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 […]

Myanmar Def College delegation vists Fort William

Kolkata : A 38-member Myanmar delegation led by Major General Myat Kyaw, Commandant of National Defence College, Myanmar visited Eastern Command headquarters at Fort William here Saturday, a Defence spokesman said. The delegation members were updated on various dimensions of operational environment of Eastern Command including aspects of multilateral […]

Raman Singh govt has made Chhattisgarh almost Naxalism-free: Shah

Raipur :  The Raman Singh government in Chhattisgarh had made the state “almost free” of Naxalism and developed it as a hub of power and cement production, BJP president Amit Shah said Saturday. Targeting the opposition Congress, he said a party that felt Naxalism was a medium for revolution […]

Trump headed to Paris for WWI events, but will skip peace forum

President Donald Trump heads for France Friday to participate in events marking the centennial of the end World War I, but won’t meet with leaders in a peace forum there. The White House said the president and first lady Melania Trump, instead, will take part in a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macronto […]

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