Monthly Archives: January, 2020

Timarpur assembly constituency is one of the seventy assembly constituencies of Delhi in northern India. Timarpur assembly constituency is a part of North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency.

Sultanpur Majra assembly constituency is one of the seventy assembly constituencies of Delhi in northern India. Burari assembly constituency is a part of North West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday wrote to European Parliament President David Maria Sassoli over the resolutions moved against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in that legislature, saying it is inappropriate for one legislature to pass judgement on another and the practice can be misused by vested interests. Birla also asserted that as members of the Inter Parliam

The stakes over witness testimony at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book from former national security adviser John Bolton appears to undercut a key defence argument.

Vanrai Police have arrested a 27-year-old 'agony uncle' from Rajasthan for allegedly duping women under the pretext of resolving their relationship conflicts. The accused, identified as Nikhil Kumar Sureshkumar Bhargav alias Nikki alias Love Guruji, is believed to have duped women from many states. He was arrested by Jaipur Police for duping a 24-year-old woman to the tune of Rs 2.61 lakh on the pretext of sorting out matters between her and her boyfriend.

A 5-judge bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the Centre's plea seeking Rs 7,844 crore as additional fund from successor firms of US-based Union Carbide Corporation, now owned by Dow Chemicals, for giving compensation to victims of the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy. The bench, comprising Justices Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M R Shah and S Ravindra Bhat, will hear the curative petition filed by the Centre for enhanced compensation for the victims. The Centre is seeking a direction to Union Carbide and other firms for Rs 7,844 crore additional amount over and above the earlier settlement amount of USD 470 million in 1989 for paying compensation to the gas tragedy victims. Over 3,000 people had died in the tragedy due to release of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas.

The makers of Deepika Padukone-starrer 'Chhapaak', based on acid attack survivor Laxmi Aggarwal, told the Delhi High Court on Monday that the victim's lawyer was given credit in the film screened in Indian theatres. However, the lawyer was not given credit in the international releases of the movie as the filmmakers thought it had to be done here only. The submission was made before Justice Najmi Waziri on behalf of the film's director Meghna Gulzar and producer Fox Star Studios against whom contempt proceedings have been moved for violation of the court's direction to give credit to Aggarwal's advocate -- Aparna Bhat -- in the movie which released on January 10. The lawyers appearing for Gulzar and Fox Star told the court they will take instructions on a possible solution and the court, thereafter, listed the matter for hearing on January 29.

Deposing before the sessions court on Monday, a former jail inmate of Byculla jail said that she had heard Manjula Shetye’s screams after she had entered accused jailor Manisha Pokharkar’s cabin on being called to come there.

NBA legend Kobe Bryant passed away on Sunday when a helicopter he was travelling in crashed and burst into flames in thick fog in Calabasas, west of Los Angeles

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will address a Yuva Aakrosh Rally at Albert Hall, Ram Niwas Bagh in Jaipur on January 28 to highlight the plight of economy and unemployment. Rajasthan government has already passed a resolution in the assembly against the CAA and Rahul Gandhi is expected to raise the issue. This would be the first in the series of rallies that he is scheduled to address across the country. The Congress MP will address the rally at 12 pm.