Chennai Muslim businessman donates Rs 1 lakh for Ayodhya Ram Temple
Chennai, Feb 16 (PTI) In a gesture aimed at communal amity, a Muslim businessman from the city has donated Rs 1 lakh towards the construction of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, as voluntary contribution from devotees in Tamil Nadu for the shrine in Uttar Pradesh has been growing. Daily wage earners like cobblers and small […]
School principal gets death sentence for raping Class 5 student
Patna, Feb 16 (PTI) The principal and a teacher of a school here have been awarded death sentence and imprisonment for life, respectively, by a court for the rape of a Class 5 student. Special POCSO judge Awadhesh Kumar, in an order passed on Monday, announced capital punishment for the principal Arvind Kumar besides imposing […]
Winter storm cripples life in Texas, millions without power supply
Houston, Feb 16 (PTI) Houstonians woke up to heaps of snow outside their homes Monday morning, with brutally cold wind chill dipping temperatures into the teens and no electricity in most areas. The entire state of Texas is under a winter storm warning. National Weather Service forecasters have extended the winter storm warning for the […]
WHO authorises AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine for emergency use
Toronto, Feb 16 (AP) The World Health Organisation has granted an emergency authorization to AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, a move that should allow the UN agency’s partners to ship millions of doses to countries as part of a UN-backed programme to tame the pandemic. In a statement Monday, the WHO said it was clearing the AstraZeneca […]
JK has development deficit of 73 years: Lt Guv
Jammu: Asserting that the process of uprooting the fear of terror is going on at a rapid pace in Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha has said the Union Territory has a development deficit of 73 years and there would be challenges to fill the gaps, but his administration is fully prepared to […]
Three women among six dead in Doda road mishap
Bhaderwah/Jammu: Six people including three women were killed on Monday when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Doda district, a senior police official said. Doda Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mumtaz Ahmed said the accident occurred around 7.10 pm near Raggi Nallah, 20 km from Doda town. “The […]
