Day: February 8, 2021

91 lakh guarantees issued till Jan 25 under ECLG scheme: Gadkari

8:47 pm February 8, 2021

New Delhi: MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said under the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee (ECLG) Scheme, around 91 lakh guarantees have been issued till January 25 this year. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, he said during the current financial year (April-December), a total number of 31,923 units were setup under the ongoing Prime Minister Employment Generation […]

24 garment workers killed in flooded factory in Morocco

8:43 pm February 8, 2021

Rabat: At least 24 workers have been killed in the Moroccan city of Tangier after heavy rains flooded a clandestine garment factory, Morocco’s state news agency MAP reported Monday. Local authorities said firefighters and emergency workers on Monday rescued 10 survivors from the factory, in the basement of a residential villa. Search operations were still underway to rescue other […]

China conveys condolences to bereaved families of Uttarakhand’s flood tragedy victims

8:27 pm February 8, 2021

Beijing: China on Monday conveyed its condolences and sympathy to the families of the bereaved and the injured in the glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. A portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system that washed away hydroelectric stations, leaving at 11 people […]

Man held for rape attempt on blind woman

8:20 pm February 8, 2021

Kendrapara: Police on Monday arrested a35-year-old man for allegedly attempting to rape a visually impaired woman in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, an officer said. The accused who lived in the neighbourhood of the victim’s house on Sunday allegedly attempted to rape the woman when she was alone at home. The locals hearing the woman’s scream caught […]

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

Woman’s severed head retrieved from well in UP’s Fatehpur two days after murder; two held

8:16 pm February 8, 2021

Fatehpur: Two people were arrested on Monday after a woman’s headless torso was found in a field here and the severed head retrieved from a well, as police looks for the man she had eloped with two months ago. The duo was initially taken into custody for questioning after the dismembered body was found in […]