Thursday

NRC Rejection Slip likely from Mar 20: Assam Government

Missing data row: FIR against former NRC official

9:32 pm February 13, 2020

Guwahati: Hours after Assam’s updated citizenship data disappeared from the website ‘nrcassam.nic.in’, an FIR was filed against a former NRC official for allegedly failing to submit the password to the sensitive document before quitting her job. Talking to PTI on Thursday, NRC state coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma said the complaint against former NRC project officer […]

Fire breaks out at spare parts factory in Mundka

3:27 pm February 13, 2020

New Delhi: A major fire broke out at a spare parts factory in outer Delhi’s Mundka area on Thursday, officials said. Twenty-three fire tenders were rushed to the spot after the police received a call about the blaze at 10.37 am. No casualty was reported so far, a senior fire official said. He said further […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Wanted bookie Sanjeev Chawla extradited from UK

3:13 pm February 13, 2020

New Delhi: Sanjeev Chawla, an alleged bookie and key accused in one of cricket’s biggest match-fixing scandals that involved former South African captain Hansie Cronje, was extradited from the UK on Thursday, Delhi Police said, marking the first high-profile extradition of its kind between the two countries. The 50-year-old British national, accompanied by a Delhi […]

Filmmaker speaks of huge challenges as Kashmir film tours UK

8:07 pm February 9, 2020

London: The writer-director of a new film set in Kashmir has spoken of the huge challenges in the filmmaking process as its UK tour concluded this week. Ashvin Kumar said No Fathers in Kashmir’ was born out of an urge to address some of his deep concerns over the conflict-torn region and to connect emotionally […]

Modi says fundamentals of Indian economy strong

7:50 pm February 6, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the fundamentals of the Indian economy were strong and had inherent capability for higher growth rates. Replying to the debate in Rajya Sabha on a motion thanking the president for his address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament, he said there was no […]