Day: February 1, 2021

Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK, fearing China crackdown

3:25 pm February 1, 2021

Hong Kong: Thousands of Hong Kongers have already made the sometimes painful decision to leave behind their hometown and move to Britain since Beijing imposed a strict national security law on the Chinese territory last summer. Their numbers are expected to swell to the hundreds of thousands. Some are leaving because they fear punishment for supporting the pro-democracy protests that swept the former British colony […]

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Police identify 1 killed at Wisconsin mall, search for teen

3:16 pm February 1, 2021

Grand Chute: Police in a northern Wisconsin town identified late Sunday a person shot and killed at a mall and said they were looking for a teenager in connection to the shooting. Jovanni J. Frausto, 19, died as a result of the gunfire that erupted around 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Fox River Mall in Grand Chute, […]

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Chhattisgarh: Garment unit run by women to make CRPF uniforms

Chhattisgarh: Garment unit run by women to make CRPF uniforms

3:12 pm February 1, 2021

Dantewada: A garment factory operated by women at a village in Chhattisgarh’s Naxal-hit Dantewada district will manufacture uniforms of the Central Reserve Police Force, a government official said. The ‘Nava Dantewada Garment Factory’, established recently by locals in Haaram village under Geedam development block with the support of the district administration, employs members of nearly […]

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Animal research facility opens at JNU

JNU reopening: Entry to 4th semester M.Phil, M.Tech, final semester MBA students allowed

3:08 pm February 1, 2021

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday allowed fourth semester M.Phil and M.Tech students from its science school and special centre, as well as final semester MBA students, both day-scholars and hostel residents, to return to campus in its seventh phase of reopening. A notification by the university said those students who require access […]

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Woman constable shot dead by colleague

3:04 pm February 1, 2021

Amroha: A police woman was allegedly shot dead here by another constable who is said to be a jilted lover, according to police. The woman was shot on Sunday evening by Manoj who was posted at Syed Nagli. She died at a hospital late in the night, Gajraula police station incharge Ram Prasad Sharma said. The condition of Manoj who also shot himself […]

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