New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Announcing that they will be filing an FIR on Sunday’s campus intrusion and assaults on students by Delhi police, the Jamia Millia University authorities have demanded a thorough inquiry into the entire episode. The authorities came down heavily on the Delhi police forcibly entering the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar on Monday took to Twitter to clarify that he had earlier “accidentally” liked a tweet by Jamia Millia Islamia University students. Even while several of his Bollywood colleagues lashed out at the authorities over the tension at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University,[Read More…]
Lucknow, Dec 16 (IANS) Aparna Yadav, the younger daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, has, once again, crossed the party line to announce her support to the Centre’s National Register of Citizens (NRC). She has also raised questions on those who are opposing NRC. It is noteworthy that[Read More…]
Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday administered a pledge to people not to allow any National Register of Citizens exercise and implementation of the new citizenship law (CAA) in the state as she hit the streets to lead a huge[Read More…]
Sydney, Dec 16 (IANS) Australian authorities on Monday issued fresh warnings about a “mega blaze” after it spread beyond containment lines and razed 20 houses near Sydney. The mega blaze, also known as the Gospers Mountain fire, burning over about 400,000 hectares, has moved further into the Blue Mountains –[Read More…]
London, Dec 16 (IANS) Hassan Nawaz, the son of ailing former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has said that it would be difficult for his father to fly to the US for further treatment until his platelet count stabilised. He made the remarks to the media in London on Sunday,[Read More…]
Sydney, Dec 16 (IANS) Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has maintained her innocence after testing positive in July to the banned substance, Ligandrol, a non-steroid anabolic agent popular with bodybuilders. In a tearful interview with Channel 10 on Sunday night, the 21-year-old said that the positive test result may have been[Read More…]
Chennai, Dec 16 (IANS) College students in Tamil Nadu on Monday protested against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, expressing solidarity with students of Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi who had clashed with the police. Members of Students Federation of India (SFI) protested outside the Chennai Suburban Railway Terminal against the Citizenship[Read More…]
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Wellington, Dec 16 (IANS) A one minute silence was on Monday observed all across New Zealand to remember the 16 victims of Whakaari/White Island volcano, which erupted last week. The minute of silence was held at 2.11 p.m. (local time), the same time the volcano erupted on December 9, reports[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Delhi Metro services return to normalcy after twelve metro stations were shut on Sunday, due to ensuing violence in the national capital. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) that runs the metro services in the capital said in a security update on Monday: “Entry &[Read More…]
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Bengaluru, Dec 16 (IANS) Priyam Garg, who will be leading India in their title defence at the ICC U-19 World Cup, has insisted that there’s no pressure on him and all that he is thinking is to take the team forward and how to navigate it out of difficult situations[Read More…]
Agartala, Dec 16 (IANS) Different tribal based parties including a CPI-M’s frontal body and Tripura’s royal scion have decided to move the apex court against the new Citizenship Amendment Act, claiming that the new law is against the interest of the people of the northeast. Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) After retail inflation, the prices of essential commodities especially food items such as vegetables showed a massive rise in November on wholesale basis. Accordingly, India’s annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices jumped to 0.58 per cent in November from 0.16 per cent in[Read More…]
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Chennai, Dec 16 (IANS) India opener Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard have always been known for sharing banters on the field and the recent of it happened during the first ODI between India and West Indies at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here. The incident took place in the 7th over[Read More…]
Lahore, Dec 16 (IANS) The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday issued a notice to the Pakistan government on former President Pervez Musharraf’s application urging the former to stay the high treason case proceedings pending before a special court in Islamabad. Musharraf in his application has asked the LHC to[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday gave a stern message to the rioting students across the country who are protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and said the top court will not be held to ransom or be bullied as it set the date for[Read More…]
Prayagraj, Dec 16 (IANS) In a major jolt to Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan, the Allahabad High Court has set aside the election of his son, Abdullah Azam, to the Uttar Pradesh assembly. The court ruled on Monday that Abdullah Azam had produced fake documents about his age during[Read More…]
Tokyo, Dec 16 (IANS) Authorities in the Japanese city of Hiroshima have planned to demolish two buildings that survived the 1945 atomic bomb, but some locals want them preserved as landmarks, it was reported on Monday. The two buildings, built in 1913, were first used as a military clothing factory,[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Shares of the state-run Punjab National Bank(PNB) on Monday fell nearly 3 per cent on the BSE after under it reported bad loans by Rs 2,617 crore for the last fiscal. Gross non performing assets(NPA) according to the RBI, as on March 31 was Rs 81,089.70[Read More…]
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