Day: January 19, 2020

Plan prepared to vaccinate all adults in 3 months: CM Kejriwal

Kejriwal releases ‘guarantee card’; promises free bus rides for students

3:10 pm January 19, 2020

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday promised free bus rides for students and deployment of “mohalla marshals” for women’s security as he released a “guarantee card” listing 10 promises that AAP will deliver on if it is elected to rule Delhi again. The card, ’10 guarantees of Kejriwal’, also promised to continue the […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump trial could be over in two weeks

3:09 pm January 19, 2020

Washington: Bill Clinton’s 1999 impeachment trial lasted five weeks; Andrew Johnson’s went on for three months in 1868. If the White House and Republicans have their way, President Donald Trump’s trial will be over in two weeks, just in time for him to celebrate his expected acquittal in the February 4 State of the Union […]

Bangladesh PM postpones visit to Japan over coronavirus outbreak

India’s new citizenship law unnecessary: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

3:01 pm January 19, 2020

Dubai: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has termed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) “internal matters” of India, but at the same time said the Act was “not necessary”. According to the CAA, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh […]

Barty and Swiatek set up first-time clash on Madrid clay

‘My face is everywhere’ – Ashleigh Barty feels the love at Australian Open

2:32 pm January 19, 2020

Melbourne: Ashleigh Barty is relishing the pressure at her home Australian Open — but joked on Sunday that she is sick of seeing pictures of herself everywhere. The world number one is bidding to become Australia’s first women’s singles champion in Melbourne since Chris O’Neil in 1978. Expectations of the 23-year-old are huge and she […]

Sanskrit to replace Urdu on railway signboards in Uttarakhand

2:22 pm January 19, 2020

Dehradun: Names of railway stations written in Urdu on platform signboards in Uttarakhand will now be written in Sanskrit, the second official language of the hill state. The move is in keeping with the Railway Manual which says the name of a railway station on platform signboards should be written in the second official language […]