Bihar Assembly passes proposal to conduct caste-based census

Patna (IANS) The Bihar Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution to conduct a caste-based census in the state, officials said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was advocating conducting a caste-based census for a long time.
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Section 144 in northeast Delhi to continue till further order

New Delhi (IANS) After unprecedented violence in Delhi, prohibitory orders under Section 144 imposed in several parts of the national capital, will continue till further order, sources said on Wednesday.

Sources in the Delhi Police confirmed…

CWC begins without Rahul, Delhi violence victims remembered

New Delhi (IANS) The crucial Congress Working Committee meeting chaired by interim chief Sonia Gandhi began here on Wednesday without Rahul Gandhi, who was being expected to return to the helm soon.

Party leaders observed silence for two minutes…

US warns of rapid corona spread, suggests drastic measures

New York (IANS) US federal health officials have issued a grim warning about a "bad" spread of coronavirus and asked the nation to prepare for drastic actions like cancelling meetings as the disease was spreading its tentacle far beyond China.

Ensure no Pak territory is used to launch terror: Indo-US statement

New Delhi (IANS) The India-US joint statement sent out a stern warning to Islamabad asking it to ensure that no territory under Pakistan's control were to be used to launch terrorist attacks, and also expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators…

HC agrees to hear plea for inquiry into Delhi violence

New Delhi (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday agreed to hear in the afternoon a plea for a judicial inquiry into the violence in northeast Delhi since Sunday and directed a senior Delhi Police officer to be present during the hearing.

"Make…

Global recession likely if COVID-19 becomes pandemic: Moody's

New York (IANS) A global recession is likely if COVID-19 becomes a pandemic, and the odds of that are uncomfortably high and rising with infections surging in Italy and Korea, Moody's Analytics said on Wednesday.

In a commentary on the…

Sonia demands Amit Shah's resignation

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress Working Committee met on Wednesday and after deliberations for more than two hours, the interim party president Sonia Gandhi demanded that Home Minister Amit Shah should resign following his "colossal failure" in controlling…

NIA conducts raids on JeM militant in Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) National Investigation Agency (NIA) along with the teams of Jammu and Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) conducted raids at multiple locations at Pulwama in south Kashmir on Wednesday morning.

According to…

NSA Doval reaches Seelampur, holds meet with Delhi top cop

New Delhi (IANS) Taking account of the widespread violence in North-East Delhi, the National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik reached Seelampur area on Tuesday night.

The two had a meeting with…