Day: January 9, 2020

Budget 2020 has both vision and action: PM Modi

PM Modi says fundamentals of Indian economy strong, has capacity to bounce back

9:18 pm January 9, 2020

New Delhi: Unfazed by projections of GDP growth slowing to an 11-year low in the current fiscal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said fundamentals of the Indian economy are strong and it has the capacity to bounce back. Modi, who seems to have taken charge of the efforts to revive the economy, has over […]

Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes newspaper

Rajnath holds telephonic conversation with US Defence Secretary Esper

9:15 pm January 9, 2020

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday held a telephonic conversation with US Secretary of Defence Mark T Esper during which they discussed the evolving security situation in the Gulf region. Officials said Singh conveyed to Esper India’s stakes and interests in the Gulf region and how concerned New Delhi is over the escalating […]

UN: South African military plane crash-lands in Congo

9:12 pm January 9, 2020

Goma: A South African air force plane crash-landed and caught fire Thursday at the Goma airport in eastern Congo but there were no casualties, authorities said. The C-130BZ military aircraft was transporting 59 passengers and eight crew members from the U.N mission when its left engine caught fire upon landing, said Mathias Gillman, acting spokesperson […]

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

Kerala FM slams centre for not allotting funds, reducing borrowing limit by around Rs 8000 cr

8:46 pm January 9, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac on Thursday alleged that the Centre was “strangulating” the state by not allotting any funds and had reduced the borrowing limit by around Rs 8,000 crore. “In the last quarter, our borrowing limit was Rs 10,023 crore, but yesterday the centre gave us the permission only for for Rs […]

Damoh: Six-year-old girl raped, her eyes damaged by accused

Minor girl gang-raped in Bihar village, one held

8:43 pm January 9, 2020

Buxar (Bihar): A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three residents of her village, who then dumped her in a badly bruised condition on a heap of straw, a police officer said on Thursday. According to Buxar Superintendent of Police Upendranath Verma, the girl was waylaid by the three accused on her way home from […]