With 38 people killed and more than 250 people injured so far in the unprecedented violence that took place in northeast Delhi since Sunday evening, as armed mobs rampaged, looting and burning buildings, victims are left with only tales of horror to recount. “We jumped from the first floor with dupattas wrapped around our bodies…
GDP growth rate at 4.7% in October-December quarter
The GDP growth was recorded at 4.7% in October-December quarter, according to data released by National Statistical Organisation on Friday. The government has also revised the growth estimate for the previous July-September quarter from 4.5% to 5.1% . The Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index had earlier increased to 52.7 in December 2019, the highest since…
ISIS now using viral image of Muslim man beaten up in Delhi riots to call for ‘retaliation’
New Delhi: A viral image of a Muslim man being beaten up by a mob during the communal riots in Northeast Delhi has been shared by the ISIS, calling for retaliatory action in ‘Wilayat al-Hind’, which is the terror group’s ‘province’ in India. Unsurprisingly, the viral image of a Muslim man being beaten by a Hindu…
Maharashtra to bring in law to give Muslims 5% quota in education
The Maharashtra government will bring in a law to give five per cent reservation to Muslims in educational institutes, state minister for minority affairs Nawab Malik said in the Legislative Council Friday. ‘The Bombay High Court has upheld the five per cent reservation in educational institutes given to Muslims in 2014. The government will soon…
Shivajirao Bhosale Cooperative Bank depositors in despair: ‘An earthquake in my life’
As police probe the alleged Rs 71-crore fraud in Shivajirao Bhosale Cooperative Bank, stories of its 95,000 depositors include those of a septuagenarian whose life’s earnings are now frozen, a single mother forced to take a loan to pay for her daughter’s wedding and a family whose belongings were washed away in the September 2019…
United Kingdom has 19 confirmed coronavirus cases
The United Kingdom now has 19 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus after Wales identified its first case and two new cases were found in England, health authorities said on Friday. “The total number of UK cases is 19,” the health ministry said. stay connected with us! For more updates LIKE SHARE and SUBSCRIBE if you…
Kapil Dev reveals what MS Dhoni needs to do to get back into Team India’s T20I World Cup squad
Former Team India skipper Kapil Dev has expressed his thoughts on MS Dhoni’s possibilities inclusion in the Men In Blue squad for the upcoming ICC 2020 T20 World Cup. Dev urged Dhoni to play more matches to boost his chances to be picked in the World Cup squad. “As a cricketer, it all depends on…
Risk of escalation in Syria grows hourly without urgent action -UN
Smoke billows after a reported government air strike on Maaret al-Numan in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, the country’s last major opposition bastion. PHOTO: AFPsyria The United Nations on Thursday called for urgent action in northwest Syria, warning that “the risk of greater escalation grows by the hour.” “The Secretary-General reiterates his call for an immediate…
Deadly coronavirus has ‘pandemic potential’, says WHO; global recession looms as stock markets tank
New Delhi: With over a dozen countries reporting their first confirmed cases of Novel Coronavirus in less than 48 hours, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the deadly outbreak has the potential to turn into a pandemic. The warning has also come in the wake of rising death toll due to the virus which…
BJP worried after JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar meets RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for the second time in 48 hours
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one of the ruling alliance partners in Bihar, is treading cautiously and keeping an eye over the fast-changing political developments in the state. The saffron camp is more worried after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held another round of meeting with Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, the second such meet…
Don’t preach us rajdharma, look in the mirror, Ravi Shankar Prasad accuses Sonia Gandhi of inciting remarks
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad hit out at Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and other Congress leaders saying they should not try to preach “rajdharma” to the government as the Congress leaders themselves have been inciting people with provocative statements. Addressing a press conference on Friday, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Please don’t preach us rajdharma….
Don’t preach us rajdharma, look in the mirror, Ravi Shankar Prasad accuses Sonia Gandhi of inciting remarks
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad hit out at Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and other Congress leaders saying they should not try to preach “rajdharma” to the government as the Congress leaders themselves have been inciting people with provocative statements. Addressing a press conference on Friday, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Please don’t preach us rajdharma….
Don’t preach us rajdharma, look in the mirror, Ravi Shankar Prasad accuses Sonia Gandhi of inciting remarks
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad hit out at Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and other Congress leaders saying they should not try to preach “rajdharma” to the government as the Congress leaders themselves have been inciting people with provocative statements. Addressing a press conference on Friday, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Please don’t preach us rajdharma….
Congress bid to rope in Asom Gana Parishad
The Opposition Congress is trying to get the AGP in the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act mix in the state Assembly to check the ruling BJP in the March 29 Rajya Sabha polls. This became clear when Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, urged the AGP to vote for an anti-CAA candidate in…
Coronavirus outbreak: Mukesh Ambani loses $5 billion in notional terms; Adani, Birla also lose big
The ripple effects of coronavirus outbreak, on the back of fears that it may turn into a pandemic, has adversely affected the wealth of top Indian billionaires. As highlighted by a report in Economic Times, India’s and Asia’s richest man, Reliance Industries’ chairman Mukesh Ambani, lost $5 billion of his wealth till date in notional…