Thursday

7 killed in cyclone Yaas in Bihar;Nitish orders payment of Rs 4 lakh each compensation to their families

Nitish supports population-proportionate reservation

11:20 pm October 29, 2020

Valmiki Nagar (Bihar): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday backed population-based reservation for castes, but said it can only be implemented after census data is available. Addressing a poll rally here, he also attacked the RJD over its record on law and order, and ridiculed Tejashwi Yadav’s promise of 10 lakh jobs. He repeatedly told […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Govt hikes ethanol price by up to Rs 3.34/ltr

7:30 pm October 29, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Thursday hiked the price of ethanol extracted from sugarcane for doping in petrol by up to Rs 3.34 per litre as it looked to ramp up the programme that has benefited farmers and also helped cut down oil import bill. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) headed by Prime […]

Indiana girl, 8, critical after shot while doing homework

11:49 pm October 23, 2020

Eastbrunswick: An 8-year-old Northwest Indiana girl was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in the head by stray gunfire while seated on a living room floor doing homework, police said. A preliminary investigation indicates that someone began shooting outside her home Thursday night and one bullet penetrated the siding of the home, East Chicago […]

600 quintals of illegal molasses seized in Greater Noida

5:40 pm October 15, 2020

Noida (UP): Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar on Thursday said they have impounded two tankers containing around 600 quintals of ‘sheera’ or molasses, a crucial ingredient of hooch, among other items. The tankers were intercepted by officials of the Excise Department and the district police near a toll plaza in Dadri area of […]

Young farmer shot dead in his fields in UP’s Kannauj

6:09 pm October 9, 2020

Kannauj (UP): A 23-year-old farmer was allegedly shot dead in Tahsipur village in Sadar area here by some unidentified person, police said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday as the victim, Chandra Kishore Rajput was in his field and was shot by someone, they said, adding that he died on the spot. The […]