Day: February 5, 2021

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

Man’s charred body found inside SUV

7:28 pm February 5, 2021

Aligarh: A 28-year-old man’s charred body was found inside an SUV parked by the Aligarh-Narora state highway near here, police said on Friday. The body was found in the vehicle on Thursday when the SUV was lying unattended by the roadside and curious bystanders peeped into it and informed the police. From his mobile phone, […]

Accused arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari bail in UK extradition case extended to April 9

7:25 pm February 5, 2021

London : AUK court presiding over the extradition case of Sanjay Bhandari, an accused arms dealer and “proclaimed offender” wanted in India on money laundering charges, extended his bail until April 9 at a case management hearing in London on Friday. Bhandari, who was arrested on an extradition warrant in July 2020 and is contesting his extradition to India, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ […]

Govt doctors go on strike against anomalies in pay revision

7:18 pm February 5, 2021

Kochi : A section of government medical college doctors in Kerala on Friday staged a relay hunger strike demanding the state government to rectify anomalies in the pay revision of the college lecturers. Led by the Kerala Government Medical College Teachers Association (KGMCTA) and the Kerala Government Postgraduate Medical Teachers Association (KGPMTA), the doctors staged […]

Dairy product exports fell 3.2 pc in Apr-Oct; taking steps to address this issue: Govt

7:12 pm February 5, 2021

New Delhi: India’s export of dairy products has declined 3.2 per cent in rupee terms during the April-October 2020 period due to COVID-19 pandemic, but steps are being taken to help recover from the loss, the government told Parliament on Friday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying […]

Major farmers’ meet in Shamli as clamour against farm laws grows in west UP

7:00 pm February 5, 2021

Noida: Thousands of farmers turned up for a meeting in Shamli district in western Uttar Pradesh on Friday amid a growing clamour against the Centre’s agri-marketing laws in the region. People from Shamli and nearby districts started reaching Shamli’s Bhainswal village on tractors, two- and four-wheelers and on foot for a ‘kisan panchayat’ being held there by the Rashtriya […]