Day: February 17, 2024

New Delhi, Feb 16 A 47-year-old man was robbed of Rs 81 lakh here at gunpoint by three unidentified men, who also fired in the air, an official said on Friday, adding the incident took place in Delhi’s Narela area. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Ravi Kumar Singh said that on Friday, a call…

Srinagar, Feb 17 Due to night-long cloud cover in J&K on Saturday, night temperature rose above the freezing point in Srinagar as the MeT office forecast rain/snow beginning late tonight. Srinagar had minimum temperature of 3 degrees Celsius, Gulmarg minus 1.2 and Pahalgam 0.7. In Ladakh region, Leh town had minus 0.8 and Kargil minus…

New Delhi, Feb 17 Two people were rescued after they got buried under the debris of temporary structure at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru stadium which collapsed on Saturday morning, a fire department official said. Sharing the details, the Director of Delhi Fire Service, Atul Garg said that a call has been received about collapse of a…

Chennai, Feb 17 Wildlife and social activists of Tamil Nadu are seeking stringent action against a person who chased a young wild elephant in a forest reserve of the state in his vehicle. Palanisami Muthuraman, a wildlife enthusiast and social activist from Coimbatore told IANS, “Stringent action will be taken against the person who chased…

New Delhi, Feb 17 Seven people sustained minor injuries after they got buried under the debris of a temporary structure, being installed for a wedding ceremony, at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru stadium which collapsed on Saturday morning, a fire department official said. Sharing the details, Director of Delhi Fire Service, Atul Garg, said that a call…

London, Feb 17 February is on course to break a record number of heat records, meteorologists say, as human-made global heating and the natural El Nino climate pattern drive up temperatures on land and oceans around the world, media reported. A little over halfway into the shortest month of the year, the heating spike has…

New Delhi, Feb 17 , General Manoj Pande, Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) visited the Defence Innovation Unit (DIU), the forefront military innovation unit of the US Army, in San Francisco. He interacted with Doug Beck, Director of DIU and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defence, the Army said on Saturday. According to the…

Kolkata, Feb 17 In a major departure from established norms, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has chosen the Nodal Officer of police for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, instead of assigning that responsibility to the Additional Director General (Law & Order), in West Bengal. Anand Kumar, who is currently the Additional Director General (Legal)…

New Delhi, Feb 17 At the turn of this millennium, Ana Ros had to choose between a career in her country’s diplomatic service or to co-manage a restaurant and inn that her boyfriend inherited from his parents who had just retired. Days before she was to fly to Brussels to take up her first foreign…