Day: December 31, 2019

Sikar coldest place in Rajasthan at 1 degrees C

2:01 pm December 31, 2019

Jaipur: Rajasthan continued to reel under cold wave conditions on Tuesday even as there was a marginal increase in night temperature in the state. Sikar remained the coldest place in the state, recording a minimum temperature of 1 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. Ganganagar recorded 2.1 degrees while Jaipur and Bikaner shivered at 2.7 degrees. Pilani, […]

Buffalo theft for ‘ransom’ on rise in Morena

1:57 pm December 31, 2019

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, which was once home to notorious dacoits and is now infamous illegal sand mining, has been witnessing a baffling trend- that of regular theft of buffaloes for ‘ransom’. This year, 23 cases of buffalo thefts for ransom, which in local dialect is called ‘panhai’, have come to light so far […]

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

Hope Army will rise to greater heights under the new Army Chief: Gen Bipin Rawat

1:42 pm December 31, 2019

New Delhi: Outgoing Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Tuesday thanked all the army personnel and their families for extending full support to him in his three year tenure at the helm of the 1.3 million force. After a farewell Guard of Honour, Gen Rawat also hoped that the Army will rise to greater heights […]

Army holds back land monetisation policy following drop in land prices due to COVID-19: Gen Naravane

Gen Mukund Naravane takes charge as new Army chief

1:38 pm December 31, 2019

New Delhi: Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday took charge as the Chief of Army Staff, succeeding Gen Bipin Rawat. Gen Naravane served as vice chief of the Army before taking charge of the 1.3 million strong Army. In his 37 years of service, Gen Naravane served in numerous command and staff appointments in peace, […]

PM ensures every project sets new benchmarks: Shah

A watershed year for BJP but new challenges emerge

1:34 pm December 31, 2019

New Delhi: The year 2019 will go down as a watershed in the BJP’s journey as the party not only achieved its highest ever tally in Lok Sabha but also realised its decades-long ideological planks with the Modi government pushing the saffron agenda with renewed vigour in its second term. However, it was not altogether […]