Day: March 19, 2021

Ludhiana police bust drug racket, arrest 15

9:51 pm March 19, 2021

Ludhiana: Police here on Friday claimed to have busted an inter-state drug racket with the arrest of 15 people. According to police, over 67 lakhs intoxicating tablets, injections and syrups were seized from the 15 accused. Police said the seized intoxicants were worth several crores. Police have also recovered Rs 5.44 lakh in cash from […]

NIA court rejects Waze lawyers’ plea for private meeting

9:42 pm March 19, 2021

Mumbai: A special NIA court in Mumbai on Friday rejected the plea of police officer Sachin Waze’s lawyers to meet him privately while he is in the probe agency’s custody. Waze, arrested in connection with the recovery of an explosives-laden car near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s home, is currently in the National Investigation Agency custody till […]

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

LDF in Kerala releases manifesto promising pension for homemakers, 40 lakh jobs for youth

9:40 pm March 19, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling Left front in Kerala on Friday released its manifesto for the April 6 assembly polls, promising ‘pension’ for homemakers, creation of 40 lakh jobs for the youth and 15,000 startups over next five years. It also assured raising the social security pension to various categories from the present Rs 1,600 to Rs […]

872 new COVID cases, 1 death in Haryana

9:37 pm March 19, 2021

Chandigarh: Haryana reported 872 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the tally to 2.78 lakh, the Health Department said. Another fatality in Kurukshetra district took the toll to 3,090 in the state. There are 4,380 active cases and the recovery rate was 97.31 per cent, according to a bulletin. On Thursday, the state recorded 633 […]

Airfares’ lower limit hiked 5% as ATF price rises

9:29 pm March 19, 2021

New Delhi: Air travel will now become a little expensive as the government has decided to increase the lower limit on airfares by five per cent amid rising aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday. The upper limit on airfares will remain as it is for now. Just a […]