INDIA

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Suspected illegal miners thrash forest officials, 1 held

8:49 pm June 19, 2021

Kota (Rajasthan): Two men, involved in illegal mining, have been booked for allegedly thrashing a watchman and a forest guard in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district, police said on Saturday, adding the prime accused has been arrested. The incident took place in the Harigarh forest area on Friday evening when Chotulal Bheel and his accomplice were asked […]

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

33-year-old held for trying to extort money from man

8:46 pm June 19, 2021

New Delhi: A 33-year-old man was arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from a person in the national capital, police said on Saturday. The accused, Tarun, who was depressed after suffering monetary losses during the Covid-induced lockdown, hatched a plan with the victim’s ex-girlfriend to extort money, they said. Tarun, a resident of Mangolpuri, […]

Tigress captured from defunct rubber factory in UP

8:42 pm June 19, 2021

Bareilly (UP): A four-year-old tigress which had taken refuge at an abandoned rubber factory here after venturing out of the Kishanpur sanctuary last year has been captured, officials said on Saturday. ‘Sharmili’ was caught around 11 am on Friday in a mega rescue operation that lasted around 30 hours, they said. The big cat had […]

Man killed by nephews over land dispute in Nagpur

12:00 am June 19, 2021

Nagpur: A farmer was killed allegedly by his nephews over a land dispute in Katol area of Nagpur, police said on Friday. Accused Gopal Gadhve (29) and Prafulla Gadhve (27) had attacked their uncle, Ashokrao Gadhve (40), with an axe on June 12, and he succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning, the official said. […]

Kanpur official suspended over fraud in state-run scheme

11:59 pm June 18, 2021

Kanpur (UP): The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday suspended the social welfare officer of Kanpur in connection with major irregularities in distribution of marriage grants under the government’s ‘Shaadi Anudan Yojana’. The social welfare officer, Amarjeet Singh, has been suspended and attached to the state headquarters of the social welfare department in the state capital, […]