Day: January 24, 2020

BJP supports Thackeray govt's decision to impose weekend lockdown in Maharashtra

Maharashtra phone tapping row hots up; Fadnavis rejects charge

11:58 pm January 24, 2020

Mumbai: A political slugfest broke out in Maharashtra over Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s allegation that phones of Congress-NCP leaders were tapped by the previous BJP regime during 2019 Lok Sabha and Assembly polls as ex-chief minister Devendra Fadnavis rejected the charges on Friday. A day after Deshmukh made the sensational claim and ordered a probe, […]

Olympian boxer Sakti Mazumdar dies of heart attack

Mizoram to get centre of excellence for boxing

11:55 pm January 24, 2020

Aizawl: The central government has sanctioned Rs 5 crore for setting up a centre of excellence for boxing in Mizoram, state minister Robert Romawia Royte said on Friday. Speaking at a function to felicitate Khelo India participants from Mizoram, Royte said the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has sanctioned the money. The sports minister said […]

25-year-old shot dead in Bengal’s Alipurduar

11:49 pm January 24, 2020

Alipurduar: A 25-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by his cousin in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district over a land dispute, police said on Friday. Bapi Pandit was shot from a close range by his cousin Biplab Basak with his licensed gun on Thursday night in Arabindanagar area of the district, they said. Pandit’s family had […]

CAA can’t be scrapped just because of protests: Sumitra Mahajan

11:47 pm January 24, 2020

Indore: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said on Friday that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) cannot be revoked just because of the ongoing protests against it. She also said that state governments cannot refuse to implement any special law framed by the Centre. “The ongoing anti-CAA protests are totally wrong and law cannot be […]

Mumbai local train services to stop from Sunday midnight

4-hour Central Railway block to launch foot overbridge girders

11:40 pm January 24, 2020

Mumbai: Central Railway will operate a 4 -hour traffic and power block between Sion and Kurla stations on its mainline and Wadala-Mankhurd on Harbour line from 1am and 4:50am on Sunday to launch girders of foot overbridges. Due to the block, the Bhusawal-CSMT passenger train will remain cancelled on Jan 25, while the CSMT-Bhusawal passenger, […]

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