BJP hits back at Sonia, says 'dont preach us raj dharma'

New Delhi (IANS) Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday hit out at the Congress and its interim President Sonia Gandhi for their stand on Citizenship Amendment Act, urging her "not to preach raj dharma".

Reminding letters written by Ashok…

No lesson learnt: Media again handles evidences before forensics

New Delhi (IANS) A day after the Delhi Police registered a case against AAP's Nehru Vihar councilor Tahir Hussain and also sealed his house in Chand Bagh area here, a team of forensics reached the site to collect evidence.

This was though…

S.N. Shrivastava gets additional charge of Delhi CP

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre on Friday gave additional charge of Delhi Police Commissioner to senior IPS officer S.N. Shrivastava with effect from March 1 and until further orders with incumbent Amulya Patnaik retiring on Saturday.

The government's…

Restrictions eased in NE Delhi for 10 hours

New Delhi (IANS) Prohibitory orders were relaxed for 10 hours view of improvements in the ground situation on Friday in the riot-hit northeast districts which claimed 38 lives and left over 200 injured.

The decision to relax Section 144 of…

Coronavirus fear tanks Sensex over 1,100 points, Nifty 335

Mumbai (IANS) The Indian stocks market crashed early on Friday, with the Sensex falling 1,100 points as coronavirus fears deepened.

At 9.50 a.m., the BSE Sensex was trading at 38,597.53, lower by 1,148.13 points or 2.89 per cent from the previous…

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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COVID-19: Death toll rises to 26 in Iran

Tehran (IANS) The outbreak of coronavirus, officially named COVID-19, in Iran has affected 245 people whereas the death toll so far is 26, Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced on Thursday.

Kianush Jahanpur, head of…

Petrol bombs, acid found in AAP councillor's home in Chand Bagh

New Delhi (IANS) The house of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) municipal councillor from Nehru Vihar, Tahir Hussain, in Chand Bagh still has a number of petrol bomb bottles, acid pouches, and stones scattered on the rooftop and inside.

Hussain's…

Residents in groups keep night vigil in northeast Delhi areas

New Delhi (IANS) After three days of violence in different parts of northeast Delhi since Sunday, local residents kept a vigil during Wednesday night in their respective localities.

In Maujpur, which along with Babarpur, and Kabir Nagar were…

Death toll climbs to 33 in Delhi's deadly mayhem

New Delhi (IANS) The death toll has climbed to 33 in the deadliest violence in the national capital in decades after clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters turned violent in northeast Delhi since last Sunday, officials said on Thursday.

According…