Day: March 16, 2021

ED sends notice to Bengal home secy in Metro Dairy case

8:13 pm March 16, 2021

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the money-laundering aspect of Metro Dairy’s share transfer to a private firm, has sent a notice to Bengal home secretary H K Dwivedi, agency sources said on Tuesday. ED officials had in February conducted raids at Keventer’s office here, the private entity to whom the shares were sold. In […]

UP: Minor girl kidnapped & raped, accused arrested

7:56 pm March 16, 2021

Ballia (UP): A 12-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped in a village under Reoti police station area here, police said on Tuesday. The girl was allegedly kidnapped by a man on Monday and raped, Superintendent of Police Vipin Tada said. On the complaint of the girl’s mother, an FIR was filed against the […]

COVID-19: Noida extends night curfew till April 30

BKU calls on Noida youth to join March 26 strike

7:52 pm March 16, 2021

Noida (UP): The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has called on youth of Noida adjoining Delhi in western Uttar Pradesh to join a proposed strike on March 26 over issues like unemployment, an office-bearer of the farmers’ union said on Tuesday. The BKU supporters are camping at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border since November 2020 […]

Mercury touches 32.1 deg C in Delhi

7:49 pm March 16, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi on Tuesday recorded a maximum temperature of 32.1 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The minimum temperature settled at 17.2 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature is predicted to rise to 35 degrees Celsius over the next two days. Light rain is likely on Thursday, the IMD […]

Man held for murdering wife in Rajasthan

7:45 pm March 16, 2021

Jaipur: A man was arrested in connection with the murder of his wife in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan, police said on Tuesday. The accused Krishna Kumar, a resident of Jhunjhunu, has been arrested, the police said. His wife had been living separately due to a dispute with him and he wanted to teach her a […]