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Fire breaks out at hotel in south east Delhi

7:27 pm June 24, 2019

New Delhi: A minor fire broke out at a hotel in south east Delhi’s Jamia Nagar area Monday, officials said. No one was injured in the incident, the Delhi Fire Service said. The fire department said they received a call about the blaze at 12.45 pm, following which five fire tenders were rushed to the […]

Home Minister Amit Shah pained over deaths in Rajasthan pandal collapse

11:51 pm June 23, 2019

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday expressed pain over the loss of lives during a religious programme in Barmer district of Rajasthan when a tent collapsed on the devotees. “Pained to know about the loss of lives due to collapse of a Pandaal in Barmer, Rajasthan. I express my deepest condolences to the […]

No locus standi: India on US religious freedom report

1:17 pm June 23, 2019

New Delhi: India Sunday rejected a US religious freedom report, saying it sees no locus standi for a foreign government to pronounce on the state of its citizens’ constitutionally protected rights. In its annual 2018 International Religious Freedom Report, the State Department alleged Friday that mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities, […]

CJI writes to PM, seeks increase in number of SC judges

8:26 pm June 22, 2019

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the strength of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years. Gogoi has also urged the prime minister to make tenure appointments of retired apex court judges and high court judges under […]

Partly cloudy skies keep mercury in check in Delhi

Cloudy morning in city

1:30 pm June 21, 2019

New Delhi: It was a partly cloudy Friday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 28.2 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year. According to the MeT department, the humidity level recorded at 8.30 am was 56 per cent. The weatherman has predicted partly cloudy sky throughout the day. “The skies will remain […]