Day: February 22, 2020

Anti-CAA stir suspended in wake of communal tension

Road at Shaheen Bagh opened by group of protesters

11:42 pm February 22, 2020

New Delhi: A small stretch of the road closed for over two months in Shaheen Bagh due to an anti-citizenship law protest was “opened” by a group of demonstrators on Saturday, though police barricades continued on one side. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) R P Meena said, “Road number 9 in Shaheen Bagh was reopened […]

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14 recovered bullets are of foreign make: DGP

11:35 pm February 22, 2020

Kollam: The 14 bullets recovered from Kulathupuzha area in the district are of foreign make, DGP Loknath Behera said here on Saturday. “Preliminary investigation has revealed that the bullets are of foreign make. The Anti-Terrorist Squad will probe the matter,” he said in a release. Two civilians had spotted the bullets in an abandoned package […]

Govt school teacher suspended for sending lewd messages to women teachers: Official

Mobile phones seized from four Madhyamik examinees

11:32 pm February 22, 2020

Kolkata: Mobile phones were seized from four Madhyamik examinees on the fourth day of the class 10 board examinations on Saturday, the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education said. The students will not be allowed to sit for the remaining exams, the Board said in a statement. It said that the mobiles phones were seized […]

Amit Shah acting like ‘hate minister’: Brinda Karat

11:30 pm February 22, 2020

Agartala: Alleging that Home Minister Amit Shah was working like the “hate minister” of the country, CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat on Saturday said the BJP-led central government was “fulfilling its agenda of communal polarisation”. Karat, addressing the inaugural session of the 22nd central conference of CPI(M)’s tribal wing, slammed Shah for his comments on […]

Two cops arrested with heroin in Bihar

11:21 pm February 22, 2020

Katihar (Bihar): Two police constables were on Saturday arrested with 870 gm of heroin worth around Rs 50 lakh, in Bihar’s Katihar district, police said. Interrogation of the police constables led to the arrest of another person, a senior officer said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided Manihari railway station and arrested constables […]

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