Day: January 4, 2020

Gandhi’s statue vandalised in Amreli district of Gujarat

9:45 pm January 4, 2020

Amreli: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the banks of Hari Krishna Lake in Gujarat’s Amreli district was vandalised by unidentified persons late Friday night, the police said. The statue was installed in a garden near the lake in 2018. The lake was built by the Dholakiya Foundation of Surat-based diamond baron Savjibhai Dholakiya. It […]

16 white crocodiles spotted in Odisha's Bhitarkanika

Crocodile population rises In Bhitarkanika National Park

9:41 pm January 4, 2020

Kendrapara: The number of crocodiles in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha’s Kendrapara district has increased as per the findings of the latest headcount of the reptiles. At least 1,757 salt-water crocodiles including albino species were counted this year along the water-bodies of Mahanadi deltaic region while the census figure recorded last year stood at 1,742, […]

Yashwant Sinha announces nationwide ‘Yatra’ against CAA, NRC and NPR

9:30 pm January 4, 2020

Mumbai: Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha on Saturday announced a nationwide ‘Yatra’ (tour) to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register. The campaign, organised under the banner of his organisation Rashtra Manch, will be called ‘Gandhi Shanti Yatra’, Sinha told reporters here. Former MP Shatrughan Sinha […]

India-UK flights to remain suspended till Jan 7: Puri

Attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara: Do protesters need more evidence of minorities’ oppression in Pak, asks Union min

9:25 pm January 4, 2020

New Delhi: A day after a mob attack on the Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri sought to know on Saturday whether those protesting across the country against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) needed more evidence of oppression of minorities in the neighbouring country. Taking to Twitter, the Union housing and […]

Anti-CAA protest: Priyanka meets affected families in Muzaffarnagar, Meerut

9:22 pm January 4, 2020

Muzaffarnagar/Meerut (UP): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday met the families affected by alleged “police excesses” and violence during protests against the amended Citizenship Act in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar districts of western Uttar Pradesh. “Police have to protect the people, give them justice, but what has happened here is entirely opposite,” Priyanka Gandhi, who […]