Day: March 17, 2021

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

After spending 40 yrs in jail as undertrial, Nepali man released by high court

11:16 pm March 17, 2021

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered the release of a Nepali citizen who has been incarcerated for over 40 years in a correctional home here as an undertrial prisoner in connection with a murder case in Darjeeling. Dipak Jaishi, who is now 70, has been languishing in Dum Dum Central Correctional Home since his arrest in Darjeeling district of West Bengal for […]

P C Thomas-led Kerala Congress quits NDA, merges with Joseph faction

11:14 pm March 17, 2021

Kochi: Ahead of the April 6 Assembly polls, the Kerala Congress headed by former Union Minister P C Thomas on Wednesday quit the BJP-led NDA and merged with another Kerala Congress faction headed by P J Joseph, which is a constituent of the Congress-led UDF. Thomas, who helped the NDA register its first electoral victory in Kerala by winning the 2004 Lok Sabha polls from then Muvattupuzha seat, quit the […]

101-year-old man gets first COVID jab at pvt hospital in Delhi

11:07 pm March 17, 2021

New Delhi: Centenarian Brij Prakash Gupta, who was born a year after the end of the deadly Spanish Flu, received his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine in Delhi on Wednesday, his son said. Gupta, now 107, stepped out of his home in south Delhi ”for the first time since March 20, last year” to get his Covishield jab, son Vimal Gupta said, adding […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Nashville OKs USD 2.25M settlement in fatal shooting by officer

11:03 pm March 17, 2021

Nashville: Officials in Tennessee have agreed to pay USD 2.25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer from behind during a 2018 foot chase. The Nashville Metro Council approved the record civil settlement Tuesday without discussion in the fatal shooting of Daniel Hambrick, […]

Woman arrested for trying to sell newborn in Delhi

Woman gives birth onboard flight

10:59 pm March 17, 2021

Jaipur: A woman gave birth to a girl mid-air in a flight from Bengaluru to Jaipur on Wednesday with the help of cabin crew and a doctor, officials said. The pregnant woman went into labour pain mid-air on the IndiGo flight 6E-469, according to the airline statement. The flight staff announced for help if any […]