Day: March 15, 2021

Seven women held for running fake placement agency

5:26 pm March 15, 2021

New Delhi: Seven women have been arrested for allegedly running a fake placement agency and duping hundreds of people across the country on the pretext of providing them lucrative jobs in reputed airline companies, police said on Monday. Police raided a building in west Delhi’s Ramesh Nagar on Saturday where the agency was being run […]

Banking services hit in Punjab, Haryana

5:23 pm March 15, 2021

Chandigarh: Banking services in Punjab and Haryana were hit on Monday as employees under the aegis of the United Forum of Bank Unions went on a two-day countrywide strike to protest against the proposed privatisation of two state-owned banks. Banking services like cheque clearances and deposits were affected, said protesting bank employees. However, private sector […]

4 die in UP’s Pratapgarh after consuming spurious liquor

5:01 pm March 15, 2021

Pratapgarh (UP): Four people, including a woman, died after consuming spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh‘s Pratapgarh district, police said on Monday. Four police personnel, including the Nawabganj police station incharge, have been suspended following the incident at Manoharpur Rampur Dabi village in Sangramgarh police station area, an officer said. The four residents purchased liquor from […]

Minimum temperature in Delhi rises slightly

4:55 pm March 15, 2021

New Delhi: The city woke up to a warmer Monday with the minimum temperature going up by two notches to settle at 16.2 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department. On Sunday, the national capital had registered a low of 14.2 degrees Celsius, while the maximum temperature had stood at 31.2 degrees Celsius. The […]

Five of family burnt to death in Bihar

4:51 pm March 15, 2021

Kishanganj: Five members of a family, including four minors, were charred to death when a fire broke out in their house in Bihar’s Kishanganj on Monday, officials said. All the five were asleep when the fire erupted in their residence in Salam colony at around 3 am, sub-divisional magistrate Shahnawaz Ahmad Niyazi said. “Noor Alam […]