Day: February 4, 2021

Centre trying to govern Delhi through ‘backdoor’, claims Sisodia; BJP hits back

11:59 pm February 4, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday accused the Centre of trying to govern the national capital through the ”backdoor”, claiming the Union cabinet has cleared a proposal to give more powers to the Lieutenant Governor. Reacting to media reports saying the Centre on Wednesday approved amendments to the Government of NCT of Delhi Act, the AAP leader […]

Biden to freeze withdrawal of US troops from Germany

11:56 pm February 4, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden will freeze Donald Trump’s planned withdrawal of some US troops stationed in Germany, the White House said Thursday. The announcement, from White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, came ahead of Biden’s visit to the State Department. The White House also said the US would end support for Saudi Arabia’s military in the long-running war in Yemen in hopes of stopping one of world’s worst humanitarian crises. […]

Bollywood stars criticise colleagues’ near identical tweets on farmers protest

11:54 pm February 4, 2021

Mumbai: A clear divide between Bollywood celebrities was visible on Thursday as Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhasker, Siddharth criticised similarly worded tweets by stars like Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn in response to pop star Rihanna‘s post drawing attention to the farmers’ agitation in India. While some from the industry were direct in their criticism, including Pannu, […]

‘SC takes strong note of delay by Centre in filing appeals

11:50 pm February 4, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday took strong note of delay in filing appeals by the Centre and said its counselling through orders to the government departments to set their house in order appears to be “falling on deaf ears” despite fines being imposed in several such cases. Referring to the delay of 6616 days in filing […]

Delhi Police registers FIR on farmers’ protest ‘toolkit’ shared by Greta Thunberg on social media

11:48 pm February 4, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday filed an FIR against the ”pro-Khalistan” creators of a ”toolkit”, which was shared by teen climate activist Greta Thunberg and others on Twitter in connection with the farmers’ protest, alleging it aimed to wage a ”social, cultural and economic war against the Government of India”. Asked whether the […]

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