Day: January 14, 2021

Plea in HC to direct CBSE affiliated schools to publish docs on criteria to calculate class 10 marks

Delhi riots: Police tells HC plea for giving videos of protests against CAA not maintainable

1:59 pm January 14, 2021

New Delhi: The city police has told the Delhi High Court that a plea moved by JNU student and Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita, accused in a case related to northeast Delhi riots, seeking copies of videos of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was not maintainable. The issue regarding maintainability of the plea was raised before Justice Suresh K Kait by Additional Solicitor General S V […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

US House impeaches President Donald Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’ at Capitol

1:24 pm January 14, 2021

Washington: US President Donald Trump has been impeached for a historic second time, just days before leaving office by the House of Representatives for inciting last week’s deadly Capitol Hill riot. The House on Wednesday impeached Trump by 232 to 197 votes. Ten Republican Congressmen also joined the Democrats to vote in favour of an article of impeachment that charged Trump with a count of ”incitement of insurrection” for his actions […]

17-year-old rape victim commits suicide in UP

1:21 pm January 14, 2021

Banda: A 17-year-old girl, who was raped 10 years ago, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her house in a village here, police said on Thursday. She was raped 10 years ago by a man of her village who recently returned after completing seven years jail term, they said. The girl allegedly committed suicide […]

After petrol, CNG price up in Delhi, adjoining cities

Petrol, diesel prices hiked again, scale new highs

1:16 pm January 14, 2021

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices on Thursday were hiked by 25 paise per litre each, the second straight day of increase in rates that took the prices to new highs. Petrol now costs Rs 84.70 per litre in Delhi and diesel is priced at Rs 74.88, according to a price notification from oil marketing companies. This […]

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

All samples taken from Ghazipur chicken market test negative for bird flu: Official

1:14 pm January 14, 2021

New Delhi : All 100 samples taken from the Ghazipur poultry mandi, Asia’s largest chicken market, have tested negative for bird flu, officials said on Thursday. The results come three days after samples taken from crows and ducks in the national capital tested positive for avian influenza. This had led to the Delhi government on Monday banning the sale […]