Day: February 26, 2021

4 arrested after UP college student found lying with severe burns along highway records statement

10:57 pm February 26, 2021

Shahjahanpur: Four people were arrested on Friday on the basis of a statement by a college student, who was found severely burnt and lying naked along a national highway here, police said. The BA second-year student of a college run by the Mumukshu Ashram of former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand said in a statement before a magistrate that three […]

Body of man found near railway tracks in Nadia

Maha: RPF jawan saves man about to commit suicide on tracks

10:53 pm February 26, 2021

Mumbai: A 32-year-old man who tried to end his life by lying down a railway track in Virar station in Palghar was saved by an alert RPF jawan, an official said on Friday. The incident happened at around 11.20am on Wednesday and a video of it went viral on social media. In the video, the […]

Vedanta Resources raises USD 1.2 bn ahead of open offer for Indian listed unit

10:48 pm February 26, 2021

New Delhi: Vedanta Resources on Friday said it has raised USD 1.2 billion in a bond offering that saw strong investor interest. The 8.95 per cent bonds due for March 2025 ”will be guaranteed by the company and two wholly-owned indirect subsidiaries of the company, namely Twin Star Holding Ltd and Welter Trading Limited,” it […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Berlin man convicted over threat to blow up British hospital

10:45 pm February 26, 2021

Berlin: A 33-year-old Italian man was convicted Friday of attempted extortion for threatening to blow up a British National Health Service hospital unless he was paid off with 10 million pounds (USD 13.2 million) in crypto currency. Defendant Emil A, a resident of Berlin whose last name wasn’t given in line with German privacy laws, was sentenced to three years […]

7-year-old raped in UP’s Kanpur Dehat

10:43 pm February 26, 2021

Kanpur : A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her relative in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat, according to police. The accused, identified as Pawan Raidas, alias Guddu (30), had taken the girl to a agricultural field on Thursday evening and raped her, said Superintendent of Police Keshav Kumar Chowdhary. The girl was found unconscious by […]