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Policemen beaten up by villagers in UP

8:25 pm July 7, 2019

Shahjahanpur: Twelve policemen including two sub-inspectors were injured when people allegedly attacked them when they stepped in to broker a truce between two sides disputing over installation of a transformer in Nathapur village here. The incident took place on Saturday, Station House Officer (SHO), Puwayan, Jasveer Singh said. “There was a dispute in Nathapur village […]

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

Critics of USD 5-trillion economy goal professional pessimists, India poised to race ahead: PM

9:53 pm July 6, 2019

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday dismissed as “professional pessimists” the critics of the Centre’s target to achieve a USD 5-trillion economy within the next five years and asserted that the “new India” is on the threshold of sprinting forward. A day after the Union budget was presented by Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman, the prime […]

ITBP releases video of 8 trekkers showing their 'last moments'

Nanda Devi expedition: Body of team leader not found

8:26 pm July 6, 2019

Nainital: Noted British mountaineer Martin Moran who led the eight-member team that perished on way to the Nanda Devi East peak was the lone climber of the group whose body could not be found. The fact emerged after the identification of the seven bodies recovered from the western ridge of the peak was completed on […]

US stocks open sharply lower amid pressure on oil market

Libyan oil firm warns disrupting sector would fuel conflict

11:16 pm June 23, 2019

Tripoli: Libya’s National Oil Company has warned that any bid to tamper with the sector could escalate unrest in the conflict-hit country, after the parliamentary speaker called for a halt to production. In a statement issued late Saturday, NOC said it “is concerned by recent calls for the shutdown of national oil production”. “Any deliberate […]

Couple found dead in hotel room in Rajasthan

7:46 pm June 22, 2019

Jaipur: A man and a woman were found dead in a hotel room in Amer area of Rajasthan, police said Saturday. Prime facie, it seems the man committed suicide after killing the woman, Rajendra Singh, Station House Officer (SHO), Amer Police Station said. According to the hotel records, Rajat Jakhar, a resident of Alwar, checked-in with […]