Day: November 19, 2020

Highway gang killing passengers busted, 3 held: Police

3:35 pm November 19, 2020

Mathura (UP): With the arrest of three men on Wednesday, the Mathura police claimed to have busted a gang, the members of which were involved in looting passengers travelling on highways and killing them, officials said. “Three members of the gang were nabbed in a joint operation by three police stations, the SWAT and the […]

Tiger found dead in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

Tiger mauls woman to death in MP’s Shahdol district

3:30 pm November 19, 2020

Shahdol: A 40-year-old woman was mauled to death by a tiger at her home in the buffer zone of Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district on Thursday, a forest official said. The incident took place at around 5.30 am when the big cat entered the home of Samaria Patel in Aketpur village, […]

Encounter underway in J-K’s Pulwama

3:26 pm November 19, 2020

Srinagar: An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Parigam village of Pulwama following information about presence of militants there, a police official said. He said the search operation turned into an encounter after […]

Tigress captured from defunct rubber factory in UP

Bengal tiger dies at Delhi zoo

3:23 pm November 19, 2020

New Delhi: A 15-year-old Bengal tiger having symptoms of “chronic kidney disorder” died at the Delhi zoo on Thursday, officials said. The tiger named ‘B-2’ or Bittu was not keeping well for many months. He breathed his last at 9.25 am, Zoo Director Ramesh Pandey said. ‘B-2’, who was brought from Van Vihar Zoo, Bhopal, […]

7-yr-old girl raped in UP’s Fatehpur

3:17 pm November 19, 2020

Fatehpur (UP): A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 14-year-old boy in a village in the Bindki police station area here, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday evening, and the boy has been detained, Assistant Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar said. An FIR in this connection has been lodged and […]