Day: March 17, 2021

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

Cong ridicules Adityanath’s comment on Sankardeva

11:59 pm March 17, 2021

Guwahati: The Congress Wednesday expressed amazement and ridiculed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his comment on 15th century Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva to draw attention to the problem of infiltration in Assam, for which he blamed the party. Adityanath needs lessons in history as does Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had said that […]

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536 COVID cases, 3 deaths in Delhi

11:51 pm March 17, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi on Wednesday recorded 536 new coronavirus cases, the highest in about two-and-a-half months, while there more persons died from the pathogen, the Health Department said. The number of active cases rose to 2,702 from 2,488 a day ago, according to a health bulletin. The 536 new cases took the infection tally to […]

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No exams till Class 5 in Raj govt schools due to COVID

11:44 pm March 17, 2021

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government decided on Wednesday not to conduct any examination till the fifth grade in state-run schools in the current academic session due to the rising coronavirus cases. The children of these classes will be promoted to the next class on the basis of assessment. The Education Department issued orders in this regard […]

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

Man gets life term for murder in Rajasthan

11:31 pm March 17, 2021

Kota (Raj): A district and sessions court on Wednesday convicted a man to life term for murdering a 45-year-old man in 2016 in Rajasthan’s Baran city. The court also slapped a penalty of Rs 2,000 on the convict. Sonu Kumar (25), a resident of Gandhi Colony, was given life term by district and sessions court […]

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Publishing house office vandalised, 3 held

11:24 pm March 17, 2021

Jaipur: Three people were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly vandalising the office of a publishing house here over printing of some controversial text, police said. Sanjeev Passbook publication manager Vijay Shukla said the dispute was due to a mention about ‘Islamic terrorism’ in a political science book. The book triggered a row after it allegedly […]

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