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Maha: Two child marriages foiled

11:55 pm June 2, 2021

Pune: In separate incidents, two child marriages were foiled in Pune district of Maharashtra, officials said on Wednesday. The operations were jointly carried out by the Women and Child Development Department and Pune rural police, they said. In the first incident, a team of officials, comprising Alephata police and others, reached a marriage hall in […]

Goa govt cancels Class 12 exam of state board

11:53 pm June 2, 2021

Panaji: The Goa government on Wednesday announced that the Class 12 examination of the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has been cancelled in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. “After extensive consultations, it has been decided that the Class 12 Exams shall be cancelled as the health and safety of our students is […]

History-sheeter fires at police sub-inspector, held

11:48 pm June 2, 2021

Chennai: A police sub-inspector (SI) was injured after he was shot at by a history-sheeter who also suffered injuries from a fall while trying to escape. SI Balakrishnan and another SI Kanakaraj, acting on a tip-off, intercepted a car and asked the passenger to lower the glass window. In a trice, the history-sheeter opened fire […]

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh opens account on Koo

Three-day meeting of RSS functionaries from Thursday

11:45 pm June 2, 2021

New Delhi: Preparations for another Covid wave, post-poll violence in West Bengal and prevailing situation in the country are the issues expected to be discussed in a three-day ‘get together’ of top RSS functionaries starting from Thursday that will be chaired by Sangh head Mohan Bhagwat, sources said on Wednesday. The meeting assumes importance as […]

Odisha pegs loss due to cyclone Yaas at Rs 610 crore

11:41 pm June 2, 2021

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday estimated a loss of Rs 610 crore due to the last weeks severe cyclonic storm Yaas that affected about 60 lakh people living in 11,000 villages in the coastal regions of the state. This was mentioned at the review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here. While the loss […]