Day: January 2, 2021

Over 64,000 tourists have visited Kaziranga since Oct 21

3:39 pm January 2, 2021

Guwahati: More than 64,000 tourists have visited the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, famed for the one-horned Indian rhinoceros, since it reopened on October 21, an official said. The park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site, usually remains closed between June and September because of the annual floods and reopens in November. The park’s Field Director P […]

Former home minister Buta Singh passes away

3:38 pm January 2, 2021

New Delhi: Former Union home minister Buta Singh, who remained in public service for a long time and served under four prime ministers, died at the AIIMS here on Saturday morning. He was 86. The senior Congress leader was in a coma since October last year, when he was admitted to the All India Institute of […]

Forest fire in Nagaland’s Dzukou Range under control: Officials

3:28 pm January 2, 2021

Kohima: The forest fire raging in Dzukou range in Nagaland has been brought under control with the help of the Indian Air Force helicopters, police, forest department and local volunteers, officials said on Saturday. The Dzukou range in which the majestic Dzukou valley, a tourist hot spot in Nagaland is located, caught fire on Tuesday afternoon. Efforts to extinguish the wildfire […]

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

48-hour lockdown begins in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand to check spread of COVID-19

3:25 pm January 2, 2021

Pithoragarh: A 48-hour lockdown began in Pithoragarh town in Uttarakhand from 7 am on Saturday to contain the spread of COVID-19. All offices and business establishments in the town will remain closed for 48 hours, sub divisional magistrate Tushar Saini said. Medical shops will remain open as usual and vegetable shops can operate only till […]

Gujarat: Three women charred to death as car catches fire

3:10 pm January 2, 2021

Rajkot : Three women were charred to death when the car in which they were travelling caught fire after colliding with a cotton-laden truck at Gondal in Gujarat’s Rajkot district early on Saturday, police said. The mishap occurred on Gondal-Rajkot national highway near Biliyala village around 6 am, an official of Gondal taluka police station said. ”The […]