Day: February 27, 2020

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Youth to be LJP’s focus in Bihar polls

10:30 pm February 27, 2020

New Delhi: The young voters of Bihar will be the focus of the Lok Janshakti Party during its campaign for the state assembly polls slated for later this year, the party said on Thursday. LJP president Chirag Paswan has prefixed his Twitter handle with “Yuva Bihari” (young Bihari) and has been touring the state to […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Two held for cheating people of Rs 16 lakh in job scam

10:28 pm February 27, 2020

Mumbai: Two people were arrested for allegedly cheating 27 people of Rs 16 lakh by promising them jobs abroad, police said on Thursday. The police have nabbed Feeroz Khan alias Zibran Ahmed and Sanjay Singh alias Jaswinder Singh from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, while the third accused Nazim Ahmed alias Rizwan Ahmed is absconding, an […]

Riot-hit families at Mustafabad camp now fear coronavirus

Speakers at meet blame BJP leaders for Delhi riots

9:26 pm February 27, 2020

Mumbai: Representatives of various communities on Thursday blamed a clutch of BJP leaders, including Union minister Anurag Thakur, for the communal riots in Delhi where 34 people have died till now. They gathered here to condemn the communal violence in the national capital over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and seek action against the culprits. The […]

No going back on CAA: Ravi Shankar Prasad

9:24 pm February 27, 2020

Dehradun: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said there is no question of going back on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, but the government would try to convince people opposing it. “After all, why shouldn’t the persecuted religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan be given citizenship in India?” Union Minister for Law and […]

Rallies in Kolkata over Delhi violence

9:22 pm February 27, 2020

Kolkata: Appealing to people to save the country from divisive forces, two separate rallies were taken out in Kolkata on Thursday by the Trinamool Congress’s women’s wing and the Congress-backed Chhatra Parishad over the communal violence in Delhi. Thousands of women took part in the rally organised by the Trinamool Mahila Congress. It began at […]