Day: December 8, 2020

Man gets life sentence for killing lover

7:06 pm December 8, 2020

Mumbai: A sessions court here on Tuesday sentenced a 38-year-old man to life imprisonment for murdering his lover and dumping her dismembered body in a lake in suburban Chembur in 2013. Prabhakar Shetty, the accused, was found guilty under IPC section 302 (murder). Principal Judge,sessions court,S B Agarwal sentenced him to life imprisonment and imposed […]

Rupee rises to 1-1/2 month high on foreign fund inflows

7:03 pm December 8, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee surged by 30 paise to settle at a one-and-a-half month high of 73.60 against the US dollar on Tuesday, buoyed by foreign fund inflows and heavy buying in domestic equities. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.83 against the US dollar and witnessed an intra-day high of 73.59 […]

Honey adulteration: CSE rebuts Chinese company’s claim

6:59 pm December 8, 2020

New Delhi: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Tuesday rebutted the Chinese company Wuhu Deli Foods’s statement which denied having knowledge that their transaction had to do anything with adulterating honey with sugar syrup. In a statement, China-based Wuhu Deli has categorically denied that it knew the said syrups being solicited by the […]

No impact of Bharat bandh in Andaman and Nicobar

6:55 pm December 8, 2020

Port Blair: The Bharat bandh called by farmer unions demanding the repeal of three Central farm laws had no impact on normal life in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Tuesday. Markets and offices were open and transport services functioned normally, officials said. There were no reports of anyone trying to enforce the bandh from […]

Bharat Bandh: NCP supports agitating farmers, slams BJP

6:50 pm December 8, 2020

Mumbai: Leaders and workers of the NCP in Maharashtra, led by the party’s state unit president, Jayant Patil, came out in support of farmers who observed a Bharat Bandh on Tuesday to demand scrapping of the Centres new agricultural laws. Patil, who is also Maharashtra’s water resources minister, wore black ribbon to express solidarity with […]