Wednesday

Goa governor calls for ending child abuse

11:33 pm November 13, 2019

Panaji: Raising serious concerns about children getting exposed to the evils like drugs, sex and alcohol, Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday made a pitch for ending child abuse. In his Children’s Day message released on Wednesday, the governor also called upon protection of children from the negative impact of urbanisation, industrialisation, commercialisation and […]

Babul Supriyo faces protest during visit to cyclone-hit areas

11:11 pm November 13, 2019

Kolkata: Union minister Babul Supriyo on Wednesday faced massive protests and was asked to go back by a group of people when he reached South 24 Parganas to take a stock of the situation in cyclone ‘Bulbul’-hit areas. Supriyo, who said on Tuesday that he had been asked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit […]

Heavy deployment of police outside JNU ahead of protest march to Parliament

JNU partially rolls back hike in hostel fees

8:33 pm November 13, 2019

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Wednesday decided to partially rollback the hike in hostel fees following protests by students for 16 days. The decision was taken in varsity’s Executive Council (EC) meeting which had to be shifted outside the campus at the last moment fearing agitation by students. “JNU Executive Committee announces major […]

Rupee crashes to over 2-mth low, tumbles 62 paise

8:22 pm November 13, 2019

Mumbai: The rupee nosedived 62 paise to hit an over two-month low of 72.09 to the US dollar on Wednesday as poor macro data and lingering worries over US-China trade war weighed on sentiment. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened on a weak note at 71.75 against the US dollar. As the day […]

JNUSU to hold protest outside university campus during EC meeting on Wednesday

11:58 pm November 12, 2019

New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru Students’ Union (JNUSU) will be holding a protest outside the university campus during the Executive Council meeting on Wednesday against the draft hostel manual. The students’ union has been on a strike against the draft hostel manual, approved by the Inter-Hall administration, which it claims has provisions for hostel fee hike, […]