Day: January 23, 2020

CBI books food exporter for Rs 819 crore banking fraud

8:47 pm January 23, 2020

New Delhi: The CBI has booked a Delhi-based food exporter in an alleged fraud of Rs 819 crore and carried out searches on a complaint from SBI on behalf of a consortium of banks, officials said on Thursday. The agency has alleged that Radikal Foods Limited, which has its office at Saket, and its directors […]

Cold weather persists in Punjab, Haryana

8:45 pm January 23, 2020

Chandigarh: Cold weather conditions prevailed in most places in Punjab and Haryana on Thursday, with minimum temperatures hovering below normal limits. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a low of 6.7 degrees Celsius, a Meteorological Department report said here. In Punjab, Amritsar reeled at a low of 4.2 degrees Celsius while Patiala […]

Two siblings die in fire at home

8:43 pm January 23, 2020

Guwahati: Two children of a family died on Thursday when a fire, caused possibly by a short circuit, engulfed their house at Beltola area in the city, police said. The fire caused an LPG cylinder to explode and engulfed the first floor of the house so fast that none could enter it to rescue the […]

Gujarat: AIMIM backs Independents, denies BJP power in Godhra

BJP claims police denied permission for its events, but allowed AIMIM, others

8:35 pm January 23, 2020

Hyderabad: The BJP on Thursday alleged that police denied permission for events proposed to be organised here by it, while allowing the programmes of AIMIM and Muslim organisations. A BJP delegation led by Telangana unit chief K Laxman met Hyderabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar and appealed to him not to give permission for a rally […]

Sharad Pawar should head UPA, says Shiv Sena leader Raut

After Savarkar, Bal Thackeray espoused Hindutva: Raut

8:28 pm January 23, 2020

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut claimed on Thursday that after Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Bal Thackeray was the one who championed Hindutva in Indian politics, and now some people were trying to follow the suit. January 23 is the birth anniversary of the late Shiv Sena founder. Speaking to reporters here, Raut said Thackeray did […]