Day: January 19, 2021

Woman arrested for trying to sell newborn in Delhi

Body of newborn found on roadside in UP

4:04 pm January 19, 2021

Shahjahanpur (UP): The body of a newborn was found on the roadside in Puvayan township here, police said on Tuesday. Villagers saw the body of a girl child near Nakkhasa village on the Shahjahanpur-Palia road on Monday with stray dogs scratching it, and informed the police, SP (Rural) Sanjeev Bajpai said. It appeared that the […]

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Man killed as country-made gun goes off

4:00 pm January 19, 2021

Coimbatore: A 37-year-old man was killed when a country-made gun went off while his friend was loading it, police said on Tuesday. Ayyasami, a professional tree-cutter, along with six others, had gone to the forest area near here on Monday for hunting with the single-barrel gun, the police said. One of his friends accidentally pulled […]

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HM’s remark against custodial torture, a welcome move  

Shah to launch Ayushman CAPF healthcare scheme on Jan 23

3:56 pm January 19, 2021

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to launch the Ayushman healthcare scheme for central paramilitary force personnel in Assam later this week, official sources said. They said Shah will hand over the first Ayushman health cards to the chiefs, a sub-officer and a jawan of each of the central armed police forces […]

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Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide

3:52 pm January 19, 2021

Fatehpur (UP): A 35-year-old debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide in Khatauli village here, police said on Tuesday. Kuldeep Tiwari allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in his house on Monday, SHO, Lalauli, Sandeep Tiwari, said. According to the farmer’s family, Kuldeep had taken a loan of Rs. 70,000 from a bank […]

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Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants

3:48 pm January 19, 2021

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the country without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration’s harsh immigration policies. The legislation puts Biden on track […]

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