Day: January 9, 2021

Delhi Congress workers stage protest over demolition of Hanuman temple in Chandni Chowk

9:30 pm January 9, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Congress workers staged a demonstration reciting ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ in protest against the demolition of a temple in Chandni Chowk on Saturday. The protesters led by the party’s Delhi unit president Anil Kumar assembled at Gauri Shankar Mandir and were stopped by police when they were moving towards the demolition site. The Congress workers chanted ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ and raised slogans against the BJP and the […]

Democratic wins could strengthen Biden’s legislative push

9:25 pm January 9, 2021

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden‘s victory in November was tempered by concerns that he would face Republican opposition in the Senate that could stymie him at every turn. Those worries eased this past week when Democrats swept two Senate special elections in Georgia, giving the party control of Congress and the White House for the first time since 2011. And the bipartisan outrage over the violent insurrection at the Capitol by pro-Donald […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump’s Twitter account suspension dangerous precedent: BJP leaders

9:21 pm January 9, 2021

New Delhi: BJP leaders expressed concern on Saturday over the permanent suspension of US President Donald Trump‘s Twitter account by the social media giant, saying it sets a dangerous precedent and is a wake-up call for democracies about the threat from unregulated big tech companies. Days after Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol and caused the deaths […]

Cohen seeks to dismantle Trump legacy, one podcast at a time

8:34 pm January 9, 2021

New York : The rehabilitation of Michael Cohen has reached a surreal new stage: Quizzing the actor Ben Stiller about his approach to impersonating him on “Saturday Night Live.” Since September, President Donald Trump‘s former lawyer and fixer has been producing a podcast from the Park Avenue apartment where he is serving the remainder of his prison sentence for lying […]

UP: Two cases of bird flu reported in Kanpur

Bird flu scare: 24 crows found dead in Jasola park, 10 ducks die at Sanjay Lake

4:23 pm January 9, 2021

New Delhi: Amid bird flu scare in the national capital, at least 24 crows have been found dead at a district park in south Delhi’s Jasola in the past three days and 10 ducks have died at the famous Sanjay Lake, officials said on Sunday. The DDA, which owns a large number of parks in the city, said authorities are monitoring […]