Day: January 5, 2020

Yogendra Yadav manhandled outside JNU

10:08 pm January 5, 2020

New Delhi: Swaraj Abhiyan chief Yogendra Yadav was allegedly manhandled outside the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus where a clash broke out between members of the students’ union and the ABVP. Yadav said no one was there to stop the “hooliganism” and he was not allowed to speak to the media. He alleged that police personnel […]

Muslim, Christian communities express concerns on CAA

10:04 pm January 5, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP’s door-to-door campaign launched by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju in Kerala on Sunday to dispel ‘misinformation’ on the CAA saw the members of the Muslim and Christian communities here expressing their concerns on the law which has witnessed widespread protests across the country. The minister, who began his visit to houses of some […]

Last of 15 lions saved from circuses dies in MP facility at 21

Guj: 9 fined Rs 35,000 for harassing lion hunting cow

9:46 pm January 5, 2020

Junagadh: Nine people were fined Rs 35,000 in Junagadh in Gujarat for subjecting a lion to distress while it was hunting a cow, and filming the incident inside a prohibited area of the forest, an official said on Sunday. The incident took place in Mendarda range of Junagadh forest division on November 7 and the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Opposition spreading “misinformation” about CAA: Pandey

9:38 pm January 5, 2020

Ranchi: Defending the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Union Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey on Sunday said lakhs of people turned refugees to save their dignity, culture, and religion. The Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship accused the opposition of spreading “misinformation” about the CAA. He said lakhs of people abandoned crores of rupees worth […]

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

Cold wave conditions to intensify in Odisha

9:34 pm January 5, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Cold wave conditions are likely to intensify in Odisha from Monday with dense fog set to envelop many parts of the state for the next two days, the Meteorological centre here said in a bulletin on Sunday. There will be gradual fall of minimum temperature by 4 to 5 degrees Celsius in most parts […]