Day: March 8, 2021

Maha: Woman held for killing husband in Virar

10:37 pm March 8, 2021

Palghar: A 29-year-old woman was arrested in Virar in Palghar district for allegedly killing her husband as the couple used to have frequent fights, police said on Monday. Jagdish Pawar (30) was stabbed to death late Saturday night after one such quarrel and his wife Neha was held for the crime in the early hours of Sunday, […]

Read More
Area around naval installations marked as 'no fly zone'

Women deployed on Indian Navy warships after 24 years

10:34 pm March 8, 2021

New Delhi: Women officers have been deployed aboard Indian Navy warships for the first time in 24 years, officials said on Monday, adding that their posting on aircraft carrier Vikramaditya and fleet tanker Shakti began in December last year. Two women officers each have been deployed aboard the two Indian Navy warships, they said. The navy had last deployed women on Indian Naval Ship (INS) […]

Read More

Queen did not make racist comments, confirms Oprah Winfrey

10:26 pm March 8, 2021

London: It was neither Queen Elizabeth II nor her husband, Prince Philip, who were being referenced by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle when they revealed that members within the royal ranks had expressed concerns about their first-born son Archie’s skin colour, American chat show host Oprah Winfrey confirmed on Monday. As the woman who conducted the explosive CBS interview, which aired in the US on Sunday […]

Read More

EU commission ‘surprised’ by Belgium’s travel ban extension

10:22 pm March 8, 2021

Brussels: The European Commission expressed its astonishment on Monday following a decision by Belgian authorities to prolong a ban on all non-essential travel as part of measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The EU’s executive arm had previously warned six member states including Belgium that their travel-limiting measures aimed at slowing down the pace of new infections could undermine the principle […]

Read More

School bus driver held for raping Class 11 girl in UP

10:17 pm March 8, 2021

Bulandshahr (UP): A school bus driver in Uttar Pradesh‘s Bulandshahr district has been arrested for allegedly raping a Class 11 student, police said on Monday. The arrest has been made following a complaint by the teenager’s uncle who claimed the incident took place in January this year, Bulandshahr Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh […]

Read More