Day: March 13, 2020

Jamia Millia suspends classes till March 31

3:24 pm March 13, 2020

New Delhi: After JNU, the Jamia Millia Islamia on Friday suspended classes with immediate effect till March 31 and advised students to avoid large gathering in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The varsity has also decided to close all schools run by it till March 31 but the Board examinations will continue as per […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Instead of reforms, Railways is deforming: Chowdhury

3:15 pm March 13, 2020

New Delhi: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday said the railways is getting “deformed” rather than being reformed under the BJP government. Speaking on the demand of grants for Railways, he said Railways is now resorting to borrowings to run its operations and the extra budgetary borrowings has become a order of the day […]

UP: 38-year-old man ends life by consuming poison

3:12 pm March 13, 2020

Muzaffarnagar (UP): A 38-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison due to a family dispute in a village here, police said. The deceased who was identified as Rajiv attempted to end his life at home in Datyana village under Chapar police station limits of the district on Thursday, they added. He was rushed to […]

Iran Air plane carrying Indians lands in Mumbai

3:08 pm March 13, 2020

Mumbai: An Iran Air flight carrying Indians stranded in coronavirus-hit Iran, landed at the airport here on Friday afternoon, according to an official. Iran is one of the worst-affected countries by the coronavirus outbreak and the government has been working on plans to bring back Indians stranded there. The number of passengers onboard the Iran […]

Delhi violence: Police books Jamia students under UAPA

Delhi violence: A room with a riot view

3:05 pm March 13, 2020

New Delhi: A solitary patch of violet stands out in walls blackened with soot, a reminder of a room that was once coloured with shades of content and is now littered with the detritus of a riot — except for a bed on which sits Nazar Mohammad. His three-storey home in northeast Delhi’s Shiv Vihar […]