Day: December 29, 2019

CPI opposes govt move to introduce casinos & lotteries

7:11 pm December 29, 2019

Puducherry: The CPI, a constituent of the Congress headed Secular Democratic Alliance in Puducherry, on Sunday opposed the government’s move to set up casinos and lotteries “in the garb of promoting tourism”. A resolution registering the party’s strong protest against this move was passed at the CPI’s state council meet on Saturday, te party’s local […]

Protests outside Shaheen Bagh police station in Delhi

7:08 pm December 29, 2019

New Delhi: A group of people staged a protest outside the Shaheen Bagh police station in Delhi on Sunday afternoon against the contentious citizenship law and the NRC, police said. Thirty-two protesters, who are residents of Jamia Nagar and Shaheen Bagh, raised slogans against the central government and demanded withdrawal of the proposed nationwide National […]

Under-construction overbridge falls on railway tracks in Odisha

6:55 pm December 29, 2019

Balasore (Odisha): A beam of an under- construction overbridge fell on the railway tracks near Balasore railway station in Odisha on Sunday, affecting train services, a railway official said. While no injury or casualty was reported in the incident, train services were disrupted, the official said. Construction of the overbridge was in progress at Sobharampur […]

Actor Govinda meets UP CM at Gorakhnath temple

6:48 pm December 29, 2019

Gorakhpur (UP): Bollywood actor Govinda met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the Gorakhnath temple here on Sunday morning and also performed a puja. During the meeting that lasted for around half-an-hour, the chief minister and the actor, who is also a former Congress MP, discussed various issues, including the development of Uttar Pradesh. […]

No explanation can satisfy me, says Kerala Governor

ABVP condemns protest during Kerala Governor’s speech

6:40 pm December 29, 2019

Thane: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS, on Sunday condemned the incident in which Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan faced protests during his opening address at the Indian History Congress (IHC) at Kannur on Saturday. The 54th Konkan Pradesh Adhiveshan of the ABVP is currently going on in the […]