Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:49:03
New Delhi: The government has asked public sector undertakings to dissuade their employees from participating in the 'Bharat Bandh' called on Wednesday and advised them to prepare a contingency plan to ensure smooth functioning of the enterprises.
Ten central trade unions have said around 25 crore people will participate in the nationwide strike to protest against the government's "anti-people"
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Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:46:30
Tehran: A stampede erupted on Tuesday at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a US airstrike last week, killing 35 people and injuring 48 others, state television reported.
According to the report, the stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as the procession got underway. Initial videos posted online showed people lying life
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Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:41:53
Patharpratima: Contending that she was the custodian of people's rights, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she would not let anyone harm their interests.
Asserting that the agitation against National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) would go on as long as necessary, Banerjee said that she would do everything in her power to protect the p
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Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:37:25
Mumbai, Jan 7 (PTI) Protest against the JNU violence was called off here on Tuesday after the demonstrators were shifted from the Gateway of India to Azad Maidan, police said.
In the morning, several protesters, including students and women, were taken in police vans from the iconic Gateway of India in south Mumbai as roads were getting blocked and people, including tourists, were facing proble
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Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:26:16
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday said it has launched a special drive for removal of speed breakers from national highways to ensure hassle free movement of vehicles, specially at toll plazas.
Electronic toll collection through FASTag has been implemented from December 15, 2019 to provide commotion-free movement on highways.
"A special drive has been initiated for removal of all sorts of
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Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:24:20
Moments after a Delhi court issued death warrant against all four convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya Delhi gang-rape case, Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the judgement saying that her daughter has got justice and the order will strengthen the trust of people in the judicial system. "Absolutely. Execution of the four convicts will empower the women of the country. This de
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Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:22:36
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned for two weeks a plea seeking to reopen a 2010 corruption case related to land grabbing in Bengaluru against Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa during his earlier tenure and Congress leader DK Shivakumar.
A bench headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice SA Bobde said NGO Samaj Parivartan Samudaya cannot piggyback and asked its lawyer Prashant Bhushan to s
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Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:21:13
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said that the Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) should resign if he has any shame left.
"The attack on JNU was carried out by aliens from planet Mars and Venus, who landed in Delhi, attacked the students and left in the same space ship. If the Vice-Chancellor has any shame left he should leave JNU as he is not only a Vice-Chancellor but
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Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:18:08
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday slammed the BJP-led central government over the violence at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and accused it of encouraging such acts. "When students inside universities are not safe then nobody is. The government is encouraging such violence," Azad told ANI while speaking about the JNU violence.
On Sunday evening, more than 30 students of t
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