Day: March 9, 2021

Woman murdered at her house in J-K’s Kathua

7:36 pm March 9, 2021

Kathua/Jammu: A 55-year-old woman was found murdered inside her house in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. Bholi Devi was living alone at the house in Parliwand village following a dispute with her husband Madan Gopal, Additional Superintendent of Police, Kathua, Ramnish Gupta said. Gupta, who led a police party to […]

Rupee spurts 32p to 72.93, ends 3-day losing streak

7:31 pm March 9, 2021

Mumbai: Ending its three-day losing run, the rupee on Tuesday spurted by 32 paise to close at 72.93 against the US dollar on the back of a rally in domestic stocks and the greenback retreating from three-month highs in global markets. Expectations of a swift economic rebound, a fall in US bond yields, and global […]

Man kills niece in UP’s Bulandshahr

7:22 pm March 9, 2021

Bulandshahr (UP): A man allegedly stabbed his 26-year-old niece to death in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district, accusing her of “cheating on” him, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in the village under Shikarpur police station limits on Monday, they said. The accused, Vineet, a resident of a village in Dibairpur […]

Man targets CM, held for staging ‘death rites’

7:19 pm March 9, 2021

Ballia (UP): A man was arrested here after he allegedly placed a photograph of Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on the bank of the Ganga and performed rites usually associated with death, according to police. Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Yadav said Reoti area’s Dalchhapra village resident Brijesh Yadav was arrest on the complaint five […]

Mamata rejects “outsider” tag in Nandigram

7:11 pm March 9, 2021

Nandigram: Coming down hard on those calling her an outsider in Nandigram, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday for them people “coming from Gujarat” are insiders. Addressing booth-level TMC workers a day ahead of filing her nomination for the seat, Banerjee said people who had “sold their souls to outsiders from Gujarat” […]