Day: March 18, 2021

Over 3,500 couples tie knot at UP mass wedding

7:43 pm March 18, 2021

Lucknow: Ahead of Holi, it was a riot of colours at the city outskirts where a mass wedding took place on Thursday with over 3,500 couples tying the knot. Described as a “world record” by Uttar Pradesh Labour Minister Swami Prasad Maurya, the mass wedding was organised as part of several welfare schemes run by […]

16-year-old girl kidnapped, gang-raped in UP’s Barabanki

7:37 pm March 18, 2021

Barabanki (UP): A 16-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by four people while she was returning from school in a village here, police said on Thursday. Her father, who is contesting the upcoming panchayat elections, has alleged that the incident, which took place on Tuesday, was aimed at dissuading him from entering the poll […]

Elephant hit by train on TN-Kerala border dead

7:35 pm March 18, 2021

Coimbatore: A 25-year old elephant hit by an express train on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala Border succumbed to the injuries, Forest department sources said on Thursday. The death of the pachyderm on Wednesday night took the number number of elephants which have died so far this year to five in the district, the sources said. The […]

ED summons Jorasanko TMC candidate in Saradha scam

7:26 pm March 18, 2021

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the money laundering aspect of the multi-crore Saradha scam, on Thursday summoned Vivek Gupta, the Trinamool Congress candidate from Jorasanko assembly constituency. Sources said that Gupta has been asked to depose before ED officials on Monday. Meanwhile, businessman Swapan Sadhan Bose who was asked to appear on Thursday in […]

Rajasthan: Forest officer held for graft

7:22 pm March 18, 2021

Jaipur: A deputy conservator of forest posted at the Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district was arrested on Thursday for allegedly taking bribe of Rs 3 lakh, an anti-corruption bureau (ACB) official said. The ACB received a complaint claiming that Furqan Ali Khatri was demanding Rs 3 lakh as commission to clear the […]