resident of Swatantra Nagar in […]

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

Eight who stole mobile phones from Gr Noida flats held

11:03 pm November 3, 2020

Noida (UP): Eight men involved in over a dozen cases of mobile thefts from apartments and societies in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida have been arrested, police said on Tuesday. The accused worked in housekeeping facilities of residential societies in the Bisrakh area and were connected to each other in a way that they worked as […]