Day: January 13, 2021

Man gets life term for shooting dead friend out of envy

7:56 pm January 13, 2021

Banda: A court here has sentenced a youth to life term for shooting dead a man 13 years ago out of envy that his girlfriend often talked to the victim. Additional Sessions Judge Pawan Kumar Sharma sentenced Rasool Khan on Tuesday after convicting him of murdering 22-year-old Aftab Ali by pumping bullets in his head from point-blank range on […]

Inmate commits suicide in Haryana jail

7:52 pm January 13, 2021

Ambala: A 34-year-old inmate lodged in Ambala central jail allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the prison toilet Wednesday morning. Vijay Pal, a resident of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh, was convicted in a murder case, police said. The inmate hanged himself with the help of a bedsheet, they said. He was rushed to the local civil hospital where […]

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

Infosys to Onboard Award-Winning Experience Design Agency, Carter Digital

7:46 pm January 13, 2021

Bengaluru: PRNewswire, Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced a definitive agreement to purchase assets and onboard employees of Carter Digital, one of Australia’s leading and award-winning experience design agencies. This asset takeover strengthens Infosys’ global design and experience offerings, demonstrates its continued commitment in bringing innovative thinking, […]

UP: Two cases of bird flu reported in Kanpur

7:40 pm January 13, 2021

Kanpur: Samples taken from two dead crows in Kanpur have tested positive for bird flu and with these, the number of confirmed cases of the influenza has increased to four in the city, officials said on Wednesday. Twenty samples were sent for testing and these included those taken from four dead crows, District Forest Officer Arvind Yadav said. Two of the […]

12-kg heroin seized near Indo-Pak border in Amritsar

7:38 pm January 13, 2021

Amritsar : Twelve kilogram of heroin was seized by the Border Security Force in Amritsar sector near the Indo-Pak border here on Wednesday, the BSF said. An official of the BSF said the force seized a 13-feet-long PVC pipe which was used for pushing the heroin consignment by smugglers from Pakistan into India.