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Body of man found near railway tracks in Nadia

Maha: RPF jawan saves man about to commit suicide on tracks

10:53 pm February 26, 2021

Mumbai: A 32-year-old man who tried to end his life by lying down a railway track in Virar station in Palghar was saved by an alert RPF jawan, an official said on Friday. The incident happened at around 11.20am on Wednesday and a video of it went viral on social media. In the video, the […]

Pharmacy student who misled police dies by suicide

11:53 pm February 24, 2021

Hyderabad: A 19-year-old pharmacy student, who had misled police here two weeks ago by falsely claiming that she was kidnapped and raped by some auto- drivers, died by suicide on Wednesday, police said. Her father, who complained to police, said she had been going through mental agony in the wake of the incident and realisation […]

Stokes applies saliva on ball; spoken to by umpires

11:45 pm February 24, 2021

Ahmedabad: England all-rounder Ben Stokes was seen applying saliva on the ball on the opening day of the day-night third Test against India here on Wednesday, following which the ball had to be sanitised. The incident took place at the end of the 12th over when Stokes was seen using saliva to shine the ball, […]

Govt has no business to be in business: Modi

10:37 pm February 24, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the government has no business to be in business and his administration is committed to privatising all PSUs barring the bare minimum in four strategic sectors. “It is government’s duty to support enterprises and businesses. But it is not essential that it should own and run […]

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

Rajasthan govt presents first paperless budget

2:02 pm February 24, 2021

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government on Wednesday presented its first paperless budget in the state assembly. ”The state budget 2021-22 will be paperless this time. Efforts have been made to take every section of society together. Corona has affected the economy so efforts will be made to gather financial resources,” Gehlot said […]