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Woman’s body found stuffed inside suitcase in Delhi

10:08 pm October 18, 2019

New Delhi: The body of a woman in her 30s was found stuffed in a suitcase on Friday morning in Outer North Delhi’s Bawana, police said. According to a senior police official, a passerby informed police about a bag lying near a bus stand in Pooth village. After reaching the spot, police personnel opened the […]

Book to expose subculture of scams in India

Penguin festival to celebrate readers’ love for classics

7:48 pm October 18, 2019

New Delhi: Book lovers and reading enthusiasts are in for a treat as publisher Penguin Random House India returns with the 2nd edition of its Classics Festival. Starting from November 1 across eight Indian cities, the “Penguin Classics Festival: There is one for everyone” will celebrate the readers’ love for classics by showcasing a range […]

Paswan seeks impartial probe into Delhi violence

NDA will all seats in Bihar bypolls: Paswan

7:44 pm October 18, 2019

New Delhi: BJP ally and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Friday that the ruling NDA will win all seats going to Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls in Bihar on October 21, asserting that a “divided and discredited” opposition stands no chance. Polls will be held in five Assembly seats and the Lok Sabha […]

Delhi’s air quality ‘very poor’ again, likely to sharply over weekend

2:41 pm October 18, 2019

New Delhi: The national capital’s air quality slipped into the “very poor” category on Friday morning, and was expected to decline sharply over the weekend owing to changing weather and “significant” stubble burning. The city’s overall air quality index (AQI) stood at 306 on Friday. It was 276 on Thursday. The overall AQI at DTU, […]

BSF recruit allegedly dies by suicide in Hazaribag

BGB action unprovoked; did not fire a single bullet: BSF

2:37 pm October 18, 2019

New Delhi/Kolkata: The BSF on Friday said the Bangladeshi action of killing their trooper and injuring another along the border in West Bengal was unprovoked and that its troops did not fire “a single bullet” when a flag meeting took place between the two sides. A senior official rejected the claim made by the Border […]