Day: December 5, 2020

1 arrested in connection with fireman’s death during anti-Bru stir in Tripura

11:37 pm December 5, 2020

Agartala: One person was arrested in Tripura on Saturday in connection with the death of a fireman during an anti-Bru protest last month, police said. The development comes two days after The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) chairman and scion of the erstwhile Tripura royal family, Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma, threatened to launch a massive agitation […]

Diljit asks farmers to be patient, hold peaceful protests; requests govt to accept their demands

11:34 pm December 5, 2020

New Delhi : Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh on Saturday joined the farmers protests at Delhi’s Singhu border and asked the demonstrators to be patient and peaceful in their agitation and requested the government to accept their demands. “You have created history once again,” he told the protestors. Days after engaging in a bitter Twitter fight […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

Adityanath launches app to locate free COVID test centres

11:29 pm December 5, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday launched a mobile application that gives users the locations of free COVID test centres within a radius of five kilometres in the state. Launching the “Mera Covid Kendra” app, Adityanath said it was an initiative of the state government to help people who want to get themselves tested for the […]

MP’s `freedom of religion’ law to provide for upto 10 yrs in jail for offence

11:26 pm December 5, 2020

Bhopal: Conversion through marriage or by any other fraudulent means will attract prison term of up to ten years and fine of up to Rs 1 lakh under the proposed Madhya Pradesh Religious Freedom Act, an official said on Saturday. A marriage solemnized only for the purpose of converting a person will be held as […]

Adityanath directs officials to hold dialogue with farmer unions over strike

11:23 pm December 5, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials on Saturday to maintain vigil in view of the farmers’ agitation and also hold dialogue with their representatives, according to an official statement. Adityanath has asked the officials to hold a dialogue with representatives of farmer unions in all the districts of the state on the issue of […]