The World Bank has approved technical and financial assistance of Rs 5,700 crore for Haryana under the ‘Jal Sanrakshit Haryana Project’, aimed at making the state self-reliant in the water sector, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Saturday.Chairing a review meeting on the programme, Saini said the funds will be released in phases between…
Another case of violence against a Hindu youth has been reported from Bangladesh, where a man identified as Mithun Sarkar died after being chased by a group of men who accused him of theft. During the chase, Sarkar jumped into a nearby water body and drowned.The incident took place in Mohadevpur area of Naogaon district…
‘True culprit is my mother’: Massive twist in Punjab case, thrown into canal by father 2 months ago, ‘dead’ girl reappears FEROZEPUR: A 17-year-old girl presumed dead for two months — after allegedly being thrown into a canal by her father — has resurfaced alive in Punjab’s Ferozepur, demanding her father’s immediate release from jail.The…
JAISALMER: An Indian Army tank sank in the Indira Gandhi Canal during a routine military exercise in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district on Tuesday morning, resulting in the death of one jawan.The incident occurred during a training exercise aimed at practising how to cross the canal with armoured vehicles, local police said. The Army was yet to…
MEERUT: A 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly strangling his 14-year-old daughter to death and dumping her in a canal in Bulandshahr’s Anupshahr area after she took Rs 500 for pocket money without permission, an act which he termed as ‘stealing.‘Police said that the Class VII student’s body was found floating in a canal on…