Day: January 22, 2020

AP legislative council refers bills on three capitals to select committee

10:59 pm January 22, 2020

Amaravati: In a setback to the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government, the opposition TDP dominated Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council on Wednesday decided to refer to a select committee two bills aimed at creating three capitals for the state. After five-hour long acrimonious debate and noisy scenes over rules and procedural issues followed by pandemonium, the […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

2 held for land grabbing in Ghaziabad

10:55 pm January 22, 2020

Ghaziabad (UP): Two persons were arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on Wednesday for alleged illegal occupation of land, police said. The accused, Jai Bhagwan and Sunil, used to allegedly grab the land of people belonging to economically poor section, they said. The two, along with their accomplices, allegedly made changes in the registries of […]

IUML terms nomination of Gogoi to RS 'national shame'

SC reinstates ex-woman employee who had levelled sexual misconduct allegations against CJI Gogoi

10:36 pm January 22, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reinstated in service a former woman employee who had levelled allegations of sexual misconduct against previous Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, highly placed sources said. According to the sources, the woman has joined the duty and proceeded on leave. All her arrears too have been cleared, the sources […]

Tulsa arena hosts thousands for Trump rally amid virus fears

Trump wants ‘significant’ drop in Taliban violence for Afghan talks

10:25 pm January 22, 2020

Davos: US President Donald Trump told Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said he wants to see a “significant” drop in violence by Taliban guerrillas before “meaningful” negotiations can happen. At the meeting of the two presidents in Davos, Switzerland, “President Trump reiterated the need for a significant and lasting reduction in violence by the […]

Nepal constitutes committee to investigate death of eight Indian tourists

9:13 pm January 22, 2020

Kathmandu: Nepal has formed a five-member team to investigate and submit a report within 15 days into the death of eight Indian tourists, including four minors, who died in their room at a resort in the Himalayan country as the postmortem of the bodies was underway here on Wednesday. Tragedy struck a group of 15 […]