Day: January 22, 2021

Vyapam scam: Man gets five years of rigorous imprisonment

7:24 pm January 22, 2021

Indore: A special court here on Friday sentenced a 39-year-old man, involved in the multi-crore Vyapam admission and recruitment scam in Madhya Pradesh, to five years of rigorous imprisonment. The man, identified as Manish Sinha, was awarded sentence under relevant sections of the Madhya Pradesh Recognised Examinations Act and under IPC sections 420(cheating) and 467 […]

PM pays tributes to Netaji on eve of birth anniversary

7:19 pm January 22, 2021

New Delhi: A day ahead of Subhas Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid rich tributes to the preeminent freedom fighter and wished his thoughts and ideals inspire a strong, confident and self-reliant India that he would be proud of. In a series of tweets, Modi recalled the association of […]

Jana Sena party chief Pawan Kalyan donates Rs 30 lakh for Ram temple construction

7:12 pm January 22, 2021

Vja: Telugu film actor and Jana Sena party chief K Pawan Kalyan on Friday donated Rs 30 lakh for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. Kalyan handed over a cheque for the amount to RSS A Punit head Bharat, in the presence of former minister Kamineni Srinivas. Kalyan also gave another cheque for Rs […]

Assam: Elephant dies after getting stuck in wetland

Unidentified man hurls burning tyre on straying wild elephant

7:06 pm January 22, 2021

Udhagamandalam: A burning object, suspected to be an old tyre, was hurled on a wild elephant by an unidentified person after it strayed into a human habitat in Masinagudi in Nilgiris district, forest officials have said. Releasing a video of the incident on Friday, the officials said the elephant with serious injuries on one of […]

Turkey’s Erdogan says extra 10M doses of Chinese vaccine due

6:53 pm January 22, 2021

Ankara : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that a further 10 million doses of the Chinese CoronaVac vaccine could arrive in Turkey by this weekend. Speaking after prayers in Istanbul, Erdogan said delivery of a second batch of the vaccine had been approved by China. Turkey has so far received 3 million doses and has vaccinated nearly 2 million people, prioritising health workers […]