Day: May 16, 2019

Pragya Thakur flies kite `in support of CAA'

Pragya calls Godse ‘patriot’, apologises later & retracts statement

9:19 pm May 16, 2019

Bhopal: BJP’s Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate and Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur Thursday kicked up a row as she called Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse a “patriot”, but apologised for it hours later and withdrew the statement. The BJP distanced itself from her statement saying it did not agree with her, as “Mahatma […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Drugs, cash worth Rs 283 cr seized so far in Punjab

9:15 pm May 16, 2019

Chandigarh: The law enforcement agencies have seized drugs, liquor and unaccounted cash worth Rs 283 crore in Punjab, where elections will be held on May 19, poll officials said Thursday. “The value of total seized material including cash, liquor, psychotropic substances so far was Rs 283 crore, Punjab’s chief electoral officer S Karuna Raju said […]

SpiceJet to operate 21 new flights from next week

Azad equates Modi with Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

8:47 pm May 16, 2019

Shimla: Congress leader Gulam Nabi Azad on Thursday likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decisions to that of the controversial 14 century Delhi ruler Mohammad Bin Tughlaq. Criticising the 2016 demonetisation move, the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha alleged that Modi gave many ‘Tughlaqi farman’ (diktats) during his rule due to which common people suffered. […]

Differences resurface between Himachal Congress leaders

Re-polling at 4 LS booths in north Kerala on May 19

8:40 pm May 16, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala state election commission Thursday decided to conduct re-pollingon May 19 in four booths in north Kerala, where allegations of bogus voting had surfaced in the April 23 Lok Sabha elections. The re-polling would be held in three booths in Kalliasseri in Kasaragod constituency and a booth in Taliparamba in Kannur, the commission […]

JLF announces dates for international editions

8:34 pm May 16, 2019

New Delhi: With over 60 speakers including Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan and Bollywood actor Manisha Koirala, the 6th JLF London will mark the beginning of this year’s international editions of the literary festival, the organisers announced Thursday. Organised by Teamwork Arts, the “annual celebration of books, creativity, dialogue and diversity will bring South Asia’s multilingual […]

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