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Cold wave grips Rajasthan

3:03 pm December 16, 2020

Jaipur: Cold wave conditions and fog prevailed in most parts of Rajasthan where Ganganagar recorded a minimum temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius, a MeT department official said on Wednesday. The department has issued a cold wave warning for the next two days in the state. According to the department, the minimum temperature in the state […]

WB govt gives go-ahead to daily Kolkata-Delhi direct flights

8:38 pm December 14, 2020

Kolkata: The Bengal government on Monday gave its nod for resumption of daily direct flight services between Kolkata and Delhi, an official statement said. ”Daily direct flights in Kolkata-Delhi sector allowed with immediate effect,” a statement issued by the state Information and Cultural Department said. Currently, Kolkata-New Delhi flights are available thrice a week — Monday, Wednesday […]

UP govt docs should serve in dept for 10 years: official

3:44 pm December 13, 2020

Lucknow: Government doctors in Uttar Pradesh completing postgraduate courses will have to give their services in the department for 10 years or pay a compensation of Rs 1 crore, according to an official. The order, issued last Wednesday, reiterated an earlier one issued on April 3, 2017. It said had been cases of some doctors […]

Bengal's Silicon Valley big flop, cows graze there: Dilip Ghosh

Dilip Ghosh writes to Amit Shah over ‘security lapses’ during Nadda’s visit to Bengal

2:51 pm December 10, 2020

Kolkata: West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleging security lapses during party national president J P Nadda’s ongoing tour of the state. Ghosh, in his letter, claimed that the ”police allowed a mob of around 200 people, carrying bamboo sticks, to raise slogans, demonstrate and show black flags to Nadda” during his programme on […]

Man axes wife to death on suspicion of adultery: Police

Maha: Man tries to attack farmers’ outfit leader with axe

11:59 pm December 9, 2020

Buldhana: A man allegedly tried to attack Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana leader Ravikant Tupkar with an axe in Maharashtra’s Buldhana on Wednesday, although the latter’s bodyguard foiled the attempt, police said. The incident took place outside Tupkar’s office on Chikhali Road here around 5.30 pm, they said. Although Tupkar was not injured in the incident, his personal assistant […]