Day: December 13, 2020

UP: Tractor-trolley overturns, one man dead

9:17 pm December 13, 2020

Balrampur (UP): One person died, while five others were seriously injured on Sunday, when the tractor-trolley in which they were travelling overturned here, police said. Police said the tractor-trolley was carrying 20 devotees and the driver lost control of the vehicle. It overturned near Tendua village under Dehat police station area. The devotees were going […]

HM’s remark against custodial torture, a welcome move

Agriculture Minister Tomar meets Amit Shah

9:10 pm December 13, 2020

New Delhi: Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Som Parkash met Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday amidst farmers’ protests against the Centre’s three agriculture laws, officials said. The ministers were accompanied by BJP leaders from Punjab. Tomar and Parkash, along with their ministerial colleague Piyush Goyal, had led the government’s negotiations with the protesting […]

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Journalist’s family beaten up

4:18 pm December 13, 2020

Etah: Eight family members of a journalist were thrashed after his daughter objected to the beating up of cattle by her neighbour in Shantinagar locality of the district, police said on Sunday. Senior Superintendent of Police Sunil Kumar Singh said the incident happened on Saturday evening and a case has been registered in this regard. […]

9-year-old girl raped, juvenile apprehended

4:14 pm December 13, 2020

Mahoba (UP): A 13-year-old boy has been apprehended for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba district, police said on Sunday. The girl was playing outside her home on Friday evening when the boy, who lives in the neighbourhood, took her to a nearby place on the pretext of playing with her. He […]

Renowned Sanskrit scholar Govindacharya no more

4:11 pm December 13, 2020

Mangaluru: Renowned Sanskrit scholar Vidyavachaspati Bannanje Govindacharya died at his residence at Ambalpady in Udupi on Sunday due to age related illness, family sources said. He was 85. A propagator of ‘Madhwa’ ideology and a great orator, Govindacharya had been conferred the Padma Shree in 2009. He was well-versed in Veda Bhashya, Upanishad Bhashya, Mahabharata, […]