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National Cricket Academy to be set up in Sikkim: CM

11:35 pm January 6, 2021

Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Wednesday said that BCCI secretary Jay Shah assured him that a National Cricket Academy will be established in the Himalayan state to provide a platform to the youths. Shah, the BCCI in-charge of Sikkim, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, called on Tamang at his Mintokgang residence here […]

Head constable, son arrested for using proxy candidate in Delhi Police entrance exam

10:33 pm January 4, 2021

New Delhi: A head constable and his son have been arrested for allegedly using a proxy candidate during the entrance examination of Delhi Police, officials said on Monday. The accused has been identified as head constable Vineet and his son Kashish, they said. According to a senior police officer, Kashish (21), who was pursuing graduation from distance […]

Former home minister Buta Singh passes away

3:38 pm January 2, 2021

New Delhi: Former Union home minister Buta Singh, who remained in public service for a long time and served under four prime ministers, died at the AIIMS here on Saturday morning. He was 86. The senior Congress leader was in a coma since October last year, when he was admitted to the All India Institute of […]

Criminal shot dead by associate in UP: police

3:32 pm January 1, 2021

Ballia : A suspected criminal was allegedly killed by his associate in Uttar Pradesh‘s Ballia district, police said on Friday. Sonu Singh (25) had a heated debate with his Abhishek Singh over some issue at Chand Diar village on Thursday night, following which the latter opened fire on him and fled, Bairiya police station incharge […]

BJP gains new grounds in 2020 but farmers protest poses challenge

5:30 pm December 31, 2020

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s call to convert ‘aapda’ (crisis) into ‘avsar’ (opportunity) paid the BJP rich dividends in a year when the COVID-19 convulsed the society and the economy as a mix of the ruling dispensation’s welfare measures, organisational might and ideological drive saw the saffron party gain new territories in 2020. Governments in […]