New Delhi: Suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain, who has been arrested for his alleged involvement in Delhi riots, broke down during interrogation by the police in custody on Saturday (March 7, 2020). The Special Investigation Team (SIT) said that Tahir is not cooperating in carrying forward the investigation. Earlier on Sunday, police…

The Delhi Crime Branch on Sunday arrested Riyasat Ali, Tarik Rizwi and Liyaqat Ali for their alleged involvement in the massive violence that shook the North-Eastern part of Delhi. Accused Riyasat and Liyaqat are father-son in relationship and according to police they are involved in the Chand Bagh violence. The crime branch also said that…

KANNUR: As she climbs coconut trees to tap toddy everyday, the thoughts about her brother Ratheeshan, who died falling from a coconut tree while tapping toddy, comes to her mind. “Every time, without fail,” says C Sheeja, 34, the toddy tapping tribal woman of Panniyode, near Kannavam. She is the first woman toddy tapper in…

New Delhi: ‘Main aman chahta hu’ (I want peace), said an 11-year-old Ahmed* at the Mustafabad relief camp here. When I asked him if he knew what ‘aman’ meant, he said right away — ‘Hindu-Muslim brotherhood. I want everyone to get calm. Because only then can we all go home, right?’ These wise words were coming…

Delhi, March 8: Former Union Law Minister and senior Indian National Congress leader Hansraj Bhardwaj died after suffering cardiac arrest at a hospital in New Delhi on Sunday evening. Bhardwaj breathed his last at the Max Hospital, Saket, where he was admitted last week due to kidney-related issues. He was the Governor of Karnataka from 2009…

Vatican City: Pope Francis will deliver his Angelus Prayer and the General Audience behind closed doors and via livestream to avoid large crowds gathering at the St. Peter’s Square here amid the coronavirus outbreak which has infected one person in Vatican City. Matteo Bruni, the director of the Vatican’s press office, told Efe news on Saturday…

The Delhi Police on Sunday detained a couple who was allegedly linked to the Islamic State’s Khorasan module from south Delhi’s Jamia Nagar for instigating anti-CAA riots in the national capital. They have been identified as Jahanjeb Sami and his wife Hina Bashir Beg, said Pramod Singh Kushwah, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell). “They were involved in…

Rome: Italy’s prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country’s population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe’s outbreak. Shortly after midnight, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree affecting about 16 million people in the country’s prosperous north, including…

New Delhi, Mar 8: The Delhi government has ordered DTC and cluster buses, metro and hospitals to be disinfected on a regular basis as a precautionary measure to deal with the novel coronavirus, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said 168 isolation beds had been set up at 25 hospitals…

For her 100th birthday, Ruth Bryant crossed a significant item off her bucket list. She went to jail. The Person County Sheriff’s Office helped fulfill Bryant’s unusual wish when two deputies showed up at her assisted living facility to serve her a warrant charging her with indecent exposure, news outlets reported. The two deputies handcuffed…