Day: January 20, 2020

Parts of north India shiver in cold spell

9:08 pm January 20, 2020

New Delhi: Large swathes of north India reeled under below normal temperatures on Monday, resulting in fog blanketing parts of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and a layer of frost covering roads in the Kashmir Valley. Bone-chilling cold swept Himachal Pradesh, which experienced sub-zero temperatures. The national capital, however, saw a slight increase in the […]

Police: 2 dead, 15 hurt in shooting outside Kansas City bar

9:06 pm January 20, 2020

Kansas City: An armed security guard shot and killed a man suspected of fatally shooting a woman and injuring 15 more people outside a bar in Kansas City, Missouri, police said Monday. A motive for the attack shortly before midnight Sunday outside 9ine Ultra Lounge was not immediately clear. Kansas City Police Capt. David Jackson […]

Govt school near Kolkata attacked, Rs 40,000 looted

9:04 pm January 20, 2020

Kolkata: A government-run school in Narendrapur in southern fringes of the city was allegedly attacked and around Rs 40,000 was robbed, police said on Monday. The incident happened in Nayabad High School in Narendrapur police station area, they said. Around 10 cupboards were broken open and the money was looted, officials said. The school authorities […]

UP: Christian members urge police to register case against VHP workers for breaking into prayer meet

Seers to ‘clear confusion’ over citizenship law: VHP

9:02 pm January 20, 2020

Allahabad: The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Monday said seers will travel to villages to dispel the “confusion” being created over the Citizenship Amendment Act. The decision was taken at a meeting here of the VHP “margdarshak mandal”. Mandal member Akhileshwaranand told reporters that the “sadhus” will go from village to village and tell people, especially […]

President to visit Odisha from March 20-22

Fake news emerged as new menace: President Ram Nath Kovind

8:57 pm January 20, 2020

New Delhi: Asserting that the din of the “breaking news syndrome” has consumed the media, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said fake news has emerged as a new menace whose purveyors proclaim themselves as journalists and taint the noble profession. The fundamental principle of restraint and responsibility has been undermined substantially in the din […]