Day: November 21, 2019

Sonia slams Centre for ‘anti-people’ activities, ‘exploiting’ farmers

Urgent Cong meeting under way at Sonia Gandhi’s residence

11:37 am November 21, 2019

New Delhi: An urgent meeting of the Congress Working Committee is being held at party chief Sonia Gandhi’s 10 Janpath residence in Delhi. Congress general secretary organisation KC Venugopal said the meeting was called at 9:15am. The Maharashtra political situation along with other important developments are expected to be discussed.

Govt will emphasize on public participation to reduce air pollution in Delhi: Gopal Rai

Farmer arrested, 15 others fined in UP’s Shamli for stubble burning

11:34 am November 21, 2019

Muzaffarnagar: A farmer was arrested and 15 others were fined for burning crop residue in their fields in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, officials said on Thursday. The action was taken during a spot check on Wednesday, they said. Tara Chand was arrested after he was found burning crop residue in his fields in Margub Garh […]

Govt must disclose all details about electoral bonds before Parliament: Congress

11:28 am November 21, 2019

New Delhi: The Congress demanded on Wednesday that the government must disclose all details about electoral bonds before Parliament, alleging that the scheme resulted in money laundering and destroyed transparency in the funding of political parties. Describing electoral bonds as a “political bribery scheme”, the opposition party said it was a scam that tarnished the […]

Air quality severe in city

11:18 am November 21, 2019

New Delhi: Air quality in many parts of Delhi and the national capital region turned severe on Thursday due to calm winds and high humidity. The overall air quality index in the national capital was 356 at 9:30 am on Thursday. The AQI at Rohini (411), Anand Vihar (411) and Bawana (404) entered the severe […]

All zeros: When no batsman of a team scored a run

11:16 am November 21, 2019

Mumbai: In a rare instance, no batsman of a team was able to score any run in a cricket match and the team lost by a massive 754 runs in an U-16 Harris Shield game here. The game was played between Swami Vivekanand School and Children’s Welfare Centre School from suburban Andheri. And it was […]