New Delhi: A passenger aircraft will leave India today for Wuhan city in Hubei province of China to bring back stranded Indians in the midst of a raging coronavirus outbreak, government sources said. The Boeing 747 will take off from Mumbai and make a brief stop in Delhi, from where the Chinese city is six hours
K.A.Viswanathan Mumbai: To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba as well as 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh, the SIES College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Sion jointly with the college Past Students’ Association and the Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Matunga organized a three-day Centennial Trinity BA- BAPU- BAGH from January 28 to 30.
India registered its first positive case of novel infection with coronavirus in Kerala, a statement from the Ministry of Health said. The patient, a student of the Wuhan University, is stable and in isolation at a hospital, the government said.
New Delhi: An unidentified man opened fire this afternoon at people protesting the citizenship law near Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University, causing chaos and panic in the area. One college student was injured. Despite a huge contingent of armed police officers, the whole incident unfolded in riot gear, just meters away from the man. The man has
Wayanad : On Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi drew a comparison between Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, and Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, claiming both believe in the same philosophy. Rahul today led a mass protest march against the Citizenship Amendment Act at his Lok Sabha constituency, Kalpetta in Wayanad, to ' Save the Constitution. ' Remembering
New Delhi: Two days before the hanging of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya trial, one of them has appealed to a Delhi court to place the execution on hold. This is the latest in a series of appeals the convicts have submitted in their efforts to delay their death sentence. Akshay Singh went to court
In a major diplomatic win for India, the Parliament of the European Union (EU) has postponed to March 2 the date for the debate of resolutions tabled by several groups of lawmakers against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). "Following a decision by MEPs at the opening of today's Plenary session in Brussels, the vote on the
JD(U) vice president Prashant Kishor had been expelled from the party headed by Nitish Kumar. In addition, secretary general Pavan Varma was also expelled. Both leaders blamed Party President Nitish Kumar and Bihar Chief Minister for endorsing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Population Register (NPR).
On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2020, which seeks to raise the limit for terminating pregnancy from 20 to 24 weeks if passed in parliament. The bill is intended to amend the Legal Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 and will be presented at the parliament's upcoming budget session. It will
On Wednesday the Supreme Court rejected the petition filed by 2012 Delhi gangrape convict Mukesh Singh against the President's denial of mercy petition. The three-judge bench of Justice R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushanpronounced the judgment, stating that alleged torture can not be a basis, all records were put before the President and he had taken them