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UP farmer found dead with feet tied, mouth gagged

9:53 pm June 17, 2021

Baghpat (UP): The body of a 66-year-old farmer with his feet tied and mouth gagged was found in a village here on Thursday, police said, adding he was stabbed to death. The incident took place in Titrauda village and a case was registered in this regard at Singhawali Ahir police station. The victim used to […]

LPG tanker overturns in Nashik city; none hurt

9:50 pm June 17, 2021

Nashik: A tanker carrying Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) overturned in Nashik city in the wee hours of Thursday, but no casualty was reported, police said. According to the police, the LPG tanker was on its way from Mumbai to Pune via Nashik when it turned turtle at Dwarka Chowk at around 5.30 am when the […]

Mithun Chakraborty questioned by Kolkata Police over “inciteful speech”

10:58 pm June 16, 2021

Kolkata: Actor-turned-BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty was on Wednesday questioned by the Kolkata Police in connection with a complaint accusing him of inciting post- poll violence in West Bengal through his speeches. The interrogation, which was held virtually, began at 10.20 am and lasted for 45 minutes, a senior police officer said. Officers of the Manicktala police station in the […]

UP: Live-in partner arrested under anti-conversion law, rape charge

10:39 pm June 16, 2021

Noida: The police in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida on Wednesday arrested a 30-year-old woman’s live-in partner over allegations of rape and coercing her into changing her religion for marriage, officials said. The accused, who has been arrested by officials of the Bisrakh police station, has been booked under the Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020, among others, they said. ”Accused Murtaza alias […]

Delhi riots: Court defers order on ‘immediate release’ of student activists for Thursday

10:32 pm June 16, 2021

New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday deferred its order on the immediate release of JNU students Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, who have been granted bail by the high court in the riots ‘conspiracy’ case, for Thursday. “Order could not be passed due to the heavy board of bail applications listed before the […]