Day: December 10, 2020

Rajasthan: Man rapes minor stepdaughter, arrested

Longtime New Yorker cartoonist arrested on child porn charge

9:24 pm December 10, 2020

Washington: A well-known cartoonist for The New Yorker has been arrested on a possession of child pornography charge, police said. Danny Shanahan, 64, was arrested Wednesday at his home in Rhinebeck, New York, state police said in a news release. He was ordered to appear in court on Jan. 20 on a charge of possession […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

PM to address FICCI event on Saturday

9:19 pm December 10, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address at the FICCI’s 93rd annual general meeting and annual convention on Saturday via video-conferencing. He will also inaugurate the virtual FICCI annual expo 2020, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on Thursday. The FICCI’s annual convention will be held virtually on December 11, 12 […]

Khandu promises more power to local bodies if BJP wins polls

9:15 pm December 10, 2020

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday vowed to make the panchayat and municipal bodies people-centric by giving them more powers. Kicking off the election campaign for panchayat and municipal polls at Naharlagun, Khandu thanked the people of the state for electing unopposed 5,464 BJP candidates to the local bodies. ”The support shown by the people of Arunachal is historic […]

Modi pays tributes to martyrs of Assam movement

9:11 pm December 10, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to the people who lost their lives in the Assam movement and said their passion towards the state’s progress and its citizens’ empowerment continues to inspire everyone. As many as 855 people lost their lives in the Assam agitation of 1979-85, demanding detection and deportation of illegal immigrants from the state. […]

Maha: Elderly man kills self by jumping into lake in Thane

9:06 pm December 10, 2020

Thane: An 85-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a lake in Maharashtra‘s Thane city on Thursday, police said. The man identified as Waji Damji Joyisar, a resident of D’Souza Wadi, walked out of his house in the afternoon and jumped into Railadevi lake in Wagle Estate, an official said. The regional disaster management […]