Day: November 10, 2018

BJP Kerala chief moves HC seeking quashing of FIR against him

Kochi : Kerala BJP president P S Sreedharan Pillai Friday moved the High Court seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him by the police for his speech on the Sabarimala protests. The first information report was registered in Kozhikode on a complaint by journalist Shybin alleging that Pillai, […]

Triple monument for Mandela, Zulu King and Sivananda in S Africa unveiled

Johannesburg :  A triple monument as a mark of respect to the former South African president Nelson Mandela, Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini and spiritual leader Swami Sivananda was unveiled in a public park in Durban on Thursday. Besides the first busts erected together of Mandela and Zwelithini, there is […]

Delhi’s air quality improves to ‘very poor’ category

New Delhi : Delhi’s air quality Saturday improved to ‘very poor’ category after local pollutants “reduced significantly” and the contribution from stubble burning remained “marginal” due to wind speed, authorities said. The overall air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 394 which falls in the ‘very poor’ category, according […]

New freshwater crab found in Arunachal

Itanagar :  A new species of freshwater crab has been found at the Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh, the renowned science journal ‘Zootaxa’ said. A three-member team of scientists of the Zoological Survey India (ZSI) spotted the species ‘Teretamon kem-pi’ in the park in Changlang district in April […]

Woman mauled to death by wild animal in Maharashtra

Nagpur (Maha) :  A woman farm labourer was mauled to death by a wild animal, suspected to be a tiger or leopard, at a forest in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, police said Saturday. Sakhubai Kasture, 55, a resident of Pendhri village in Chandrapur, located around 160 km from Nagpur, had […]

Former Cong city chief joins BJP

Dehradun :  In a setback to the Congress ahead of the civic body polls in Uttarakhand, former president of the party’s city unit Prithviraj Chauhan has joined the BJP. Chauhan joined the ruling BJP along with a large number of supporters at its state office here Friday in the […]

2 killed as car rams into motorcycle in UP

Ghazipur (UP) : Two men were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a speeding car near Bhuapur Tirkaripur village under the Jangipur police station here, police said Saturday. Akash Kannaujia (20) was killed on the spot, while his friend Sagar Yadav (19) succumbed to injuries subsequently in a […]

Sub Inspector dead, 3 injured as police jeep hits tree

Bareilly (UP) : A policeman was killed and three others were injured when their jeep dashed into a roadside tree in the wee hours Saturday, police said. Sub Inspector Srikant, posted in Aonla police station, was on night patrolling duty when the jeep driver lost control of the vehicle […]

Man bobbitised by woman in Keonjhar

Keonjhar (Odisha) : A married woman allegedly chopped off the genital of a man with whom she had an extra-marital affair at a village in Keonjhar district, the police said. The incident occurred in the house of the woman at Badauagaan village Wednesday night, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) […]

Digest for domestic stories for week Nov 3 – Nov 9, 2018

New Delhi: The Congress Saturday released its first list of candidates, 155 in total, for the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls, and the nominees included Ajay Singh, the leader of opposition in the state, and former Union minister Suresh Pachouri. New Delhi/Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s […]

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