Spread the love Photo credit: AP Thousands of Greenlanders marched through snow- and ice-covered streets on Saturday in what is being described as the largest coordinated protests the Arctic island has seen. The mass rally was aimed at rejecting renewed pressure from US President Donald Trump to take control of the territory and voicing support for Greenland’s self-rule.In Nuuk, the...
‘Guardians of Constitution’: Mamata urges CJI to save democracy – what she said
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126636775,imgsize-1628762,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72/cm-mamata-banerjee-urges-cji-to-save-democracy-stop-agencies-from-defaming-citizens.jpg" alt="‘You are guardians of Constitution’: CM Mamata Banerjee urges CJI to save democracy, stop agencies from defaming citizens" title=" CM Mamata Banerjee urges CJI to save democracy, stop agencies from defaming citizens ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> CM Mamata Banerjee urges CJI to save democracy, stop agencies from defaming citizens JALPAIGURI/KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday...
‘Beautiful woman distracts…’: Congress MLA ‘rape’ theory remark sparks row
Spread the love BHOPAL: Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya caused outrage with his remarks on Friday that on seeing a beautiful woman “one can get distracted and rape may follow”. The MLA had then continued in the same appalling manner, saying that women from the SC, ST and OBC communities are “not beautiful” but were raped because of what he...
Maha poll ‘tie-up’ talk: Owaisi rules out BJP-NDA alliance; AIMIM corporators told to withdraw
Spread the love HYDERABAD: Drawing a firm political line, AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi Saturday categorically ruled out any alliance with the BJP or NDA, asserting that the party’s ideological position was non-negotiable.Seeking to contain damage caused by a local episode in Maharashtra, Owaisi said he had directed five AIMIM corporators in Akot nagar parishad to withdraw support...
First time in 232 years! Pak cricket team pulls off lowest successful run defence
Spread the love Cricket accessories (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: A remarkable piece of cricketing history unfolded in the ongoing Presidents Trophy as Pakistan TV (PTV) shattered a 232-year-old record by registering the lowest successful run defence ever seen in first-class cricket.In an extraordinary finish, PTV defended a target of just 40 runs against Sui Northern Gas, winning the match by...
Delhi blast probe: ED flags ‘terror-linked faculty’ at Al-Falah; assets seized
Spread the love Dr Shaheen Shahid, one of the Al-Falah University doctors arrested for the Delhi terror plot, had applied for a passport and was, according to investigators. NEW DELHI: Red Fort suicide bomber Dr Umar Nabi and two of his colleagues at Al-Falah University of Faridabad, Dr Muzammil and Dr Shaheen, were among several faculty and staff at the...
‘Cautious approach’: After marker row, SEC to revert to bottled indelible ink
Spread the love PUNE: The State Election Commission (SEC) will return to traditional bottled indelible ink for the upcoming zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections on Feb 5, following controversy over marker pens used in recent municipal corporation polls, which allegedly left erasable marks, sparking concerns of bogus voting.“We will use indelible ink bottles instead of marker pens for the...
In poll-bound Bengal, PM Modi blames demographic imbalance for violence
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126634247,imgsize-721811,width-400,resizemode-4/article-35.jpg" alt="In poll-bound Bengal, PM Modi blames demographic imbalance for violence" title=" PM Modi ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> KOLKATA/MALDA: PM Narendra Modi brought up the issue of recurring violence in Bengal’s Murshidabad during his rally in neighbouring Malda district Saturday, specifying demographic imbalance and infiltration as the underlying causes.Murshidabad’s Beldanga continued to see vandalism as highways and...
‘He was screaming for help’: Techie drowns as car falls into pit in Noida; here’s what happened
Spread the love NOIDA: A 27-year-old software engineer drowned after his SUV went through a damaged boundary wall and plunged into a flooded pit dug for a commercial project in Sector 150 in the city around Friday midnight. Yuvraj Mehta, who did not know how to swim, tried to stay afloat – getting out of his Grand Vitara and climbing...
‘Dhurandhar’ sees good growth; India gross total to hit Rs 1000 crore
Spread the love ‘Dhurandhar’, directed by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna in lead roles, has picked up pace at the box office, after beginning its seventh week at the box office with its lowest collection to date.The film that has been on a record-breaking spree since its release on December 5, is already on its way...
