Wednesday

IndiGo to start 15 new domestic flights

11:27 pm March 4, 2020

New Delhi: IndiGo on Wednesday announced that it will be starting 15 new flights, enhancing connections from metro cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad. “Starting March 29, IndiGo will operate new flights between Bangalore-Indore, Mumbai-Chennai, Delhi-Indore, Chennai-Hyderabad, Hyderabad-Guwahati, Kolkata-Hyderabad, Hyderabad-Chennai, Delhi-Hyderabad and Hyderabad-Chennai,” the airline said. IndiGo said it will also commence […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

US launches airstrike against Taliban to defend Afghan forces

10:52 pm March 4, 2020

Kabul: The US launched an airstrike against Taliban fighters to defend Afghan forces on Wednesday, an American military spokesman said, as violence spirals after a string of deadly attacks by the insurgents, throwing the country’s nascent peace process into grave doubt. News of the airstrike in southern Helmand province — the first in 11 days […]

Gairsain to be made into new division: U'khand CM

Gairsain to be Uttarakhand’s summer capital

8:55 pm March 4, 2020

Gairsain: Gairsain will be the summer capital of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat announced in the state assembly here on Wednesday. The announcement during the Budget session of the assembly at Gairsain partially fulfils a long-standing demand of the hill people. Those who spearheaded the movement for statehood to Uttarakhand in the 1990s wanted […]

Damoh: Six-year-old girl raped, her eyes damaged by accused

2,575 rape cases reported in Chhattisgarh in 13 months

8:44 pm March 4, 2020

Raipur: As many as 2,575 rape cases were registered in Chhattisgarh from January 1, 2019, to January 31, 2020, maximum of them in Raipur district, the state Assembly was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply to a question by the BJP’s Brijmohan Agrawal, Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu said 17,009 cases of dacoity, rape, theft, […]

Sarbananda Sonowal takes charge as AYUSH minister

CBI takes over Barak Valley coal scam case of Assam

8:36 pm March 4, 2020

New Delhi: The CBI has taken over investigation into the Barak Valley coal scam case related to alleged tax evasion in transportation of coal through Meghalaya by bribing officials in Assam, officials said on Wednesday. The case was recommended for a CBI probe by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in 2018 which was routed to […]