Day: February 8, 2020

German governor apologizes for 'little Merkel' comment

Germany’s Merkel fires official following far-right fiasco

6:19 pm February 8, 2020

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday fired a government official whose congratulating of a state governor elected with a far-right party’s help angered Merkel’s coalition partners. Christian Hirte, a member of Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union who was the government’s commissioner for the formerly communist east and a deputy economy minister, tweeted that he resigned […]

Five cattle smugglers arrested in J-K's Reasi

Suspected cow smugglers arrested in Muzaffarnagar

3:31 pm February 8, 2020

Muzaffarnagar (UP): Two suspected cow smugglers have been arrested after a brief encounter with police in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, officials said on Saturday. The main accused, Ikram, was injured in the encounter, Station House Officer HN Singh said. When a police team intercepted a vehicle carrying cows, the accused opened fire, which led to […]

Delhi polls: Cong chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul cast vote

3:29 pm February 8, 2020

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi on Saturday cast their vote for the Delhi Assembly elections. Sonia Gandhi, who was unwell and discharged from a hospital here this week, voted at the Nirman Bhavan polling station. She was accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Rahul Gandhi cast his vote […]

Concern over lack of protective gears for healthcare professionals

Coronavirus: 15 Kerala students stranded in China’s Hubei reach Kochi

3:23 pm February 8, 2020

Kochi: Fifteen students from the state who were stranded in Hubei province of China following the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus have landed at the Cochin International Airport Limited and undergone a thermal screening for the infection, airport officials said on Saturday. The students travelled to Bangkok from Kunming Airport and then took an Air […]

Hopeful of AAP forming govt in Delhi for third time, says Kejriwal

3:18 pm February 8, 2020

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said he is hopeful that the Aam Aadmi Party would form government for the third time in Delhi. The people of Delhi will vote based on the work done by the AAP government, Kejriwal said after voting along with his wife Sunita and son Pulkit at a […]