Day: January 28, 2020

Modi govt tarnished India’s image, deterred investors: Rahul

Jaipur, Jan 28: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Narendra Modi government of tarnishing India’s image as a country where peace prevailed and urged the youth not to let their voice be suppressed. Targeting the youth, the former Congress president blamed the BJP-led government of creating […]

Mamata wields paintbrush to protest against CAA, NRC

Kolkata, Jan 28: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, along with other artists, took up the brush on Tuesday and created paintings to express dissent against the amended Citizenship Act and proposed NRC exercise. The CM, on the occasion, urged people to carry out peaceful protests against the citizenship […]

Peace accord to fulfil aspirations of Bodos, non-Bodos: Himanta

Guwahati, Jan 28: The Bodo Peace Accord has fulfilled the aspirations of Bodos and non-Bodos living in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) and reaffirmed the territorial integrity of Assam, state minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday. Earlier when the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) was created with the signing […]

Brought CAA to correct historical injustice: PM Modi

New Delhi, Jan 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the government has brought the Citizenship Amendment Act to correct “historical injustice” and to fulfil the BJP’s “old promise” to religious minorities living in neighbouring countries Speaking at the Annual Prime Minister’s National Cadet Corps (NCC) Rally 2020, […]

1 point from defeat 7 times, Federer wins Australian Open QF

MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer was not going to go gently, of course, no matter how daunting the number of match points — his opponent accumulated seven! — no matter how achy his 38-year-old legs, no matter how slow his serves, no matter how off-target his groundstrokes. Federer […]

Pilot of Bryant helicopter tried to avoid heavy fog

CALABASAS, Calif. — A veteran pilot who plunged into a Los Angeles-area hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, had tried to avoid fog so heavy that it had grounded police choppers, authorities said. But even experienced pilots may have only seconds to act when they are blinded […]

IS tries to stage comeback amid rising US-Iran tensions

BEIRUT — The Islamic State group’s self-styled “caliphate” across parts of Iraq and Syria seemed largely defeated last year, with the loss of its territory, the killing of its founder in a U.S. raid and an unprecedented crackdown on its social media propaganda machine. But tensions between the […]

China counts 106 virus deaths as US, others move to evacuate

BEIJING — China’s death toll from a new viral disease that is causing mounting global concern rose by 25 to at least 106 on Tuesday as the United States and other governments prepared to fly their citizens out of the locked-down city at center of the outbreak. The […]

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