India, All india, 9th Feb 2020, News & Stories from India

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India, All india, 09 Feb 2020

Delhi chief electoral officer Ranbir Singh speaks at a press conference in New Delhi, on Feb. 9, 2020. (PTI Photo)

AAP grows suspicious as poll officials take 24 hours to declare final vote percentage

The final figure is 62.59 per cent, five percentage points less than in 2015

09 Feb 2020 10:41 PM

Activists of the All Assam Students Union take part in a torch rally to protest against the new citizenship law in Nagaon district of Assam, on February 8, 2020. The state has been witnessing protests over the National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship Amendment Act which require documentation to establish one’s claim for citizenship. (PTI Photo)

Assam plans survey to segregate Assamese Muslims from Bangladeshis

To set the ball rolling, a meeting of stakeholders has been called on Feb. 11

09 Feb 2020 7:44 PM

Online video classes help NEET aspirants in rural India

online classes have eliminated the need for coaching centres in villages across India

09 Feb 2020 3:01 PM

Airports are adding passenger screenings and taking other precautions to prevent a new virus from being spread by Chinese tourists going abroad. AP photo

Foreigners who visited China after Jan 15 can't enter India: DGCA

The decision comes when the toll due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus rose to 813 in China on Sunday

09 Feb 2020 2:50 PM

Devotees take a holy dip in River Ganga in Varanasi on Sunday. ANI photo

Lakhs take holy dip in Ganga on Maghi Purnima

People take a holy bath in rivers on this day and offer prayers

09 Feb 2020 12:06 PM

Odisha transport department has imposed a penalty of Rs 42,500 on the owner of a two-wheeler in Bhadrak district for allowing his minor child to his ride motorbike. (Photo: Representational)

Man fined Rs 42,500 for letting boy drive bike

Last month, a two-wheeler owner was fined an `26,000 after a minor of his neighbourhood was caught riding his bike without a helmet.

09 Feb 2020 3:45 AM

At a meeting on Saturday in the national capital, India along with two other neighbours — Bangladesh and Nepal — discussed a “draft enabling memorandum of understanding (MoU)” to be signed by the three countries for implementation of the BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal) MVA (Motor Vehicles Agreement).

India discusses vehicles pact with Bangladesh and Nepal

Representatives of Bhutan participated in the meeting in an observer capacity as decided by the Royal Government of Bhutan.

09 Feb 2020 3:15 AM

The Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited (KRDCL) will axe more than 8,500 trees in Bengaluru to decongest traffic in the tech corridor in the city much to the chagrin of environmentalists. (Photo: MRUGESH BANDIWADEKAR)

Over 8,000 trees to be axed in Bengaluru

The petition further points out to the fact that there has been zero public consultation and no detailed project report being prepared.

09 Feb 2020 3:08 AM

Farmers of Tamil Nadu are swayed by two new varieties of watermelon released by Taiwan-based Know-You company. (Photo: PTI)

Yellow watermelons hit among Tamil Nadu farmers

These varieties are turning out to be game-changers for many farmers in Tamil Nadu.

09 Feb 2020 3:01 AM

Ranaghat BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar was questioned for around four hours Saturday by the criminal investigation department (CID) of the West Bengal police in connection with the murder of Trinamul Congress MLA of Krishnaganj, Satyajit Biswas, in Nadia last year. (Photo: File I Representational)

BJP MP grilled for 4 hours in murder case

At the time of Biswas’s murder, Sarkar was the BJP district president of Nadia.

09 Feb 2020 2:54 AM

Deve Gowda leads stir against CAA in his home turf

Mr Deve Gowda called upon regional parties to unite against the BJP and thus curb its influence across the country.

09 Feb 2020 2:41 AM

Another PDP leader booked under PSA

Naeem Akhtar, J&K’s 5th mainstream politician, booked under Public Safety Act.

09 Feb 2020 2:38 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa during a reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: ASIAN AGE)

PM Modi raises Tamil reconciliation

Lanka PM Rajapaksa omits any mention of this in his statement.

09 Feb 2020 2:33 AM

Rescue operations being carried out after a three-storey building collapsed in Mohali district, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. The building, located on the Kharar-Landran road, came down when a JCB machine was digging nearby. (PTI Photo)

JCB work next door causes collapse of three-storey building in Mohali, Punjab

JCB driver dies, buried under the rubble of commercial building

09 Feb 2020 1:14 AM

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