Day: April 3, 2021

Murder accused escapes from police custody in Shimla

9:38 pm April 3, 2021

Shimla: A man accused of murder escaped from police custody when he was brought at a hospital here for treatment on Saturday, a senior official said. Gurminder Singh of Punjab was brought to the IGMC Hospital by the Sirmaur district police, Shimla Additional Superintendent of Police Praveer Singh Thakur said. He escaped from custody and […]

74 women candidates in fray in Assam Assembly elections

9:34 pm April 3, 2021

Guwahati: Political parties have made promises galore to woo the 49.35 per cent strong women electorate but only 74 women candidates are in the fray for the three-phase Assam Assembly elections in 2021. The number of women candidates in this year’s Assembly election is less compared to the last two state assembly polls. In the […]

Modi urges Assam militants to join mainstream

8:13 pm April 3, 2021

Tamulpur: Buoyed by a raft of peace agreements with underground outfits in the Northeast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a fervent appeal to militants in Assam who have not surrendered yet to return to the mainstream as they are needed to create an ‘Atmanirbhar Assam’. Addressing an election rally here in Bodoland Territorial […]

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

Senior CPI-M leader Shridhar Deshpande dies at 82

7:20 pm April 3, 2021

Nashik: Senior Communist Party of India – Marxist (CPI-M) leader Shridhar Deshpande died of a brief illness in Maharashtra’s Nashik city on Saturday, family sources said. Deshpande, 82, breathed his last at a private hospital and his last rites were performed in the afternoon hours, they said. He is survived by his wife, son, daughter-in-law […]

Two boys found dead in Bhopal dam, drowning suspected

7:16 pm April 3, 2021

Bhopal: In a suspected case of drowning, two teenage boys were found dead in Bhopal’s Kaliasot dam, police said on Saturday. Their bodies were fished out this morning and sent for post-mortem, in-charge of Kolar police station Chandrakant Patel said. On Friday evening, the police had received a complaint that two city boys, aged 14 […]