Day: January 15, 2021

Moderate fog in Delhi, min temp rises to 6.4°C

11:32 pm January 15, 2021

New Delhi : Delhi’s minimum temperature rose to 6.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal, on Friday due to partly cloudy weather, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The maximum temperature stood at 20.8 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal. Moderate fog lowered visibility to 201 metres at Safdarjung and 300 metres at Palam in the morning, an IMD official said. […]

People of Bengal have realised that only Modi govt can alleviate their suffering: Shekhawat

11:27 pm January 15, 2021

Kolkata: Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat alleged on Friday that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ”cheated” the people of the state in the name of development, asserting that her ”stubbornness” has forcedmany into homelessness. Shekhawat, the minister for Jal Shakti, made the comments as he took part in a door-to-door campaign of the BJP […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Justice Dept. watchdog opens probe of response to riot

11:19 pm January 15, 2021

Washington : The Justice Department’s internal watchdog said Friday that it will investigate how the department and its law enforcement agencies prepared for and responded to last week’s riots at the U.S. Capitol. The investigation by the inspector general’s office will examine whether information was shared by the Justice Department to other agencies, including the Capitol Police, about the potential […]

6 men held for hacking into ATMs, looting money

11:16 pm January 15, 2021

Jalaun(UP): Six people were arrested on Friday for allegedly hacking into ATMs and withdrawing money from the machines in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the six accused identified as Arvind, Guddu, Shyam Babu, Anil Nishad, Deependra and Sarvesh were arrested with 49 ATM cards, eight mobile phones and Rs 45,000 cash recovered from them, Kalpi police station SHO Umakant Ojha said. During interrogation, the […]

‘Clear the Capitol,’ Mike Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows

Feds: Capitol mob aimed to ‘assassinate’ elected officials

11:13 pm January 15, 2021

Phoenix: The pro-Trump mob that stormed the US Capitol last week aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials,” federal prosecutors said in court documents. The remarks came in a motion prosecutors filed late Thursday in the case against Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man who took part in the insurrection while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry […]