Day: November 14, 2019

Toxic gas leak: Seven persons detained, probe ordered

1:56 pm November 14, 2019

Balasore/Bhubaneswar: Seven persons were detained and a probe ordered on Thursday into the leak of harmful gas at a private seafood processing plant in Odisha’s Balasore district which left over 100 people sick, officials said. A case has been registered in Khantapada police station in connection with leakage of the harmful gas in the factory […]

SC dismisses pleas seeking review of Rafale judgment

1:48 pm November 14, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the review petitions against its verdict in the Rafale deal on grounds that they lacked merit, reiterating its clean chit to the Modi government in the fighter jet agreement with French firm Dassault Aviation. The apex court also rejected the contention that there was need to register […]

Decision on next Himachal CM after Assembly polls: BJP

Truth has triumphed: BJP on Rafale verdict

1:44 pm November 14, 2019

New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday reacted with jubilation to the Supreme Court’s decision to reject review petitions for probing the Rafale deal, saying truth has triumphed and that it is a huge victory for the Modi government. “Truth triumphs. Truth can be bothered but not defeated,” BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said. The Supreme Court […]

Air quality in Delhi remains severe

1:40 pm November 14, 2019

New Delhi: The air quality in Delhi on Thursday remained in the severe category with the AQI being recorded at 460. The Dwarka Sector 8 air monitoring centre recorded an air quality index of 496 and Nehru Nagar and JLN Stadium 492. An AQI between 201 and 300 is considered ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very poor’ and […]

Sena wonders if PM was kept in loop about 50:50 formula

1:37 pm November 14, 2019

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said that had BJP president Amit Shah informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the “50:50” seat-sharing formula “in time”, Maharashtra would not have been facing the current political impasse. Raut wondered if Modi was “kept away” by top BJP leaders from the decision taken over seat-sharing. Shah […]