Day: January 2, 2020

Decision on next Himachal CM after Assembly polls: BJP

BJP leader likens those opposing CAA to ‘urban naxals’

3:56 pm January 2, 2020

Panaji: Goa BJP chief Vinay Tendulkar on Thursday compared the parties opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act to “urban naxals”. Hitting out at the Congress and various other parties criticising the new law, he said they were protesting against it just “for the sake of opposing”. Urban naxals is a term used to describe city-based supporters […]

‘Good Newwz’ crosses Rs 100-crore mark at box office

3:33 pm January 2, 2020

Mumbai: “Good Newwz”, starring Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor Khan, has earned over Rs 100 crore at the box office, the makers said on Thursday. The film, which released on December 27, 2019, collected Rs 110.10 crores in six days of its release. “Is there any better news than this in the beginning of the […]

Pithoragarh villages start witnessing reverse migration

3:28 pm January 2, 2020

Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand): Some villagers who had left their hamlets along the Indo-China border in the district decades ago in search of livelihood have begun to return to their homes, showing a pattern of reverse migration. This change seems to have been induced both by the creation of better facilities in the area in recent years […]

Peeragarhi fire: 14 injured, rescue operation underway

3:04 pm January 2, 2020

New Delhi: Fourteen people, including 13 firefighters, were injured after a battery factory collapsed after a fire broke out in Delhi’s Peeragarhi on Thursday morning. A security guard of the factory was also injured, a police officer told reporters and said one person was still trapped under the debris. The building at Udyog Nagar area […]

Peeragarhi fire case transferred to Crime Branch: Police

13 firefighters among 14 injured in Delhi factory fire

2:59 pm January 2, 2020

New Delhi: Thirteen firefighters were among the 14 people injured when a battery factory collapsed in northwest Delhi’s Peera Garhi following an explosion due to a fire that broke out early on Thursday morning, officials said. A fire brigade personnel still remained trapped under the debris of the building in Udyog Nagar area, an official […]