Day: December 31, 2019

Sena worker pours ink on man for criticising Thackeray

5:58 pm December 31, 2019

Beed: A woman Shiv Sena worker poured ink over a man in Beed district of Maharashtra after he put up a social media post criticising Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. The man had used the words “nalayak” (unworthy) and “udhvast” (destroyed) in his Facebook post. Thackeray, who is president of the Shiv Sena, last month joined […]

UP seeks ban on PFI for anti-CAA violence

5:54 pm December 31, 2019

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police has sought a ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI), days after its complicity was suspected in the recent statewide violent protests against the amended citizenship law. UP DGP OP Singh said on Tuesday that they had written to the Union Home Ministry, seeking a ban on the PFI […]

Indore gets cleanest city tag for 4th time in a row

Indore cleanest city for 4th time in a row

5:49 pm December 31, 2019

New Delhi: Indore was adjudged India’s cleanest city for the fourth time in a row in the central government’s cleanliness survey announced on Tuesday. Bhopal stood second in first quarter results (April to June), while Rajkot grabbed the second spot in second quarter results (July-September). The third position was grabbed by Surat in the first […]

DCW chief Swati Maliwal’s phone stolen, recovered

5:42 pm December 31, 2019

New Delhi: Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal’s mobile phone was stolen at Paharganj in Central Delhi but was recovered by the police which also arrested the accused. According to a DCW member, the theft occurred on Monday evening when Maliwal had gone to Paharganj to help an elderly woman in distress. And […]

Kerala Assembly passes resolution against CAA

5:40 pm December 31, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution demanding scrapping of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), becoming the first state in the country to do so. While Chief Ministers of non-BJP ruled states like Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal have announced that they would not implement CAA, CPI(M)-ruled Kerala was the first to […]