Day: January 31, 2021

Russia arrests 3,000 during wide protests backing Navalny

8:26 pm January 31, 2021

Moscow: Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, thousands of people took to the streets Sunday across Russia’s vast expanse to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. More than 3,000 people were detained by police, according to a monitoring group. Russian authorities mounted a massive […]

Massive forest fire damaged hundreds of trees in J-K’s Bhaderwah

8:22 pm January 31, 2021

Bhaderwah : Hundreds of Kail trees were burnt to ashes as a major fire broke out in a forest compartment here in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Sunday. The fire broke out in compartment number one in Ghuraka block of Keller Range on Saturday and has engulfed a three-kilometer area from Malnai village to Pranu, they said. The officials said the fire is […]

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

Journalist arrest: Media bodies condemn police action

8:04 pm January 31, 2021

New Delhi: Media bodies on Sunday condemned the police action against two journalists who were picked up during the farmers’ protests at Delhi’s Singhu border for allegedly misbehaving with police personnel. They said such crackdowns impinge on the media’s right to report freely and interferes with its right to freedom of expression. Freelance journalist Mandeep […]

GRP sub-inspector shot in Bihar

7:57 pm January 31, 2021

Patna: A Government Railway Police (GRP) sub-inspector (SI) has been shot at by unidentified miscreants outside the Barh railway station premises in rural Patna, police said on Sunday. Vipin Kumar Singh, who is posted at Barh, was attacked late Saturday night, the Superintendent of Police, (Rail), in Patna, J Jalaraddi, told PTI. The incident happened […]

Jabalpur university comes up with MP agri atlas

7:41 pm January 31, 2021

Jabalpur (MP): The State-run Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (JNKVV) in Jabalpur has come out with an agriculture atlas of Madhya Pradesh having district-wise information on crops and other items that can help policy-makers, industries, traders and researchers, an official said on Sunday. Released on January 26, it is a first-of-its-kind in the country and will […]