Day: January 2, 2020

Sarbananda Sonowal takes charge as AYUSH minister

40,000 landless indigenous people of Assam to get pattas

10:58 pm January 2, 2020

Guwahati: The Assam government on Thursday decided to provide land pattas (deeds) to more than 40,000 landless indigenous people of the state on January 28, an official said here. It was decided at a review meeting of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department chaired by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. The chief minister directed the […]

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Delhi man stabs himself with knife after argument with family

Four arrested on charge of murder

10:55 pm January 2, 2020

Ghaziabad: Four people were arrested here on the charge of murder, said police on Thursday. The accused– Rajkumar, Kuldeep, Satvendra and Gautam– were absconding since December 24 when they allegedly killed their friend Dhiraj after consuming alcohol with him, police said. Station House Officer (SHO) Jitendra Kumar Singh said the victim’s father Mahesh Tyagi had […]

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TRS, Oppn parties gear up for municipal polls in Telangana

10:52 pm January 2, 2020

Hyderabad: The ruling TRS and opposition parties including the Congress and BJP in Telangana have begun preparations for the municipal polls scheduled to be held this month-end. Having secured massive victories in the rural local body polls in June last year by sweeping all 32 Zilla Parishad chief posts, the TRS is eyeing to repeat […]

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Bihar's proposed tableau for R-Day parade rejected

Bihar’s proposed tableau for R-Day parade rejected

10:43 pm January 2, 2020

Patna: The Bihar government’s proposed tableau based on the theme of “Jal-Jivan-Haryali mission” for the Republic Day parade in Delhi has failed to find favour from the Centre. Rejection of the proposal means that Bihar will not be represented in the grand Republic Day parade at Rajpath in the national capital. Sources in Bihar Information […]

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#GobackModi trends on Twitter as Modi visits Karnataka

#GobackModi trends on Twitter as Modi visits Karnataka

10:39 pm January 2, 2020

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced a social media backlash as he arrived in Karnataka on Thursday for a two-day visit, with the twitter hashtag “#GobackModi” trending on the microblogging platform for several hours. While some twitterati targeted Modi for not speaking on issues pertaining to the state during his speeches, others questioned him for […]

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