Day: February 9, 2020

UK university strikes air quality research pact with Indian institute

Cloudy Sunday in Delhi, shallow fog likely on Monday

7:52 pm February 9, 2020

New Delhi: Delhiites experienced a partly cloudy sky on Sunday and the maximum temperature settled at 22.9 degree Celsius, average for this time of the year. The morning was cold as the minimum temperature settled four notches below the season’s average at 6.6 degrees Celsius. There will be shallow fog in the national capital on […]

Mahatma Gandhi’s statue desecrated in Jharkhand

7:49 pm February 9, 2020

Hazaribag (Jharkhand): A statue of Mahatma Gandhi, erected here in 1948, has been desecrated by unidentified miscreants 10 days after Bapu’s death anniversary, officials said on Sunday. The statue was built at the Gandhi Ghat by the bank of the Konar river where ashes of Gandhiji were immersed. “The statue at Kumhartoli locality of the […]

Congress says it disagrees with SC order on quota in jobs

7:42 pm February 9, 2020

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday said it disagreed with the Supreme Court’s decision on the issue of reservation in appointments and promotions, and alleged that the rights of SC/ST communities are under threat during the BJP rule. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, Congress general secretary Mukul Wasnik said the party […]

Ex-Dawood aide Tarik Parveen held for extortion

7:39 pm February 9, 2020

Mumbai: The Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) of the Mumbai Police on Sunday arrested a former aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim for allegedly extorting a city-based businessman, police said. Tarik Parveen was arrested from Dongri in south Mumbai, they added. “We arrested Parveen today after a case of extortion was registered against him at the […]

Laid foundation for USD 5 trillion economy in budget: FM

7:36 pm February 9, 2020

Kolkata: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the Centre, in the Budget, has laid the foundation of increasing consumption while ensuring that the government’s investment is deployed to build infrastructure leading to a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25. She also pitched for rationalisation of GST rates once a year and not every […]