Day: February 3, 2021

Dozen state police charged in the massacre of 19 in Mexico

3:27 pm February 3, 2021

Ciudadvictoria: A dozen state police officers have been arrested for allegedly killing 19 people, including Guatemalan migrants, whose bodies were found shot and burned near the U.S. border late in January, Mexican authorities announced Tuesday. Tamaulipas state Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica said all 12 officers were in custody and face charges of homicide, abuse of authority […]

Man kills elderly parents over land dispute in Uttar Pradesh

3:20 pm February 3, 2021

Balrampur : Aman allegedly killed his elderly parents over a family land dispute in Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, Sonalal beat up his parents — Mayaram (62) and Munni Devi (60) — with a stick when they tried to stop him from attacking his younger brother’s wife over the land dispute in the […]

SC refuses to entertain pleas on tractor rally violence

3:14 pm February 3, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking setting up of a committee headed by a former apex court judge to conduct a time-bound probe into the violence during tractor rally in Delhi on the Republic Day. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde asked lawyer Vishal Tiwari, who had filed the PIL, to […]

Future Retail moves HC against order to maintain status quo on deal with Reliance

3:00 pm February 3, 2021

New Delhi: Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail Ltd (FRL) moved the Delhi High Court on Wednesday against its single judge order directing the company to maintain status quo in relation to its Rs 24,713 crore deal with Reliance Retail, which has been objected to by US-based e-commerce giant Amazon. FRL’s appeal was mentioned before a Joint Registrar of the high court […]

C'garh: Naxal couple surrenders before police in Bijapur

Chhattisgarh forms women police band in Naxal-hit Bastar

2:23 pm February 3, 2021

Raipur: The Chhattisgarh police have raised the state’s first women police band in Naxal-hit Bastar district, giving an opportunity to women personnel in the unit generally dominated by men, an official said on Wednesday. The band, which has 16 trained members, including nine women, will soon be converted into an all-women police band,Inspector General of […]