Day: February 24, 2021

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

SDMC to set up 20 Wi-Fi hotspots in each ward: Panel chief

8:09 pm February 24, 2021

New Delhi: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has set the ball rolling to establish 20 Wi-Fi hotspots in each of the 104 wards under the civic body that will be offered at rates cheaper than those provided by private companies, officials said on Tuesday. Standing Committee Chairman of the SDMC Rajdutt Gahlot said that this facility will be under […]

NCB raids nightclubs in North Goa; five held with drugs

Cannabis from Canada seized at FPO, Chennai

7:46 pm February 24, 2021

Chennai: The Customs department on Tuesday seized 300 grams of Cannabis that arrived from Canada at the Foreign Post Office here, a top official said. Acting on specific inputs, three parcels marked as ‘Blu D’ that had arrived from Toronto, Canada, at the Foreign Post Office here and addressed to a person were seized by the officials. The officials recovered semi-dried leaves which emanated a ‘weedy’ smell similar to […]

College girl found lying with severe burns along national highway in UP

7:39 pm February 24, 2021

Shahjahanpur: A girl student of a college run by a trust of former union minister Swami Chinmayanand was found without clothes and severely burnt lying along a national highway in Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear as to how the BA second-year student suffered burns and ended […]

Man booked for giving triple talaq to wife

7:35 pm February 24, 2021

Amethi: A woman has accused her husband of giving her triple talaq after she refused to pay Rs 5 lakh to him in the Jagdishpur area here, police said on Tuesday. Parveen Bano of Mahemau village filed a complaint with the police on Monday, alleging that her husband pronounced ‘talaq’ (divorce) three times against her over her […]

Delhi's peak power demand scales new high of 7,323 MW

Minor boy electrocuted to death in UP

7:32 pm February 24, 2021

Etah(Up): A six-year-old boy was electrocuted to death in the district when he came in contact with an electrified fence in a field, police said. The boy died this morning when he touched the fence in the field of one Hariom in Rampur Dhauleshwar village, they said. Hariom had connected the fence with an electricity […]