The actions taken by the Yogi Adityanath-led government has “shocked” every protester into silence, the chief minister’s office has said in a series of tweets amid criticism against the crackdown during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests. “Every crazy person is thinking that they have made a big mistake by […]
Read Time : 3 Minutes
‘Police displayed restraint, scale of firing by protesters was unexpected’: UP DGP OP Singh
Uttar Pradesh director general of police O P Singh,in an interview with Neeraj Chauhan, spoke about protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA, and the proposed pan-India National Register of Citizens (NRC) that rocked the state last week, police firing on the protestors, internet shutdowns and damage to property. […]
Read Time : 1 Minutes
Two tourists from AP die after collapsing at Sunburn festival
Two music enthusiasts from Andhra Pradesh who were visiting Goa to participate in the ongoing Sunburn Electronic Dance Music festival died after collapsing near the venue in North Goa district. A senior police official said Sai Prasad and Venkat (full name not known) were taken to a hospital in Mapusa […]
Read Time : 9 Minutes
Decoding Indian economy 2010-19: From external to domestic shocks
Before the global financial crisis hit the US economy in 2008, which soon converted itself into a global economic slowdown, the Indian economy had been growing at 8% (in constant dollar terms) for five consecutive years. At a time when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has projected India’s GDP […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Kashmir records season’s coldest night
Kashmir woke up to a freezing Friday as the temperature plummeted to the lowest degrees in this season. Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season with temperature dropping down to minus 5.6 degrees. The hill resort of Gulmarg was at minus 9.6 degrees while Pahalgam recorded a night temperature […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
10 infants die in 2 days at Kota hospital; official says ‘not unusual’
The Jay Kay Lon hospital in Rajasthan’s Kota has ordered a probe after the death of 10 infants in two days. The hospital authorities said that six infants died on December 23 and four on December 24. The infants – five boys and five girls – aged between one day […]
Read Time : 4 Minutes
In 4 world capitals and UN, India to have new faces to represent country
Harsh Shringla’s appointment as the next foreign secretary has come against the backdrop of several Indian envoys in key world capitals and multilateral bodies being either set to retire or complete their terms, and he is expected to work closely with external affairs minister S Jaishankar to choose new officials […]
Read Time : 4 Minutes
Cong Odisha leader seen prepping for arson during protest on video. He defends
Pradip Majhi, working president of Congress in Odisha is under the scanner of police over allegations that he directed his party workers to set afire public properties with petrol and diesel over a protest on alleged gang rape and murder of a minor girl. Odisha PCC working president and former […]
Read Time : 4 Minutes
Row over Gen Rawat comment not his first. 5 times he courted controversy
Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Thursday triggered a controversy by publicly condemning those leading violent protests, asserting that leadership wasn’t about guiding people to carry out arson and violence, comments that were widely seen as being aimed at the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests across India. The comments by the […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Norwegian tourist questioned for taking part in anti-CAA protest in Kochi
Two days after a German student was forced to leave the country for participating in an anti-citizenship act protest in Chennai, a Norwegian tourist in Kochi in Kerala may face a similar fate. On Thursday, Foreign Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Kochi summoned 74-year-old Janne Mette-Johannson, who arrived from Norway […]
Read Time : 6 Minutes
Goodbye 2019: A year of extreme rainfall, highest cyclones and severe cold
The year 2019 may go down in Indian history as one having extreme climates – very hot summer, record extreme rainfall and very cold winter – in a single year. In between, there were simultaneous cyclones in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, a rare weather event. Already, the World Meteorological Organisation […]
Read Time : 1 Minutes
Amit Shah to address rally in Shimla today
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday will address a public rally in Shimla to commemorate BJP’s second year in power in the state. He will also be the chief guest at the ‘1st Ground Breaking Ceremony of Himachal Pradesh Global Investors’ Meet- 2019. Shimla police have made adequate arrangements […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
RTI activist Akhil Gogoi sent to judicial custody for 14 days
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here remanded peasant leader and Right To Information (RTI) activist Akhil Gogoi to 14 days in judicial custody on Thursday. The activist, who was arrested on December 12 on charges of sedition and criminal conspiracy, was remanded to 10 days of NIA custody […]
Read Time : 3 Minutes
Babri Masjid panel likely to move SC with curative plea
The Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC) is likely to file a curative petition in the Supreme Court against its November 9 verdict in the Ayodhya title suit that favoured the construction of a Ram temple on a disputed site in the holy town. The decision was taken at a meeting […]
Read Time : 5 Minutes
What BJP allies say on citizenship law, NRC
A fortnight after the BJP managed to convince its allies to vote for the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Parliament, bringing the legislation into force, the support for it seems to be waning. One of its oldest allies, the Shiromani Akali Dal, has now spoken against the National Register of […]