Day: February 19, 2020

Delhi violence: Act in nation's interest and not in the interest of a few people, Siddaramaiah tells Amit Shah

Congress demands HC judge probe into Mangaluru police firing during anti-CAA protest

9:40 pm February 19, 2020

Bengaluru: The violence during the anti-CAA protest in Mangaluru in December 2019, which left two people dead in police firing, rocked the Karnataka assembly on Wednesday, with Congress holding the ruling BJP responsible for it and demanding a judicial probe headed by a sitting High Court judge into the incident. Terming the ‘golibar’ (firing) as […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

J-K: 5 arrested for bovine smuggling in Udhampur

9:33 pm February 19, 2020

Jammu: Five men were arrested as police foiled bovine smuggling bids in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. A police team intercepted two Kashmir-bound trucks at the Rahbmal area of the district and during their search found that animals were being illegally taken to the Valley, they said. Three smugglers — […]

UP BJP MLA among 7 booked for raping woman

9:28 pm February 19, 2020

Bhadohi (UP): An FIR was lodged against local BJP MLA Ravindra Nath Tripathi and six others here on Wednesday for allegedly raping a woman repeatedly for a month in 2017, police said. The 40-year-old woman, who is a widow, had lodged a complaint on February 10, they said. The woman alleged that she was first […]

MVA govt in Maha will complete full term: Pawar

BJP’s defeat in Delhi signals beginning of change: Pawar

9:21 pm February 19, 2020

Lucknow: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said the defeat of the BJP in the Delhi Assembly elections signals “beginning of the change”. “The BJP is tasting defeats – be it in the elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan or Delhi. In Delhi, the BJP had put all its strength and even Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

COVID-19: 122 men from single CRPF battalion in Delhi test positive; more results awaited

Security of J-K our top priority: CRPF chief

9:17 pm February 19, 2020

Srinagar: The CRPF on Wednesday said Jammu and Kashmir was its top priority and stressed on the need for effective synergy among security forces and intelligence agencies to maintain peace in the Union territory. “Jammu and Kashmir is considered the crown of India and its security is our utmost priority,” DG CRPF A P Maheshwari […]