Five Delhi schools receive bomb threats, cops suspect lone person
New Delhi: Panic gripped schools in the national capital after five of them received bomb threats here Wednesday morning, police officials said. Mother Mary School at Mayur Vihar, Delhi Public School at Dwarka, Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri, Delhi Public School at Vasant Kunj and Amity School in Saket have received...
Read moreTwo Samajwadi Party leaders booked in HM Amit Shah’s edited video case
Lucknow: Two Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders have been served summons in connection with the edited video speech of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. SP candidate from Ambedkar Nagar, Lalji Varma, has been served notice and was even subjected to initial questioning. "This is a clear attempt to prevent me from filing nomination and contesting election from Ambedkar Nagar but incidents like Surat cannot be repeated everywhere. See the haste with which...
Read moreStoinis, bowlers take LSG closer to IPL playoffs
Lucknow: Marcus Stoinis made a composed fifty to complement the splendid effort of the bowlers as Lucknow Super Giants strengthened their chances of a play-off berth with a nervy four-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the IPL here Tuesday. Mumbai Indians' top-order came a cropper as they stuttered to a below-par 144 for seven, riding on contributions from Nehal Wadhera (46), Ishan Kishan (32) and Tim David (35 not out). In...
Read moreG7 nations commit to phasing out coal by 2035 but leave room to extend that deadline
Milan: Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations committed Tuesday to phase out coal power by 2035, marking the first time the G7 has explicitly referenced a phase-out, but left flexibility for countries heavily reliant on coal. The final communique of the meeting in the Italian city of Turin included language that could extend the 2035 deadline to a “timeframe consistent with limiting the rise in...
Read moreNo reservations based on religion to Muslims as long as I am alive, says PM Modi in Telangana
Hyderabad: Amid Congress attack that the BJP would change the Constitution and scrap reservations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that he would not let the quotas of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs be given to Muslims on the basis of religion. Training his guns on the Congress, he accused the grand old party of making undivided Andhra Pradesh a "laboratory of appeasement" when it was in power in 2004 and...
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Two Samajwadi Party leaders booked in HM Amit Shah’s edited video case
Lucknow: Two Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders have been served summons in connection with the edited video speech of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. SP candidate from Ambedkar Nagar, Lalji Varma, has been served notice and was even subjected to initial questioning. "This is a clear attempt to prevent me from filing nomination and contesting election from Ambedkar...
Five Delhi schools receive bomb threats, cops suspect lone person
New Delhi: Panic gripped schools in the national capital after five of them received bomb threats here Wednesday morning, police officials said. Mother Mary School at Mayur Vihar, Delhi Public School at Dwarka, Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri, Delhi Public School at Vasant Kunj and Amity School in Saket have received bomb threats via email, they said. All...
Man gets 20-year RI for minor’s rape in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar: The Fast Track Special Court in Bhubaneswar Tuesday awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a 30-year-old man after holding him guilty of raping a minor girl in 2018. The court also slapped a penalty of Rs10,000 on the convict, identified as Ramjan Khan from Raghunath Nagar under Khandagiri police limits in Khurda, for the...
Weavers in lurch as 70% handloom units shut in Kendrapara district
Kendrapara: As many as 7,000 artisans have been rendered jobless following the closure of 70 per cent of the handloom units in Kendrapara district during the last three decades. The handloom units had to close down following the arrival of modern machines and quality threads in the market. As a result, over 7,000 artisans earning their livelihood...
Truck falls off bridge, crushes boy to death in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district
Dhenkanal: In a tragic incident, a minor boy was killed when a speeding sand-laden truck fell off Badajora bridge near Santhapur village under Gandia police station in Dhenkanal district Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Subha Behera, 14, a Class-VIII student and resident of Santhapur village. The incident occurred when he had gone to the creek...
Odisha: Ex-MGNREGA assistant awarded 4 years of rigorous imprisonment
Keonjhar: The Special Vigilance Court Tuesday handed down four years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a former MGNREGA assistant of Saharpada block in Keonjhar district while pronouncing the judgment in a Vigilance trap case. The convict was identified as Lalit Kumar Mohanta, a former MGNREGA assistant of Saharpada block in Keonjhar district. The court also slapped a...
In-laws murder woman in Bhadrak
Tihidi: Police arrested three persons for allegedly killing a woman at Paliabindha Beherasahi village under Tihidi police limits in Bhadrak district, police said. Following the arrest, the cops here produced the accused persons before a court Tuesday. The deceased identified as Akhilata Behera, 25, was murdered by her mother-in-law Bhagyabati Behera, father-in-law Ganesh Behera and husband Madhusudan...
Horoscope May 1: Aries’ progress will be very slow, Cancer may get a gift from life partner
Aries: You will be very enterprising and industrious today. You make your plans very carefully and execute them perfectly. Despite this, your progress will be very slow. However, Ganesha advises you not to despair and showers his blessings on you. Taurus: This is one of those ordinary days that, somehow, do not turn out too well. Unexpected...
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India’s record of human rights in the past few years has come under serious international scanner. The recent ethnic strife in Manipur, when the state machinery was blatantly used to help the majority ethnic community to settle scores with a minority group in genocidal attacks, brought worldwide condemnation. In this backdrop, the United Nations Global Alliance of...
Stoinis, bowlers take LSG closer to IPL playoffs
Lucknow: Marcus Stoinis made a composed fifty to complement the splendid effort of the bowlers as Lucknow Super Giants strengthened their chances of a play-off berth with a nervy four-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the IPL here Tuesday. Mumbai Indians' top-order came a cropper as they stuttered to a below-par 144 for seven, riding on contributions...