Day: January 8, 2021

Illegal arms supplier arrested in Delhi

11:52 pm January 8, 2021

New Delhi: Ahead of Republic Day, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police has arrested a 24-year-old illegal arms supplier and recovered 35 semi-automatic pistols and 60 live bullets from him, officials said on Friday. The accused has been identified as Ashish Kumar Pandey, a resident of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, they said. The arrest […]

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Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

Over 400 chickens culled in Indore amid bird flu scare

11:48 pm January 8, 2021

Indore (MP): Nearly 450 chickens were culled in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city in the last 24 hours to prevent the spread of bird flu, a civic official said on Friday evening. The Madhya Pradesh government has already ordered closure of poultry shops in Neemuch and Indore districts for a week after bird flu infection was […]

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Arunachal dy CM calls for inviting private players to harness state’s hydropower potential

11:17 pm January 8, 2021

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Friday called for inviting private players to harness the state’s hydropower potential to boost economic growth. Mein, while chairing meetings on the construction of two hydropower projects, said that inviting potential private power developers to the state will open up employment opportunities. ”The hydropower projects once […]

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Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump decides not to attend President-elect Biden’s inauguration on Jan 20

11:09 pm January 8, 2021

Washington : President Donald Trump said Friday he won’t attend President-elect Joe Biden’s Inauguration on January 20. He will be the first incumbent president since Andrew Johnson to skip his successors inauguration. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump tweeted. Trump offered no clues for how he would spent […]

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Spurious liquor kills 5 in UP’s Bulandshahr; accused held

11:06 pm January 8, 2021

Bulandshahr/Lucknow: Five people have died and 16 others hospitalised after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district, police said on Friday. The authorities have suspended four policemen and removed three senior Meerut zone excise officials from their post for laxity. An excise inspector and three other members of the department have also be suspended. Police have also […]

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