Day: February 17, 2020

Student found dead in university hostel room

10:50 pm February 17, 2020

Hyderabad: A 44-year-old PhD student was found dead in his hostel room at the Osmania University here on Monday, police said. The man, who was waiting for post doctoral fellowship, was found lying on the ground in the room by other students on Monday afternoon, they said. Police broke open the door as the room […]

New MP BJP chief Vishnu Dutt Sharma takes charge

8:55 pm February 17, 2020

Bhopal: Newly appointed Madhya Pradesh BJP chief Vishnu Dutt Sharma took charge at the party’s office here on Monday evening. Before taking charge at Deendayal Parisar, Sharma reached the Board Office Square and garlanded a statue of Dalit icon Babasaheb Ambedkar. In his address, Sharma warned the Kamal Nath government to stop “harassing” BJP workers […]

IMD issues heat warning for six districts of Kerala

8:52 pm February 17, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: With some districts of Kerala sweltering, the India Meteorological department on Monday issued a heat warning for six districts, saying the mercury level will rise by three degrees above normal. On Monday, Thiruvananthapuram recorded 34.9 degree Celsius which is 2.2 degrees more than the normal 32.7. Alappuzha registered a maximum of 36.8 degree Celsius […]

Decision on next Himachal CM after Assembly polls: BJP

BJP, Cong in war of word over ‘Jamia videos’

8:45 pm February 17, 2020

New Delhi: A major political row broke out on Monday over some videos clips showing purported thrashing of Jamia students in the university library by security personnel in December, with the BJP accusing the Congress of giving “political colour” to the incident and the opposition party alleging that the government was “misusing” the police force […]

Bipin Rawat appears before parliamentary panel on defence, members question him on eastern Ladakh situation

CDS Gen Rawat unveils big ticket military reform agenda

8:39 pm February 17, 2020

New Delhi: India will have two to five theatre commands to deal with future security challenges along the western and northern borders and the first one is expected to be operational by 2022, Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat said on Monday, rolling out plans for big ticket military reforms. The chief of defence […]