Day: September 12, 2020

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

Govt’s ‘well planned fight’ against COVID has put India in ‘abyss of GDP reduction’: Rahul

8:16 pm September 12, 2020

New Delhi: Taking a dig at the government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said its “well planned fight” against coronavirus has allegedly put India in an “abyss” of GDP reduction of 24 per cent, 12 crore job losses, 15.5 lakh crore additional stressed loans and globally highest daily COVID-19 cases and deaths. The Congress […]

Max temperatures hover above normal in Pb, Hry

8:13 pm September 12, 2020

Chandigarh: Hot weather conditions prevailed in Punjab and Haryana on Saturday with above normal maximum temperature at many places in the two states, the MeT department said. Chandigarh recorded a day temperature of 35.4 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal, the Meteorological department said. In Haryana, Ambala and Karnal recorded their respective highs at 35.6 […]

Congress is not worthy of an alliance: H D Kumaraswamy

Kumaraswamy slams Congress MLA for his ‘Colombo’ remark

8:00 pm September 12, 2020

Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday hit out at Congress MLA B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan, whose name is allegedly linked to the drugs case, for his remark that JD(S) leaders had been to Colombo and said the latter has made statements of unrelated events which occurred in 2014. Facing allegations over […]

Bar Association of Alipore not to attend POCSO court

7:56 pm September 12, 2020

Kolkata: The Bar Association at Alipore Court has taken a decision not to attend its POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) court for alleged rude behaviour of the judge with some lawyers, sources said here on Saturday. At an extraordinary general meeting attended by a section of lawyers of the Bar Association, it was […]

Militant sympathiser arrested in J-K’s Pulwama

7:53 pm September 12, 2020

Srinagar: A militant associate involved in providing shelter, logistics and other support to active ultras has been arrested in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. He has been identified as Adil Ahmad Hajam, a resident of Ratsuna Tral in the Awantipora area of the south Kashmir district, a police official said. […]