Day: December 21, 2019

Lucknow on alert after clashes in Delhi over CAA

Internet services suspended in Lucknow till Monday

10:19 pm December 21, 2019

Lucknow: Internet services will remain suspended in Lucknow till Monday, a senior official said on Saturday. Internet services in the city were suspended on Thursday night after violent protests against the amended Citizenship Bill. “Internet services have been suspended till December 23 in Lucknow,” District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash told PTI Saturday evening. At least 15 […]

Citizenship violence: Toll in Kanpur rises to 3

Violence in Kanpur, police post torched

10:05 pm December 21, 2019

Kanpur (UP): Anti-citizenship law protestors set Yatimkhana police post here on fire on Saturday and indulged in heavy brickbatting, leading to injury to some people, a senior official said. Police had to lob tear gas shells and use canes to chase them away. Fire tenders were rushed to control the flame. ADG (Kanpur) Prem Prakash […]

Thumri exponent Vidushi Savita Devi passes away

10:00 pm December 21, 2019

Gurgaon: Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Vidushi Savita Devi has passed away at the age of 80, her son said. According to Ajey Maharaj, his mother breathed her last on Friday morning at Fortis Memorial Research Institute here. “Her condition was quite critical when she brought her to the hospital. She had to be ventilated and […]

Couple found dead in their house in Delhi’s Dwarka

9:46 pm December 21, 2019

New Delhi: A 46-year-old woman and her husband were found dead in their house in Dichaon Kalan area of Delhi’s Dwarka on Saturday morning, police said. While there were stab injuries on Sneha’s body, her husband Sudesh was found hanging from the ceiling, they said. Preliminary investigation revealed that Sudesh was under a debt of […]

Lohardaga violence: 21 arrested, curfew relaxed

At pro-CAA rally in Mumbai, people hail PM Modi

8:43 pm December 21, 2019

Mumbai: Hundreds of people on Saturday evening congregated outside Dadar railway station in Mumbai in support of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and raised slogans hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The gathering was organised two days after a huge rally was held at the historic August Kranti Maidan in the metropolis to slam the […]