Guwahati: The Assam government on Wednesday extended the existing ‘disturbed area’ status of the state for another six months from February 27 under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). “As per powers conferred under section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, the Governor of Assam has declared the entire state of […]
Read MoreHyderabad: A 19-year-old pharmacy student, who had misled police here two weeks ago by falsely claiming that she was kidnapped and raped by some auto- drivers, died by suicide on Wednesday, police said. Her father, who complained to police, said she had been going through mental agony in the wake of the incident and realisation […]
Read MoreNagpur: With the addition of 1,181 new COVID-19 cases, the count of infections in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district rose to 1,45,715 on Wednesday, an official said. While 10 patients died of the infection, 455 were discharged from various treatment facilities during the day, the official said. With this, the toll in the district reached 4,301 and […]
Read MoreAhmedabad: England all-rounder Ben Stokes was seen applying saliva on the ball on the opening day of the day-night third Test against India here on Wednesday, following which the ball had to be sanitised. The incident took place at the end of the 12th over when Stokes was seen using saliva to shine the ball, […]
Read MoreGhaziabad (UP): Four men were arrested after an illegal hookah bar functioning inside a restaurant in Kaushambi here was raided by a joint team of the police and excise department, officials said on Wednesday. The Uttar Pradesh excise department and Kaushambi police on Tuesday night raided the hookah bar, which was being run without any […]
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