Day: January 6, 2021

UP horror: 50-year-old anganwadi worker gang-raped, killed by priest, accomplices

8:12 pm January 6, 2021

Badaun: A 50-year-old anganwadi worker was gang-raped and murdered allegedly by a priest and his two accomplices in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh, triggering an opposition’s outcry and a comparison with Delhi’s 2012 Nirbhaya case. While the priest is on the run, his two accomplices were arrested on Tuesday night after the post-mortem report confirmed […]

UK police to get stricter with fines for COVID-19 lockdown breaches

8:06 pm January 6, 2021

London: The UK police will get stricter with its enforcement of the new nationwide lockdown that legally came into force on Wednesday and have urged the public to fully comply with the rules, which call for people to stay at home except for limited reasons to be outdoors. Scotland Yard said people in “obvious, wilful and […]

UP govt orders probe by EOW into Ghaziabad roof collapse incident

8:01 pm January 6, 2021

Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday ordered a probe by the SIT of Economic Offences Wing (EOW) into the Muradnagar roof collapse incident in which 24 people died. The SIT will probe the entire incident, including the construction work, Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet Sehgal said, adding that a detailed report has also been sought from the ADG. ”The […]

Flight operations restored in Kashmir after remaining affected due to bad weather

Air traffic remains suspended at Srinagar airport for 4th day as snow drapes Valley in white

7:49 pm January 6, 2021

Stcharles: Flight operations at the Srinagar airport remained suspended for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday due to poor visibility following heavy snowfall in Kashmir, officials said. They said all the flights were cancelled for the day. The flight operations did not resume at the airport on Wednesday as well due to snowfall and poor visibility, the officials […]

Indian-origin medic explores gum and kidney disease link in UK study

7:42 pm January 6, 2021

London: An imbalance of the body’s oxygen producing free radicals and its antioxidant cells could be the reason why gum disease and chronic kidney disease affect each other, a new study by an Indian-origin medic in the UK has found. Periodontitis – or gum disease – is a common, inflammatory disease which causes bleeding gums, […]