Noble laureate and child right activist Kailash Satyarthi on Tuesday termed the incident “shameful” and “disgraceful”. “Attacks on JNU students by masked goons is utterly shameful. If our daughters aren’t safe in girls hostels of universities like JNU and Jamia, there is nothing more disgraceful,” Kailash Satyarthi told IANS. “Whoever these attackers are they can’t be students. All students organisations must oppose violence,” he added. Widespread violence broke out in JNU on Sunday with students, including girls, were assaulted in their hostel rooms by masked miscreants wielding wooden and iron rods. They also vandalised other properties. JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh…
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“My government is very optimistic in resuming mining operations in Goa during the ensuing season, thereby rejuvenating state’s economy and lives of citizens. The government has left no stone unturned to explore all possible ways and means of resumption of mining in Goa,” Malik said in his address during the one-day session of the Assembly on Tuesday. Malik also said that the Goa government was “exploring all possibilities” and lawful options to resume the mining industry. Mining in Goa was banned 2018 by the Supreme Court on account of irregularities in the sector. The state government is currently in consultation…
One Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist was killed on Tuesday in an encounter with security forces in Awantipora of South Kashmir after a 40-day gap since the last encounter, police said. The slain militant Zahid Hassan Gadhanji of Anantnag had joined the terror ranks only a few days ago and refused to surrender as the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army and CRPF was carrying out a joint operation in the Charsoo area.
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said here that the ongoing “protests are influenced by pirated propaganda”. Naqvi said that constitutional, religious, social rights of every Indian were absolutely safe. There is no threat or question mark to citizenship of any Indian due to the Citizenship Amendment Bill or any other legislation. Speaking to reporters Naqvi said that the protests are conspiracy by some people to disturb the fabric of communal harmony and unity of the country through “philosophy of Jhuthmev Jayate” which will “definitely be defeated”. These “protests influenced by pirated propaganda” were…
Smoke from the raging bushfires in Australia, considered to be the worst of the past century having destroyed some 15 million acres, has reached Chile after travelling more than 11,000 km over the Pacific Ocean. A meteorological trough – a barometric depression that penetrates between two zones of high atmospheric pressure – is suspected to have been the conduit through which the smoke crossed the Pacific to the South American continent. Meteorologist Edita Amador told Efe news on Monday that the smoke was especially visible in central Chile, where mist has covered the sky that under normal circumstances would be…
In a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that New Delhi will continue to work with Washington for enhancing cooperation in all areas of mutual interest. Though a Ministry of External Affairs Ministry statement said that the Monday call was made to convey New Year greetings, it came following the US airstrike, which was ordered by Trump, that killed Iranian intelligence chief and Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and other military officials last week in Iraq. Incidentally, Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar on Sunday held phone conversations with Foreign Ministers of Iran, the…
Delhi Police has filed an FIR against JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh and 19 others for vandalising the server room in the JNU campus. Ghosh, who appeared on national TV on Sunday evening with blood soaked face and with a bandage on Monday, is now been alleged to have played a key role in the violence in JNU, which took place on Sunday. She has been booked under Sections 341, 323, 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and various sections of Prevention of Damage to Public property Act, 1984. Apart from her, Saket Moon, Satish Yadav, Sarika Chaudhury, among others,…
The much-awaited Lucknow Mahotsav, scheduled to be held from January 17, has been indefinitely postponed due to ‘unavoidable circumstances’. The postponement came barely hours after the district officials held a press conference to release the posters and logo of the Mahotsav, which has been an annual event for the past four decades. District Magistrate, Abhishek Prakash said that the decision has been taken after meeting with higher officers later in the evening. He, however, did not cite any specific reason; while other administrative officers said the event has been postponed due to security reasons. “We are preparing for the Defence…
Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Monday arrested a key suspect who was involved in the attack on the Nankana Sahib Gurdwara carried out by a Muslim mob, trapping Sikh devotees inside the shrine. District Police Officer Ismailur Rehman said that suspect Imran projected personal dispute as a religious issue and used it to deliver hate speech, The Express Tribune said in a report. The suspect also posted the religious slur on social media after which the local administration took action on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s directive and arrested Imran, who was leading the protest on January 3 in the…
Bangladesh’s total exports in the first half of the current 2019-20 fiscal year (July 2019-June 2020) reached over $19 billion, down 5.84 per cent year on year, official data revealed on Monday. According to the country’s Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data, Bangladesh fetched $19,302.16 million from exports in the first six months of the current fiscal year, reports Xinhua news agency. The EPB data showed export performance for December was $3.53 billion, 2.89 per cent lower than that in the same month a year ago. A Bureau official said overall export income plunged as earnings from garment items have been…