Day: February 12, 2021

Case against comedian: Two co-accused get interim bail

8:48 pm February 12, 2021

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday granted interim bail to two men accused of organising a comedy show in Indore, during which stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui allegedly insulted Hindu deities. Faruqui, who was arrested on January 1 and was in jail since January 2, was set free on bail last week. A single […]

COVID: 112 new cases, two more deaths recorded in UP

8:44 pm February 12, 2021

Lucknow: The COVID-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh rose to 8,698 on Friday with two more fatalities, while 112 new cases took the infection tally to over 6 lakh, a health bulletin issued here said. “In past 24 hours, 112 fresh cases were reported in the state. The total number of active cases in the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Cloudy sky, dense fog likely in Delhi on Saturday

8:24 pm February 12, 2021

New Delhi: A cover of “moderate” fog enveloped Delhi on Friday morning, with the city recording a minimum temperature of 10.2 degrees Celsius, MeT officials said. The maximum temperature was recorded at 27.4 degrees Celsius. The MeT department has predicted partly cloudy sky and dense fog on Saturday morning. “The maximum and minimum temperatures will […]

Snowfall likely in parts of Himachal on Saturday

8:17 pm February 12, 2021

Shimla: High hills in Himachal Pradesh are likely to receive rain and snowfall on Saturday, the Meteorological (MeT) department here predicted. The weather in the state remained dry on Friday, Shimla MeT centre Director Manmohan Singh said. The centre forecast rain and snowfall at isolated places of high hills in Himachal Pradesh on February 13. […]

Lawyer who defended Trump accustomed to political disaster

4:50 pm February 12, 2021

Washington: Bruce L Castor Jr answered his cellphone, but he had no time to talk. “I’m 12 minutes from prime time,” he said, before heading to the well of the US Senate to defend his client, Donald Trump, as one of two defence lawyers in the ex-president’s second impeachment trial. It may have marked the high point for […]