Day: January 10, 2020

Activists of a pol party behind protest by VB students : Swapan Dasgupta

11:32 pm January 10, 2020

Kolkata: BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta has said that activists of a political party were behind the protest by students of Visva-Bharati University where he was confined in a building for six hours. The journalist-turned-MP apprehended that the protest may be a dress rehearsal of “absolute mobilisation of people to disrupt the visit of PM Narendra […]

Govt to issue OTT guidelines soon: Minister

Police probe shows left-wing students involved in JNU violence: Javadekar

9:26 pm January 10, 2020

New Delhi: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said the Delhi Police’s ongoing probe into the January 5 violence in JNU has made it clear that students affiliated to left-wing bodies were involved in the incident. Attacking the opposition, he said CPI, CPI(M) and AAP have been rejected in the Lok Sabha polls and “they […]

Internet shut down in J-K cannot be indefinite, says SC

9:22 pm January 10, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said complete suspension of telecom and internet services indefinitely is impermissible and directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review “forthwith” all the orders suspending them. Restrictions contemplated under Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Service) Rules, 2017 are temporary in nature and any order suspending internet […]

HP: After fresh snowfall, Shimla, Kufri & Dalhousie reel under sub-zero temperatures

Keylong at minus 17.6 deg C coldest place in Himachal

9:19 pm January 10, 2020

Shimla: Most parts of Himachal Pradesh continued to reel under biting cold with tribal district Lahaul-Spiti’s administrative centre Keylong at minus 17.6 degrees Celsius recording the coldest night in 12 years on Thursday, the meteorological department said. Meanwhile, Shimla MeT centre has issued a fresh orange warning of heavy rain, snowfall in the state on […]

Alumni of JNU in Mizoram holds demonstration

9:15 pm January 10, 2020

Aizawl: Alumni of Jawaharlal Nehru (JNU) in Mizoram on Friday staged a demonstration here to extend solidarity to the varsity students and teachers, who were assaulted by a group of masked people on January 5. During the protest which lasted for about an hour, the alumni expressed deep concern and grief over the brutal attack […]