Day: February 28, 2020

Myanmar president arrives on two-day tour of Bodh Gaya

9:04 pm February 28, 2020

Gaya (Bihar): Myanmar president Win Myint arrived here on Friday on a two-day tour of Bodh Gaya, the holy town where Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment more than two millennia ago. Accompanied by wife Cho Cho and a 28-member delegation of top Myanmarese officials, Myint landed at the international airport in Gaya where […]

IRCTC’s Golden Chariot to run again from March 22

8:58 pm February 28, 2020

New Delhi: The railway’s catering arm IRCTC will resume services of the luxury train Golden Chariot on March 22 after a gap of a few years, officials said on Friday. IRCTC took over the operation, management and marketing of the special train through a recent agreement with Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC), which launched […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Friday passes off peacefully in Aligarh

8:56 pm February 28, 2020

Aligarh: Friday prayers passed off peacefully amid heavy security arrangement in various sensitive areas of the city. In the wake of clashes between police and anti-CAA protesters here in the city on Sunday and the disturbed situation in the national capital early this week, the police and RAF personnel were deployed in strength in different […]

Civic body polls: HC issues notices to MP govt, SEC

8:40 pm February 28, 2020

Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday issued notices to the state government and the State Election Commission for not holding civic body polls on time and sought an answer in two weeks. Justices SC Sharma and Shailendra Shukla, of HC’s Indore bench, issued the notices on a PIL filed by Bharat Parikh, a […]

Decision on next Himachal CM after Assembly polls: BJP

BJP takes out pro-CAA rallies in Tamil Nadu

8:36 pm February 28, 2020

Chennai: The BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit on Friday took out pro-CAA rallies across the state, and asserted that the amended citizenship law would not harm Muslims as was being made out by opposition parties, including the DMK. Senior BJP leader L Ganesan led a protest here, while agitations were held across Tamil Nadu,where BJP functionaries […]