The protestors at Shaheen Bagh had vacated the protest site due to heavy rain that lashed out in the national capital. To protect themselves from the rain, protesters took shelter in corridors of the showrooms. “We have not vacated the protest site, but taken shelter in the showrooms to escape the rain. The Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors Sanjay Hegde and Sadhna Ramachandran on Tuesday requested protesters to vacate the site as the Holi gift to the commuters. They were there to initiate second round of talks with protestors. “We expect that our sisters will send love to India on the occasion…
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Former Solicitor General Harish Salve expressed his opinion in favour of the CAA. In a leading Salve in an article in a leading national daily said the principle of equality would not result in taking away the power of making classification from the state. “If a law deals equally with members of a defined class, it is not open to the charge of denial of equal protection on the ground that it has no application to other persons,” said Salve citing that CAA’s avowed objective is to enable conferment of Indian citizenship upon members of minority communities who hail from…
In the wake of the Coronavirus spread in the National Capital region, the AAP government announced on Thursday that all primary schools in Delhi will remain closed till March 31. To prevent the possibility of spread of Coronavirus, the Delhi government has ordered the immediate closure of primary schools in the National Capital till March 31, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was quoted as saying on Thursday. All Delhi government, aided, private schools and those run by civic bodies will remain shut, said Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio. Many parents welcomed the move. It is a good…
One of the four missing Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh has sent his resignation letter to state assembly Speaker NP Prajapati. In the letter, Hardeep Dang said despite getting the people’s mandate for a second time, he is constantly being ignored by the party. “None of the ministers are ready to work as they are part of a corrupt government,” his letter read. Hardeep Dang was one of the 10 MLAs who were allegedly spirited away by the BJP in an effort to bring down the government on Tuesday. The Congress said it managed to recover six of the MLAs…
The nineteenth century ruler of the Sikh Empire in India, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, has beaten competition from around the world to be named the “Greatest Leader of All Time” in a poll conducted by ‘BBC World Histories Magazine”. In the popular poll conducted by BBC, over 5,000 readers voted for Maharaja Ranjit Singh for creating a new tolerant empire. In the second place, with 25 per cent of the vote, is African Independence Fighter Amílcar Cabral, who united more than 1 million Guineans to free themselves from Portuguese occupation and in turn, propelled many other colonised African countries to rise…
Greece has repulsed nearly 35,000 migrants trying to cross onto its territory illegally since Turkey opened its border nearly a week ago, government sources said on Thursday, as it prepares to deport hundreds of others who made it through. Thousands of migrants have made for Greece since Ankara said on February 28 that it would let migrants cross its borders into Europe, reneging on a commitment to hold them on its territory under a 2016 deal with the European Union (EU). Ankara has accused Greek forces of shooting dead four migrants, a charge rejected by Athens, which says Turkish forces…
The US death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 on Wednesday as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles, while Seattle-area health officials discouraged social gatherings amid the nation’s largest outbreak. The first California death from the virus was an elderly person in Placer County, near Sacramento, health officials said. The person had underlying health problems and likely had been exposed on a cruise ship voyage between San Francisco and Mexico last month. It was the first coronavirus fatality in the United States outside of Washington state, where 10 people have died in a cluster of…
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an agreement with Ivory Coast for cooperation in the field of health. The areas of cooperation will include exchange and training of medical doctors, officials, other health professionals and experts in the field of advanced medical technology, nuclear medicine, renal transplantation, cardiac surgery, hemodialysis and medical research and regulation of drugs and pharmaceutical products, an official statement said. It will also include assistance in development of human resources and setting up of health care facilities, management of healthcare sector and public health services including medical evacuations, procurement of generic and essential drugs and assistance…
Tahir Hussain, suspended Aam Aadmi Party leader, accused in the murder of an Intelligence Bureau employee, was arrested today after a Delhi court rejected his plea to surrender. The politician is accused of murder, rioting and arson. But the court refused to accept his request to surrender, saying it was not in its jurisdiction. He was subsequently taken away by the Delhi Police, and is currently being questioned, sources said. Tahir Hussain was charged after the body of Ankit Sharma was recovered last week from a drain in northeast Delhi’s Jaffrabad, one of the worst-hit areas in the violence over…
Former India spinner Sunil Joshi was on Wednesday named chairman of the national selection panel by the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), which also picked ex-pacer Harvinder Singh for a place in the five-member group. The CAC, comprising Madan Lal, R P Singh and Sulakshana Naik, picked the two selectors with Joshi replacing South Zone representative MSK Prasad. In an unprecedented decision, the BCCI said the CAC will review the panel’s performance after one year and make recommendations accordingly. “The committee recommended Mr Sunil Joshi for the role of Chairman of the senior men’s selection committee. The CAC will review…