Day: December 19, 2020

RSS pays tributes to M G Vaidya, calls him senior mentor

10:04 pm December 19, 2020

Nagpur: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has lost a senior mentor with the death of M G Vaidya, the organization said on Saturday. Vaidya, known as an ideologue of the RSS, died here earlier in the day after a brief illness. He was 97. “With the passing away of Madhav Govind alias Baburaoji Vaidya, all […]

Cold day conditions prevail in eastern UP

Delhi records lowest minimum temperature of season as mercury dips across north India

8:39 pm December 19, 2020

New Delhi: The cold wave sweeping through north India intensified at most places in the region on Saturday, with Delhi, as well as Srinagar, recording their lowest minimum temperatures of the season. Many hill stations of Himachal Pradesh shivered at sub-zero temperatures as Lahaul-Spiti’s Keylong was recorded the coldest in the state at minus 12.1 degrees Celsius. The mercury […]

Uttarakhand: Remains of ancient structure found at Uttarkashi village

8:31 pm December 19, 2020

Uttarkashi: Idols and pillars which look like the remains of an ancient temple or palace have been found in a deserted village of Uttarkashi district, prompting residents of neighbouring areas to request the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey. The remains were found in a three square km area at Ramnagar village of […]

Russia to give icon that sparked controversy back to Bosnia

8:24 pm December 19, 2020

Moscow: Russia said Saturday it will return an Orthodox icon presented to the Russian foreign minister in Bosnia, a gift that has triggered a protest from Ukraine. The presiding Serb member of Bosnia’s three-member presidency, Milorad Dodik, gave the icon to Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov when he visited Sarajevo earlier this week. The icon, which was said to be 300 years old, is believed […]

34 more people contract coronavirus in UP’s Muzaffarnagar

8:21 pm December 19, 2020

Muzaffarnagar: Thirty-four more people contracted coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, taking the number of infections in the district to 7,676, an official said on Saturday According to District Magistrate Selva Kumari J, they had received results of 798 samples, of which 34 were declared positive. Currently, the district has 438 active patients, the DM said. Thirty-six […]