Day: March 24, 2021

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

Prohibitory order clamped in Kokrajhar district

8:53 pm March 24, 2021

Kokrajhar: Prohibitory order under section 144 Crpc has been imposed in Assam’s Kokrajhar district on Wednesday, an official said. District Magistrate Bhaskar Phukan by an order imposed Section 144 Crpc taking into account the likelihood of occurrence of law and order situation due to group clashes between different groups, mischievous activities by trouble mongers, subversive […]

HC equates temple idol to a minor child, restores property to Palani temple

HC stays defamation cases against Maran

8:35 pm March 24, 2021

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday quashed the criminal defamatory proceedings pending against former Union Minister and DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran before the Special Court constituted for hearing cases against MPs and MLAs. Justice N Satishkumar set aside the proceedings while allowing two criminal original petitions from Maran. While the first one related to […]

1 held with ammunition in Anantnag

8:28 pm March 24, 2021

Srinagar: Security forces arrested a man in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Anantnag district on Wednesday after recovering a grenade and some ammunition from his possession, police said. During patrolling at a checkpoint in Kokernag area, security forces searched a vehicle driven by Waseem Ahmad, a resident of the area, a police official said. A hand grenade […]

Boy dies aping hair-straightening act in social media

8:20 pm March 24, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: A 12-year-old boy died of burns he sustained while reportedly trying to imitate an hair-straightening act shown in the social media, police said on Wednesday. The deceased was Sivanarayanan of Venganoor near here. The seventh standard school student on Tuesday reportedly applied kerosene to his hair and tried to straighten it with a lit […]

Do not see India’s rating downgrade: FM

8:14 pm March 24, 2021

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said India enjoys an investment grade rating and she does not see a rating downgrade because of higher spending. Replying to a debate on Finance Bill 2021 in the Rajya Sabha, she cited low inflation, higher GDP growth, record foreign investment and lower fiscal deficit to defend […]