Day: June 1, 2021

Elderly man killed by elephant in Uttarakhand

11:33 pm June 1, 2021

Kotdwar (Uttarakhand): A 74-year-old man was killed after being assaulted by an elephant in Kotdwar range of Lansdowne forest division on Tuesday. Shivdutt Joshi (74) was attacked by the pachyderm when he along with his wife Leela Devi and others had gone to the forests of Sigaddi to collect fodder, Lansdowne DFO Dipak Singh said. […]

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

Haryana state board cancels Class 12 exams

11:29 pm June 1, 2021

Chandigarh: The Haryana government has decided to cancel the Class 12 exams conducted by the state board, Education Minister Kanwar Pal said on Tuesday. The decision came shortly after the central government announced cancelling the CBSE Class 12 board exams amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have also decided to cancel the Class 12 board exams […]

Man shoots woman dead, kills self too in Noida

11:17 pm June 1, 2021

Noida (UP): Bullet-ridden bodies of a man and a woman, both in their twenties, were found in a house in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida on Tuesday, police said. The incident took place at the rented accommodation of the woman in Sorkha village, under Sector 49 police station limits, the officials said. Their relationship could not be […]

Marriage not a contract, but a sacramental one: HC

11:10 pm June 1, 2021

Chennai: A husband and wife must realise ‘ego’ and ‘intolerance’ are like footwear and should be left out of their house, when they enter. Else, their children will have to face a miserable life, the Madras High Court has warned young couples. Justice S Vaidyanathan also reminded youngsters that marriage is not a contract, but […]

Aligarh hooch tragedy: 13 more arrested in police raids

11:07 pm June 1, 2021

Aligarh (UP): Thirteen more people, including the owner of a chemical factory, were arrested here for their alleged involvement in illicit liquor trade as police continued raids in connection with the Aligarh hooch tragedy, which has claimed at least 36 lives so far, officials said on Tuesday. With this, the number of people arrested for […]