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Police officer held for taking bribe

Thane, Aug 23: An assistant inspector attached to Kolsewadi police station in the district was arrested on Friday for taking Rs 1,000 bribe, an Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said. The accused officer, Sandeep Borade (34), had earlier accepted Rs 9,000 from the complainant, against whom a non- […]

Lioness gives birth to four cubs; two of them die

Vadodara, Aug 23: A lioness gave birth to four cubs, three females and one male, in a wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat, but two of them died later, a forest official said on Friday. The lioness, Sarita – kept at the Barda Wildlife Sanctuary in Porbandar district under a […]

6-year-old girl raped by 3 schoolmates in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, Aug 23: A Class I student of a government school in Chattisgarh’s capital Raipur was raped allegedly by three 10-year-old schoolmates, police said on Friday. The incident took place on August 20 in a school located in Khamtarai police station limits, an official said. The parents of the […]

School official suspended for promoting students without evaluating their examination answer sheets

Berhampur (Odisha), Aug 23: The in-charge of a government school in Odisha’s Ganjam district has been suspended for promoting 87 students to Class 10 without evaluating their examination answer sheets, an official said on Friday. Three other teachers were also issued show-cause notices over the incident. It came to […]

Yamuna flows close to danger mark in Mathura

Mathura, Aug 23: The water level in the Yamuna is inching towards the danger mark in Mathura, an official said here on Friday. “The Yamuna has crossed the warning level and it is moving towards the danger mark,”ADM Brajesh Kumar said.  He said no casualty had been reported so […]

Water level in Yamuna continues to recede: official

New Delhi, Aug 23: The water level in the Yamuna river continued to recede and was flowing below the ‘warning mark’ of 204.50 metres, an official said on Friday.  The Delhi government is monitoring the situation, the official said. According to the Flood Control Room, Yamuna was flowing at […]

Mahatma Gandhi’s values are very relevant for us: Kovind

New Delhi, Aug 23:  Mahatma Gandhi’s values are very relevant for us as he taught us that our actions should aim at enhancing the dignity and destiny of other human beings, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday. Kovind made the remarks at the World Youth Conference on […]

SP dissolves UP state executive

Lucknow, Aug 23: The Samajwadi Party on Friday dissolved its entire Uttar Pradesh state, district, youth wing and other executives, party sources said. “Party president Akhilesh Yadav has dissolved all the state executive. All district executives, executives of youth and other wings have also been dissolved,” a senior party […]

Denied loan by banks, UP farmer puts up kidney for sale

Saharanpur (UP), Aug 22: A farmer in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district has put up posters seeking buyers for one of his kidneys after government banks allegedly turned down his requests for a loan. Ramkumar (30), a resident of Chattar Sali village, claims to have completed a dairy farming course […]

DJB upgrading online services

New Delhi, Aug 23: The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has said its online services would remain inaccessible for eight days from Friday. The utility said its revenue management system was being upgraded to increase the efficiency of its billing system. “Due to the upgradation of the billing system, all […]

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