Day: November 24, 2020

UP: Man arrested on rape charges as woman kills self a day before his marriage

6:41 pm November 24, 2020

Muzaffarnagar: A 26-year-old woman has killed herself here alleging that she was sexually exploited by a man who had promised to marry her but refused to do so subsequently, police said Tuesday. They said the woman consumed poison outside the man’s house on Monday, just a day before he was set to marry another woman. […]

Head of little-known US government agency ascertains Biden as winner, lets transition begin

6:35 pm November 24, 2020

Washington: Head of a previously little-known US government agency, under pressure to let the transition proceed, has finally ascertained Joe Biden as the apparent winner of the November 3 election, more than two weeks after the Democrat triumphed over President Donald Trump. The much-awaited decision by Emily Murphy, Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), will now enable the incoming Biden team […]

Cases over 'Jallikatttu' protests will be withdrawn: TN CM

TN CM hands over appointment order to son of man killed during anti-Sterlite protest

6:32 pm November 24, 2020

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday handed over an appointment order to the son of a person who was killed during the anti-Sterlite protest in the southern Thoothukudi district in 2018. The state government had already provided jobs to 18 people who were relatives of those killed in police firing during the protest against the copper […]

Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

Local train services on Harbour line disrupted

6:25 pm November 24, 2020

New Delhi: Callers will soon be required to add ‘0’ prefix for making calls from landlines to mobile phones in the country, with the telecom department asking telcos to make necessary arrangements by January 1 to implement the new system. The department has accepted sectoral regulator Trai’s recommendation for having the ‘0’ prefix for such […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Pollution played key role in high severity of third wave of COVID-19 in Delhi: Kejriwal to PM

2:50 pm November 24, 2020

New Delhi: At a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the high severity of the third wave of COVID-19 in the national capital is due to many factors, pollution being an important one, sources said Kejriwal told the prime minister that Delhi saw the peak of 8,600 […]