Day: January 11, 2020

Gehlot demands judicial inquiry in JNU violence case

9:22 pm January 11, 2020

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday questioned the role of police in the violence that erupted on JNU campus last week and demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident. He alleged that masked goons entered the varsity premises on January 5 under police supervision to strike terror and that police personnel provided safe […]

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

Weather remains cold in Rajasthan

7:43 pm January 11, 2020

Jaipur: The weather in Rajasthan remained cold on Saturday with Bhilwara recording the lowest minimum temperature in the state at 2.6 degree Celsius, the Met office said. Vanasthali, Chittorgarh, Bundi and Churu recorded a minimum of 3.6, 3.3, 3.8 and 4.5 degrees while the night temperature in Pilani, Ganganagar and Jaipur was 4.8, 5.8 and […]

UP: Girl suffers acid burns in accident

7:40 pm January 11, 2020

Lucknow: A 13-year-old girl suffered acid burns in an accident here on Saturday, police said. The incident took place when a woman in Ghasiyari Mandi area threw a bag, containing a bottle of the chemical, outside her house which fell near the girl who was passing by, they said. The bag belonged to a person […]

Ukraine demands punishment for Iran plane downing

7:37 pm January 11, 2020

Kiev: Ukraine on Saturday demanded that Iran punish those guilty for the downing of a Ukrainian airliner and compensate victims while praising Tehran for cooperating with the “objective” investigation. Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky was due to discuss the incident with his Iranian counterpart President Hassan Rouhani at 5:00 pm local time, his press office said. […]

Qaboos, the sultan who shielded Oman from region’s turmoil

7:32 pm January 11, 2020

Muscat: Oman’s Sultan Qaboos, who died on Friday aged 79, transformed the former Arabian Peninsula backwater into a modern state and sought-after mediator while shielding the sultanate from a region in turmoil. The intensely private sultan — the longest-reigning ruler in the modern Arab world — left no apparent heir and the royal family was […]