Day: February 27, 2020

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Former RAW chief met Farooq Abdullah earlier this month

9:15 pm February 27, 2020

Srinagar: Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief A S Dulat met incarcerated former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah recently here but details about their talks are not known, officials said. Dulat, a close friend of Lok Sabha member Abdullah, had a long conversation with the five-time chief minister of the erstwhile state, […]

Paswan seeks impartial probe into Delhi violence

9:12 pm February 27, 2020

New Delhi: BJP ally and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday demanded an “impartial probe” into the Delhi violence, which claimed at least 34 lives, and said stringent action should be taken against the guilty irrespective of their caste and religion. The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader said the visit of National Security Advisor […]

MP: Metro cities to get exclusive foreign liquor outlets

9:10 pm February 27, 2020

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government will set up exclusive outlets of foreign liquor brands in upmarket areas of the state’s major cities, a senior official said on Thursday. Outlets of imported foreign liquor also called bottled in origin (BIO) will be set up under the government’s new liquor policy, state excise commissioner Rajesh Bahuguna said. […]

Nadda promises OBC status for left out Hindu backward castes

Modi did what previous PMs said they would: Nadda on CAA

9:09 pm February 27, 2020

Shimla: BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday said Narendra Modi had implemented what Mahatma Gandhi and previous prime ministers merely talked about bringing in the Citizenship Amendment Act. Addressing a rally in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan, Nadda called Modi a world leader , citing also the praise he got from US President Donald Trump during […]

NGO condemns midnight transfer of Justice S Muralidhar

9:05 pm February 27, 2020

New Delhi: An NGO on Thursday condemned the midnight transfer of Justice S Muralidhar from the Delhi High Court to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, claiming that the move was to punish an “honest and courageous” judicial officer. Justice Muralidhar was hearing the Delhi violence case and a notification came late in the evening […]