Day: December 2, 2019

Parliament passes bill to ban e-cigarettes

7:16 pm December 2, 2019

New Delhi: Parliament on Monday passed a bill which seeks to prohibit the production, trade, transport, storage and advertisement of electronic cigarettes in the country. The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Bill, 2019, was passed in Rajya Sabha with voice vote. The bill was passed in Lok Sabha earlier this month. The government had issued ordinance […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Man disguised as tourist to supply illegal arms arrested

7:14 pm December 2, 2019

New Delhi: A 32-year-old man who disguised himself as a tourist to carry illegal arms and supplied them to criminals in Delhi-NCR was arrested from southwest Delhi’s Jaffarpur Kalan, police said on Monday. Harish Kumar alias Sunda would carry a bag and blend among tourists coming to Delhi in buses to deliver illegal weapons to […]

Anantkumar Hegde says his Twitter account blocked

BJP unhappy with Hegde’s comments

7:03 pm December 2, 2019

New Delhi: The BJP leadership is unhappy with party MP and former Union minister Ananth Hegde for his comments that Devendra Fadnavis was made Maharashtra chief minister last month despite lacking majority only to ‘protect’ Rs 40,000 crore central funds from being ‘misused’, and the party’s “displeasure” will be conveyed to him, a senior BJP […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Opp LS members express concern over health of economy

6:59 pm December 2, 2019

New Delhi: Lok Sabha members from various opposition parties on Monday expressed concern over the health of the economy and asked the government to take effective steps rather than “clutching at straws” to deal with the problem. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asked the BJP leadership to seek advice from former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh […]

Swedish royal couple visits Jama Masjid, Red Fort

6:54 pm December 2, 2019

New Delhi: King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, who are on a five-day visit to India, were given a guided tour of Jama Masjid and Red Fort on Monday. “The Majesties were given a guided tour of the Jama Masjid, one of the largest mosques in India, by Deputy Shahi Imam Syed […]