Day: December 29, 2019

NRC an internal affair of Indian govt: BGB DG

3:13 pm December 29, 2019

New Delhi: The process of creation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is completely an “internal affair” of the Indian government and the cooperation between the border guarding forces of the two countries is very good, the chief of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) said here on Sunday. The BGB will continue to work to […]

Trump tweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it

Trump retweets post naming alleged whistleblower

3:12 pm December 29, 2019

WEST PALM BEACH, FlORIDA: President Donald Trump retweeted a post that included the alleged name of the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint ultimately led to Trump’s impeachment by the House. Just before midnight Friday, Trump retweeted a message from Twitter user @Surfermom77, an account that claims to be a woman named Sophia who lives in California. […]

CM Hemant Soren expands ministry, inducts 7 ministers

Hemant Soren takes oath as 11th chief minister of Jharkhand

3:02 pm December 29, 2019

Ranchi: JMM working president Hemant Soren was on Sunday sworn in as the 11th chief minister of Jharkhand at Morhabadi Ground here. Governor Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to Soren, in the presence of senior political leaders and chief ministers from across states. This will be the 44-year-old JMM leader’s second […]

Srinagar witnesses coldest night of season, shivers at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius

3:01 pm December 29, 2019

Srinagar: The fringes of the famous Dal Lake froze on Sunday as the mercury continued its freefall in Srinagar which experienced the coldest night of the season at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, the MET Office said. The minimum temperature across the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh Union Territory stayed several degrees below the freezing point, intensifying […]

Mayawati suspends BSP MLA for supporting CAA

2:55 pm December 29, 2019

Bhopal: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday suspended party MLA Rama Bai for supporting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Mayawati has been strongly criticising the new law, which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees who came to India before December 31, 2014, to escape religious persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Rama Bai, who […]