Wednesday

Labourer’s body found in toilet

3:45 pm October 8, 2020

Muzaffarnagar (UP): The body of a labourer from Jharkhand was found in the toilet of a house in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Thursday. The victim was working with a farmer, they said. The body was found Wednesday evening in Karoda Hathi village, police said. The matter is being investigated, they added.

17-year-old ‘gang-raped’ by two men in Jharkhand

11:32 pm October 7, 2020

Jamshedpur: A teenaged girl was allegedly gang-raped by two men, one of them her friend, in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Wednesday. According to her complaint, she had gone out for a walk with her friend in Baghbeda area on Tuesday, and had no clue that another person would be waiting there for […]

Cabinet approves cyber security pact with Japan

7:50 pm October 7, 2020

New Delhi: The union cabinet on Wednesday approved signing of an agreement with Japan that is aimed at enhancing cooperation in emerging technologies, protection of critical infrastructure, cyberspace and to mitigate threats to communication networks, the government said. It said India and Japan are committed to an “open, interoperable, free, fair, secure and reliable” cyberspace […]

Runaway UP bank robbery accused held from Maharashtra

7:19 pm October 7, 2020

Thane: A man wanted in a 2019 Uttar Pradesh bank robbery case was arrested from Thane district in Maharashtra on Wednesday, police said. The accused, Salman alias Batton Abdul Kudus (22), was allegedly part of a four-member gang that had looted Rs 23 lakh from a private bank in Maharajganj at gun point on October […]

Rupee recovers by 13 paise; ends 2-day losing streak

6:56 pm October 7, 2020

Mumbai: Snapping its two-day losing streak, the rupee strengthened by 13 paise to settle at 73.33 against the US dollar on Wednesday, aided by foreign fund inflows and positive domestic equities. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.53 against the US dollar, and moved in a range of 73.29 and 73.55. […]