Day: April 21, 2020

Delhi violence: Police books Jamia students under UAPA

10:45 pm April 21, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi Police has booked Jamia students Meeran Haider and Safoora Zargar under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, said a lawyer. Haider and Zargar, arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to incite the communal riots in February, are […]

Vijayan claims Rahul shying away from attacking BJP

Spike in COVID-19 cases in Kerala; 19 test positive

10:38 pm April 21, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala reported a spike in COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with 19 people testing positive, after a decline in the numbers in the past few days, as the total infections touched 423 in the southern state. Kannur recorded 10 cases, Palakkad four, Kasaragod three and Malappuram and Kollam one each, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told […]

Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

Jodhpur: Stone hurled at cop on lockdown duty, 2 held

10:37 pm April 21, 2020

Jodhpur (Rajasthan): A policeman on COVID-19 lockdown duty was injured after a stone was thrown at him from a house’s roof in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district on Tuesday, an official said. The two suspects in the case have been arrested, he said. SDRF jawan Ramlekh was on duty in Jawaharkhana locality in Sadar Bazar area when […]

Palghar lynching: NHRC sends notice to Maharashtra DGP

10:28 pm April 21, 2020

New Delhi: The NHRC sent a notice to the Maharashtra police chief on Tuesday in connection with the lynching of three persons in Palghar district of the state, officials said. In a statement, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said it has called for a detailed report in four weeks, including inputs on the action […]

North Korea’s Kim at critical crossroads decade into rule

South Korea downplays concerns over Kim Jong Un’s health

9:42 pm April 21, 2020

Seoul: South Korean officials reported no unusual activity in North Korea on Tuesday following unconfirmed media reports that leader Kim Jong Un was in fragile health after surgery. But the possibly of high-level instability raised troubling questions about the future of a nuclear-armed state that has been steadily building an arsenal meant to threaten the […]