Day: November 19, 2020

Dam-affected persons stage protest in Indore

11:07 pm November 19, 2020

Indore: Nearly 500 persons affected by the Sardar Sarovar Dam in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday staged a sit-in at the office of the Grievance Redressal Authority here. Their houses have been submerged in the backwater of Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada, said the protesters, led by Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar. Neither the displaced people have been rehabilitated nor compensated years […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Winning 2022 BMC polls a pipe dream of BJP, says NCP leader

8:25 pm November 19, 2020

Mumbai: Winning the 2022 BMC elections will prove to be a “pipe dream” of the BJP, Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik said on Thursday, a day after the saffron party exuded confidence that it will emerge victorious in the polls. NCP leader Malik made the remarks while speaking to reporters here. The NCP and Congress are the allies in the […]

Computer Baba released from prison after HC order

8:23 pm November 19, 2020

Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday ordered immediate release of religious leader Computer Baba, arrested earlier this month after his `illegal’ ashram in Indore district was demolished. Subsequently he was released from a prison here in the evening. A division bench of Justices S C Sharma and Shailendra Shukla directed that Namdeo Das Tyagi (54), popularly known as […]

Ballia constable arrested for ‘involvement’ in cattle smuggling

8:20 pm November 19, 2020

Ballia: A police constable allegedly involved in cattle smuggling has been arrested and a probe has been ordered against five others to ascertain their roles in the illegal activity, an official said on Thursday. Constable Deep Narayan Paswan, posted in Ballia Police Lines, was arrested by the Deoria police for his alleged role in the […]

Everybody can’t be allowed to prescribe medicines, says SC

8:16 pm November 19, 2020

New Delhi: Everybody cannot be allowed to prescribe medicines, observed the Supreme Court on Thursday while hearing an appeal against the Kerala High Court order which had said that AYUSH medical practitioners can prescribe government approved mixtures and tablets only as immunity booster for COVID-19. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to file […]