Day: December 11, 2020

NSG commandos conduct mock terror drill in Telangana, Goa

9:04 pm December 11, 2020

New Delhi: Counter-terrorist commando force NSG recently conducted a national crisis-response mock exercise to combat a multi-city and multi-target attack situation in Hyderabad and Goa, the federal agency said on Friday. The annual exercise, codenamed ‘Gandiv-II’ was undertaken between December 6-8 and was witnessed by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. Multiple National Security Guard (NSG) commando teams were […]

Police stop marriage of 16-yr-old boy in UP’s Bareilly

9:00 pm December 11, 2020

Bareilly: Police in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh stopped the marriage of a 16-year-old boy and a 20-year-old woman, acting on a compliant from an NGO, officials said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday in the Bahedi area here. Officials from the local police station reached the wedding venue and stopped the marriage […]

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

BSNL gets permit to provide services in Delhi, Mumbai

8:52 pm December 11, 2020

New Delhi: The Department of Telecom has granted state-run telecom company BSNL licence for 20 years effective from February 29, 2020, to provide mobile, fixed-line, satellite and other communication services across India, including Delhi and Mumbai. Another state-run PSU MTNL provides telecom services in Delhi and Mumbai and BSNL currently serves the rest of the country. ”The licence shall […]

ED arrests cryptocurrency trader in Chinese online betting scam case

8:47 pm December 11, 2020

New Delhi: The ED has arrested a cryptocurrency trader in connection with its money laundering probe linked to an online Chinese betting scam case that is estimated to be over Rs 1,100 crore, the central agency said on Friday. It said Naisar Kothari, a resident of Bhavnagar in Gujarat, was arrested under sections of the Prevention of Money […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

Boy kidnapped for Rs 50 lakh ransom in UP’s Maharajganj

8:41 pm December 11, 2020

Gorakhpur: A six-year-old boy has been kidnapped from a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj district and a ransom of Rs 50 lakh demanded from his parents, police said on Friday. Deepak, son of Piyush Gupta, was playing games on a mobile phone outside his house around 3 pm on Wednesday from where he went missing […]