Day: January 4, 2020

V-P, PM pay tributes to Savarkar on birth anniversary

NCP calls for withdrawal of Seva Dal’s booklet on Savarkar

12:45 pm January 4, 2020

Mumbai: The NCP, a key Congress ally, Saturday called for withdrawal of a controversial Seva Dal booklet which claims that Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Savarkar and Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse were in a physical relationship. NCP’s chief spokesperson Nawab Malik said that since Savarkar was not alive, it was wrong to make such a claim. […]

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Chhattisgarh: On-duty cop shoots himself with service weapon

12:36 pm January 4, 2020

Dantewada: A Chhattisgarh Armed Force jawan, posted on security duty of a Congress MLA, allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon in Dantewada district on Saturday, police said. Head constable Aashoram Kashyap (44) shot himself with his service AK-47 rifle at around 1 am at MLA Devti Karma’s residence here, a senior […]

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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

India close to concluding a trade package with US: Shringla

12:29 pm January 4, 2020

Washington: India and the US are close to concluding a trade package that would provide enhanced market access to both countries, India’s outgoing Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said. Shringla made the comments while addressing a group of Indian-American entrepreneurs during a farewell lunch on Friday organised for him by TiE DC, […]

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CPWD DG writes to health ministry: ‘Let us develop AIIMS building in Darbhanga’

12:21 pm January 4, 2020

New Delhi: The CPWD, a prime construction agency of the central government, has requested the health ministry to entrust the work of developing AIIMS building in Bihar’s Darbhanga to the agency. In his letter to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare secretary Preeti Sudan, Central Public Works Department Director General Prabhakar Singh said the CPWD […]

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Cold wave continues in Himachal Pradesh; Keylong shivers at -10.5 deg C

Cold wave continues in Himachal, Keylong shivers at -10.5 deg C

12:16 pm January 4, 2020

Shimla: Cold wave continued to prevail in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday with a number of places of tourist attraction in the state shivering at sub-zero temperatures, the meteorological department said. Light snowfall (0.2 cm) occurred in Kalpa in tribal Kinnaur district, whereas some parts of the state, including Bhuntar (7.8 mm), Seobagh (6.2 mm) and […]

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