Day: December 18, 2019

Bipin Rawat appears before parliamentary panel on defence, members question him on eastern Ladakh situation

Situation along LoC can escalate any time: Army Chief

8:34 pm December 18, 2019

New Delhi: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said that the situation along the Line of Control can escalate any time and the country has to be prepared for escalatory matrix. His remarks came in the backdrop of spurt in ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation […]

Tibetan arrested with fake documents in UP’s Maharajganj

8:32 pm December 18, 2019

Maharajganj (UP): A 26-year-old Tibetan was arrested from Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajgaj district while trying to cross over to India with fake documents, a senior immigration official said on Wednesday. Tenzing Dorche Gurung, who was on his way to India from Nepal, was arrested on Wednesday evening by the immigration department in Sonauli, located on the […]

Protest march against Citizenship (Amendment) Act

New party in Ker supports CAA, proposed extension of NRC

8:15 pm December 18, 2019

Kochi: Amid the nationwide protests by several political parties and organisations to the Citizenship Amendment Act, a newly launched political party in Kerala on Wednesday supported CAA and also the proposed extension of National Register of Citizens to cover the entire nation. The Democratic Social Justice Party (DSJP), claiming to represent forward castes in the […]

7 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, CM briefs opposition

Karnataka to implement CAA “hundred per cent”: CM

8:10 pm December 18, 2019

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday declared that his government will “hundred per cent” implement the Citizenship Amendment Act. “Hundred per cent we will implement,” he told reporters at Hubballi in north Karnataka in response to a question regarding the implementation of the CAA. State Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai had said on […]

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa turns 78; PM, leaders greet

Cabinet expansion likely in January, hints Yediyurappa

8:07 pm December 18, 2019

Bengaluru: Signalling that the much awaited expansion of his ministry was likely in January, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday said he will be going to New Delhi by month end to discuss it with the BJP high command. He had recently indicated that the ministry expansion was likely to take place after December […]