Day: November 7, 2020

UP: IPL betting racket unearthed, one held

6:38 pm November 7, 2020

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on Saturday claimed to have busted an IPL betting racket with the arrest of a bookie. According to a statement issued by the STF, the bookie, identified as Gagandeep Singh, was arrested from Lucknow on Friday. The STF action came following a tip-off that the accused was involved […]

Ex-SPG officer pens novel on transgenders

6:35 pm November 7, 2020

New Delhi: A new novel by an SPG officer involved in the prime minister’s security from 2000-07 looks at the lives, customs, rituals and struggle of transgenders. “Rasaathi: The Other Side of a Transgender” is Sasindran Kallinkeel’s debut novel. He was with the Central Reserve Police for 23 years and had a seven-year stint with […]

US ambassador concludes three-day visit to Shimla

6:32 pm November 7, 2020

Shimla: United States Ambassador to India Kenneth Ian Juster concluded his three-day visit to Himachal Pradehs‘s Shimla on Saturday and appreciated police efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, an official said. Shimla Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Parveer Thakur said the US ambassador came to the state capital on Thursday and left on Saturday. Juster called […]

Book examines SC judgements on sex, sexuality, gender

6:26 pm November 7, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has been performing a delicate balancing act between social practices and personal rights since its inception nearly 70 years ago but has woken up to the enormous task ahead of it in relation to issues of sex, sexuality and gender only in the relatively recent past, says a new book. […]

UP: Schoolteacher killed in road accident

6:17 pm November 7, 2020

Fatehpur: A 46-year-old teacher of a primary school here lost his life after he was hit by an unknown vehicle on Saturday, police said. Hussainganj police station SHO Satyendra Singh Bhadauria said, “Puttanlal Lodhi (46), a resident of Sabasi village, was hit by an unknown vehicle on Saturday around 5.30 am, when he was on […]