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Low intensity quake hits Ghaziabad-Baghpath in UP

8:15 pm November 6, 2019

New Delhi: A low-intensity earthquake measuring 2.7 hit Baghpat and Ghaziabad districts in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, the National Centre for Seismology said. The epicentre of the quake was the area bordering Ghaziabad and Baghpath districts, it said. The quake occurred at a depth of 7 kilometres at 7.12 pm, it added.

Breakthrough expected in BJP-Sena stalemate

7:27 pm November 6, 2019

New Delhi: A resolution to the BJP-Shiv Sena stalemate over government formation in Maharashtra is expected and a new dispensation may take office before the term of the outgoing assembly ends on November 9, sources said on Wednesday. Sources from both parties said back channel talks are on between the two old but often-feuding Hindutva […]

Budget for the rich, of the rich, by the rich: Chidambaram

Chidambaram hits out at PM over his remarks in Bangkok

3:23 pm November 5, 2019

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks in Bangkok, saying that he should have also talked about the falling investment, growth, credit and business confidence in India. Chidambaram, who is currently lodged in Tihar jail for alleged corruption in the INX Media […]

At Delhi police protest, slogans of 'we want justice', 'protect the protectors' rent the air

Police on the streets a ‘new low’, says Congress

3:09 pm November 5, 2019

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said the police protesting on the roads in the national capital is a “new low” for India since independence. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala asked whether this is BJP’s ‘New India’ and wondered where the ruling party is taking the country to. “A new low in 72 years […]

Students claim paramilitary force deployed in JNU

11:09 pm November 4, 2019

New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University students, who are on protest against the draft hostel manual since last week, on Monday claimed that the administration had called paramilitary force inside the campus. However, a senior police officer said the paramilitary personnel did not enter the campus and were stationed outside as a precautionary measure. JNU Vice-Chancellor […]