After shocking daylight murder of an officer in Himachal Pradesh’s Kasauli, the police has finally managed to arrest the accused hotelier from Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district. Vijay Singh, the hotel owner accused of killing Assistant Town and Country planner in Kasauli, was nabbed in a joint operation by the Delhi Police and the Himachal Police on Thursday. The police tracked ...
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No stay on SC/ST Act order says Supreme Court
Hearing on the Centre’s petition seeking review of the Supreme Court’s March 20 order, which stopped automatic arrests in cases under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, witnessed sharp exchanges on Thursday with the government telling the court that it had usurped powers of the legislature and the bench giving it back, saying atrocities against Dalits ...
Read More »Capsules containing cocaine found in abdomen
DAINIK NATION BUREAU Seventy-five capsules containing cocaine were found inside the abdomen of the Bolivian national who had died here sometime after he was detained by the customs officials on suspicion of drug smuggling, police said today. The accused, identified as Salomon Edgar Vaca Arambel, 49, was intercepted by the customs officials at the Delhi International Airport after his arrival ...
Read More »More than 100 dead and several injured due to storm
DAINIK NATION BUREAU A storm whipped through a large swathe of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh last night, killing over 100 people in a trail of destruction that brought down mud houses, uprooted trees and flattened crops. At least 183 others were injured as a massive dust storm, followed by thunder showers, snapped power lines and sent tin roofs and street ...
Read More »Video of Tea vendor making tea from toilet water goes viral
A new video, which is doing the rounds of social media, will make you ponder a hundred times over before you decide to have tea or coffee from a vendor selling it on a train. The video, which was shot last year, but has recently surfaced online suggests water from a train toilet was being used to prepare tea and ...
Read More »Over 70 killed as dust storm wreaks havoc in UP, Rajasthan
A severe dust storm followed by thunder showers hit parts of the northern Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan overnight, killing over 70 people and leaving a trail of destruction. Houses collapsed and trees and poles were uprooted in the storm that also led to power outages. In Uttar Pradesh (UP), the high-intensity dust storm left 45 people dead ...
Read More »Temperature crosses 50 in Rajasthan’s desert areas
With the beginning of May, heat levels in India have begun to reach the unbearable mark in many places. In many cities, the mercury has crossed 45 degrees. Temperature has been steadily on the rise across India since April month. From Delhi to Jaipur and from Chandigarh to Bhopal, people are feeling the heat. In many cities, the heat is ...
Read More »Government official on demolition drive in Kasauli dies after being shot at in broad daylight
On Tuesday, the owner of a guest house shot three bullets on the administrative team which had gone on an anti-encroachment drive to 13 illegal hotels in Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh’s District Solan on Tuesday afternoon. Two bullets hit the female officer who died on the spot. While a PWD employee was injured. He has been referred to PGI Chandigarh ...
Read More »Indian Telecom commission gives nod to In-flight WiFi, calls
Soon, air travellers will be able to make calls and surf internet during flights as Telecom Commission – the highest decision-making body of Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has approved the proposal of in-flight mobile and data connectivity. According to a top official of DoT, the services are likely to be launched in 3-4 months by service providers. Telecom Regulatory Authority ...
Read More »NCERT issues guidelines to schools, parents on cyber security, safety
Allowing only authorised people to access computer labs, banning use of USBs, blocking pop ups and keeping a check on appearance of new and unfamiliar icons on desktop are among the cyber security and safety guidelines issued to schools and parents by the NCERT. The National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) has sent the detailed guidelines to schools ...
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