Tag: news
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Postponement of government exams in Bihar
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): In a circular dated 28th September 2020, Bihar Public Service Commission postponed the 31st Bihar Judicial Service (Preliminary) Competitive Examination (No. 04/2020) to be held on 07th October 2020 and 65th Joint Main (Written) Competitive Examination to be held on 13th, 14th and 20th October 2020. Possible dates for both the…
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27 criminals held from Khoda in joint operation
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): Twenty-seven people with criminal backgrounds were on Saturday detained after multiple raids by police teams of Delhi, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Buddh Nagar in a special joint operation, officials said. The raids were carried out in Khoda area of Ghaziabad bordering Noida and Delhi as part of Operation Prahaar’, the officials said.…
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Durga Puja set to be low key in UP
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The majority of Durga puja committees across the state of Uttar Pradesh are in a fix about how to celebrate the festival this year in absence of specific directions from the government. Although the state government on Thursday said people should celebrate festivals at their homes as no public gatherings would…
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Congress names two candidates for UP Assembly Bypolls
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The Congress has announced candidates for two of the total eight Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats where by-elections are due. The party has named Aarti Vajpayee as its candidate from the Bangarmau assembly seat. The seat fell vacant following the disqualification of sitting BJP member Kuldeep Sengar who was convicted in a…
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‘Please Don’t Shoot Me’: wanted criminal with placard surrenders to UP police
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): A criminal carrying a reward of Rs 15,000 on his arrest surrendered to the police here on Sunday with a confession placard saying “don’t shoot me” hanging around his neck, officials said. The criminal, identified as Naeem, arrived at the Nakhasa police station in the afternoon. “I feel afraid of Sambhal…
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SHO in UP shunted to police lines
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The station house officer of Chandpa police station in Hathras district under whose jurisdiction a 19-year-old Dalit woman was gang-raped nearly a fortnight ago, has been transferred to the district police lines, an official said on Sunday. Chandpa SHO D K Verma has been sent to police lines for his failure…
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Woman gang-raped on moving bus in Meerut
(Riya Singh, Intern journalist): A passenger was allegedly gang-raped inside a running bus for the entire night on Friday and was later thrown out of the bus in a grim reminder of the Nirbhaya gang rape in Delhi that shook the nation in 2012. The woman was found lying unconscious on Delhi Road in Meerut…
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Youth will play an important role in reviving the tourism sector
(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) Mumbai: The travel and tourism sector in the country is still affected by the coronavirus epidemic, but 71% of the youth (Millennials) are you willing to travel in the country within the next 6 months. This has been revealed in a survey. According to the travel Sentiment Tracker of the business…
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Bihar polls 2020: Steps taken by EC
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The Election Commission of India on Friday (September 25) announced a series of extraordinary measures for the Bihar Assembly elections, which will be held in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic. As of Friday, Bihar had a little over 13,000 active cases of novel coronavirus infection. A total of 878 people have died of…
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JEE Advanced 2020: Bihar
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): Many aspirants who are supposed to take Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced on Sunday, reached the capital city Patna on Saturday in an effort to assure timely reporting at the exam center. Around 30,000 aspirants will take the JEE Advanced exam across 72 centers spread over 11 cities in the state.…