Day: January 22, 2019

Another woman seeks Cal HC nod to abort pregnancy

Kolkata, Jan 22: A woman Tuesday moved the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to abort her 25-week old foetus due to medical complications. Hearing the plea of the woman and her husband, Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty directed her to appear before a medical board of state-run SSKM Hospital on Thursday […]

BJP using EVMs to suppress voice of opposition: Akhilesh

Lucknow, Jan 22: Latching on to the claim by a US-based cyber expert that the 2014 Lok Sabha elections were “rigged”, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday questioned the use of electronic voting machines when even the more advanced nations were not using them. He said the Bharatiya Janata […]

EC writes to Delhi Police seeking FIR against self-proclaimed cyber expert

New Delhi, Jan 22: The Election Commission on Tuesday asked the Delhi Police to lodge an FIR against a self-proclaimed cyber expert for his claims that the 2014 Lok Sabha polls were rigged and the EVMs can be hacked. In its letter, the EC said Syed Shuja has allegedly […]

Trump’s proposal to break budget deadlock falls flat

WASHINGTON  — Senate Republicans have released a measure designed around President Donald Trump’s proposal for breaking a budget impasse, its centerpiece his demand for $5.7 billion to build a southern border wall all but guaranteeing Democratic opposition and no foreseeable end to a partial government shutdown. As the […]

Former India hockey player Raghbir Bhola passes away

New Delhi :  Former India hockey player Raghbir Singh Bhola, a two-time Olympic medallist, has passed away aged 92, his family said Tuesday. Bhola, who breathed his last on Monday, represented India in the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics, winning a gold and silver medals respectively for the […]

Raje targets Raj govt over swine flu menace

Kota (Raj) :  Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje attacked the Congress government over its “failure” to tackle swine flu menace in the state. A total of 49 people have died of the H1N1 flu in the state this year and 1,233 people have been found positive. “Had the […]

Former India hockey player Raghbir Bhola passes away

New Delhi : Former India hockey player Raghbir Singh Bhola, a two-time Olympic medallist, has passed away aged 92, his family said Tuesday. Bhola, who breathed his last on Monday, represented India in the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics, winning a gold and silver medals respectively for the […]

AP govt to provide 5 pc quota for Kapus out of 10 pc EWS

Amaravati (AP) : The Andhra Pradesh government Tuesday decided to earmark five per cent reservation for upper caste Kapus out of the ten per cent quota for economically weaker sections provided by the Centre recently. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who made the announcement, said the state government had […]

PM targets Cong at NRI meet, says BJP govt stopped loot

Varanasi :  Taking on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said the party that ruled for so long made no effort to plug corruption despite a former prime minister identifying the malady, while the BJP ended “85 per cent of the loot” in four-and-a-half years. Without naming Rajiv […]

Traffic snarls due to rain in Delhi

New Delhi :  Waterlogging due to heavy rains led to traffic congestions at major intersections in the national capital Tuesday. According to information provided by the Delhi Traffic Police on its official Twitter handle, smooth movement of traffic was disrupted at Karala Chowk, Malviya Nagar, Modi Mill flyover, and […]

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