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Man marries minor girl, arrested for abduction and rape

10:00 pm July 21, 2021

Ballia (UP): A 23-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a three-year-old case of abduction and rape, police said. For the last three years, the accused, The accused and the girl had been living together after marriage, Station House Officer (SHO) Yogesh Yadav said, adding they have two children. The man, a resident […]

Snake gets stuck in AC unit, rescued in Delhi

9:56 pm July 21, 2021

New Delhi: A two-foot-long juvenile Indian rock python slithered into the air conditioner unit fitted at a house in Chattarpur and got stuck there. Upon realising their air conditioner wasn’t functional, the family decided to investigate. To their surprise, a two-foot-long juvenile Indian Rock Python had slithered into the air-conditioning unit through the exhaust tube […]

Assam CM calls for secularism in context of Indian civilization, accuses media of bias

9:52 pm July 21, 2021

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday asserted the concept of secularism needs to be defined in the context of `Indian civilisation’ and accused the media of being partial towards Left-liberals. Attacking Leftist intellectuals, liberals and the media, Sarma, at a function where RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat launched a book, claimed the country’s […]

MPPSC to hold preliminary exams on July 25

9:47 pm July 21, 2021

Indore: The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission’s (MPPSC) State Services prelims, which had been postponed twice due to the COVID-19 outbreak, will now be held on July 25, an official said on Wednesday. Although the number of COVID-19 cases in the state has declined, the MPPSC, as a precautionary measure, has decided to seek a […]

Tansa Dam near overflow mark, 33 villages in Thane, Palghar put on alert

12:01 am July 21, 2021

Palghar: Thirty-three villages on the banks of the Tansa river in Thane and Palghar districts were on Tuesday put on alert following heavy rains, an official said. Santosh Kadam, chief of Thane civic body’s Regional Disaster Management Cell, said a dam in the vicinity was in danger of overflowing, which in turn could cause the river to flood. ”A total of 18 villages from […]