Day: January 30, 2021

Gorkha Regiment havildar stabs wife to death, arrested: Police

10:35 pm January 30, 2021

Mirzapur: An Amy havildar working as a clerk with the Gorkha Regiment at Varanasi was arrested on charges of stabbing his wife to death at her parent’s house in Saripur area of Mirzapur district, police said on Saturday. Havildar Kamlesh Sonkar working as a clerk with the Gorkha Regiment Training Centre in Varanasi was arrested on a complaint lodged by his wife’s brother, Mirzapur’s Superintendent […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

A 17-year-old daredevil could be China’s next Olympic star

10:32 pm January 30, 2021

Aspen: When sports fans hear the name Eileen Gu over the next 12 months — and they will hear it a lot — it will not be by accident. Hard work, laser-focused planning, an unworldly wealth of talent and a splendid bit of timing could turn this 17-year-old freeskier, who hails from San Francisco but whose mother is from China, […]

President Kovind launches pulse polio programme for 2021

10:29 pm January 30, 2021

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday launched the pulse polio programme for 2021 by administering polio drops to children below five years of age at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. In a statement, the Health Ministry said President Kovind and First Lady Savita Kovind administered polio drops to children on the eve of the Polio National Immunization Day, which is observed on […]

We have lot of expectations in shooting, says Rijiju

Sports Minister Rijiju inaugurates STC in Solal Gaon, Assam

10:17 pm January 30, 2021

New Delhi: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, on Saturday inaugurated a new SAI Training Centre (STC) at Solal Gaon in the state’s North Lakhimpur town. The training centre will have a hostel for athletes and a multisports indoor hall. In the initial phase, the STC will be catering to athletes in the sports of weightlifting […]

Bangladesh sends more Rohingya to island despite concerns

8:57 pm January 30, 2021

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s government sent the fourth group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to an island in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, ignoring calls from human rights groups for a halt to the move. The 1,466 Rohingya who had been living in the sprawling refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar were sent Saturday to Bhasan Char, an island specifically developed […]