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Man arrested for raping 9-year-old girl in Nagpur

9:30 pm April 16, 2021

Nagpur: A man was arrested for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl after luring her to his home in Nandanvan area of Nagpur with the promise of a chocolate, police said on Friday. The incident happened on Thursday when the child was playing, said an official. “After the girl narrated the ordeal to her father, we […]

Govt to issue OTT guidelines soon: Minister

Javadekar tests positive for coronavirus

9:25 pm April 16, 2021

New Delhi: Union minister Prakash Javadekar Friday said he has tested positive for coronavirus and urged those who came in contact with him in the last few days to get themselves tested. Javadekar, who holds the key portfolios of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Information and Broadcasting; and Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises; informed about […]

Man stabbed to death by son

9:13 pm April 16, 2021

New Delhi: A 70-year-old man was stabbed to death by his son over a monetary issue in northwest Delhi’s Wazirpur area, police said on Friday. Mahendra Pal, a resident of JJ Colony Wazirpur, was admitted at the Deepchand Bandhu Hospital by his wife Shanti Devi with stab injuries on Thursday, they said. Pal succumbed to […]

Heavy rains lash Telangana, normal life crippled

Monsoon to be normal this year: IMD

9:03 pm April 16, 2021

New Delhi: The Southwest monsoon, which brings nearly 75 per cent of rainfall to the country, is expected to be normal this year, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. The Long Period Average (LPA) will be 98 per cent with an error margin of plus and minus 5 per cent, said M Rajeevan, […]

COVID-19: Thane civic body to set up 2 oxygen plants

8:59 pm April 16, 2021

Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation will set up two oxygen generation plants here by the end of April amid a rise in coronavirus cases, an official said on Friday. The two plants will be housed in Global Hospital and the Parking Plaza COVID care centre and a total of 20 tonnes of oxygen per day […]