Day: March 21, 2021

Thai police use tear gas, rubber bullets to break up protest

4:00 pm March 21, 2021

Bangkok: Scores of people were injured and arrested in the Thai capital after police used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday night to break up a rally by pro-democracy protesters calling for the release of detained activists, constitutional changes and reform of the nation’s monarchy. The rally outside Bangkok’s Grand Palace was a […]

PM to launch ‘Catch the Rain’ campaign on Monday

3:54 pm March 21, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the “Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain” campaign on the World Water Day on Monday. The historic MoU to implement the Ken Betwa Link Project, the first project of the national perspective plan for interlinking of rivers, will also be signed by Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh chief […]

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

Sportspersons to get 2 pc quota in state police force

3:49 pm March 21, 2021

Bengaluru: Meritorious sports persons in Karnataka will now be alloted a two per cent quota in the state police force as the Karnataka government has issued a final notification to the effect. The special rules were framed last year and were finally notified in the state Gazette on March 3. Introduced in Karnataka State Police […]

Road accident in Shahjahanpur leaves three dead

3:46 pm March 21, 2021

Shahjahanpur (UP): Three people were killed after being run over by an unknown vehicle here on Sunday morning, police said. Superintendent of Police (rural), Sanjeev Bajpai, said the three were standing on the roadside when the unknown vehicle coming from Jalalabad ran over them. The bodies have been sent for postmortem.

Noted Odissi dancer Laxmipriya Mohapatra dies at 86

3:33 pm March 21, 2021

Bhubaneswar: Noted Odissi dancer Laxmipriya Mohapatra, the wife of legendary classical dancer Kelucharan Mohapatra, has died due to old age-related ailments, family sources said on Sunday. She was 86. Mohapatra died at her residence here around 11.20 pm on Saturday, they said. She is survived by her son Ratikanta Mohapatra and daughter-in-law Sujata Mohapatra, who […]