Day: March 7, 2021

Denied poll ticket, Assam BJP minister joins Congress

8:46 pm March 7, 2021

Guwahati: Unhappy with the denial of party ticket for the assembly election in Assam, BJP minister Sum Ronghang on Sunday joined the opposition Congress which is likely to field him from the Diphu constituency held by him. The hill areas development and mines and minerals minister joined the Congress in presence of AICC general secretary […]

Raje begins two-day tour of Rajasthan’s Bharatpur

8:39 pm March 7, 2021

Jaipur: Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Sunday started a two-day “yatra” of the state’s Bharatpur region, in a possible attempt to show her strength to the party leadership. Addressing a gathering at Puchdi Ka Lota in Bharatpur ahead of her birthday on Monday, Raje said she is the daughter of a woman who […]

Woman held for duping senior citizens

7:56 pm March 7, 2021

Mumbai: A 30-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly forcing two senior citizens to part with their gold jewellery worth Rs 5 lakh as “repayment” towards the “loans” taken by their sons and their wives from her, a Mumbai Police official said on Sunday. The modus operandi of the accused woman, a resident of Dharavi […]

PM Modi peddling lies to mislead voters: Mamata

7:55 pm March 7, 2021

Siliguri: Launching a fresh tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said he was “peddling lies to mislead the voters” in the poll-bound state. Banerjee, addressing a rally here following her protest march over LPG price hike, said the prime minister made many “empty” promises over the years, […]

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

Body of girl with strangulation marks found in UP

7:52 pm March 7, 2021

Muzaffarnagar (UP): The body of a 4-year-old girl with strangulation marks was found in an under-construction septic tank in the district, police said on Sunday. The body was found at Jansath town here on Saturday, they said. SHO D K Tyagi said the body has been sent for post-mortem. A missing complaint was filed by […]