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Kochi, Dec 27: A Norwegian woman tourist has been asked to leave the country after she was found to have participated in an anti-CAA protest here early this week, violating visa norms, a senior official said here on Friday. "Our enquiry found that she has violated visa norms and so she was asked to go back," Anoop Krishnan, Officer in the Foreigners Regional Registration Office told news agency

Lucknow, Dec 27: Internet services have been suspended in 21 districts and security has been tightened as part of measures adopted to prevent any untoward incident in the state on Friday. Apart from internet suspension which is aimed at checking rumours, the police have also made strategic deployment in sensitive areas, according to state DGP OP Singh. "We have suspended internet services in 21

Almaty, Dec 27: At least 14 people died when a passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Almaty airport in Kazakhstan, the government said on Friday. "There are 14 dead at the (crash) site," Almaty city government said in a statement via its official channel on the Telegram messenger app. It added that a further 17 patients were being treated in hospital in a "serious condition".

New Delhi, Dec 26: Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Thursday criticised people leading violent protests over the new citizenship law, saying leadership is not about guiding masses, including students to carry out arson and violence, remarks that drew sharp reactions from opposition leaders. The opposition party, including the Congress attacked Gen Rawat, who is due to retire on December 31 as Army

Singapore, Dec 26: Singapore Singapore police are investigating a 32-year-old Indian national for holding a protest without a permit in Marina Bay against India's contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In Singapore, organising or participating in a public assembly without a police permit is illegal and constitutes an offence under the Public Order Act. "The man allegedly carried out the

New Delhi, Dec 26: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that there were no detention centres in the country, alleging that "RSS's Prime Minister lies to Bharat Mata". Taking to Twitter, he also attached a video clip with Modi accusing the Congress, its allies and "urban Naxals" of spreading the rumour that Muslims will be sent to detention

New Delhi, Dec 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that though he could not witness the solar eclipse due to cloud cover in the national capital, he managed to have a glimpse of it in Kozhikode through live stream. The prime minister also posted his pictures trying to see the Sun. "Like many Indians, I was enthusiastic about #solareclipse2019. Unfortunately, I could not see the sun

Dec 26: The portals of Birla Mandir here have been closed due to solar eclipse today. The doors were closed after an 'aarti' was performed on Wednesday evening, 12 hours before the eclipse. The solar eclipse will begin at 8:17 am and will go on till 10:57 am. The devotees can offer prayers after 12 pm today when an aarti will be performed in the temple. Similarly, the doors of temples in Varanasi

New Delhi, Dec 26: The Delhi Congress on Wednesday promised subsidised power up to 600 units a month to people here, if it is voted to power in assembly polls next year, prompting the AAP government to dare it to first prove its intention by enforcing the scheme in states already being ruled by it. Addressing a Congress rally in Wazirpur area, the party’s Delhi unit president Subhash Chopra said

Hyderabad, Dec 26: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said the Sangh regards the 130 crore people of India as Hindu society, irrespective of their religion and culture. Irrespective of religion and culture, people who have the nationalistic spirit and respect the culture of the country and its heritage are Hindus, and RSS considers the 130 crore people of the country as Hindus, he said. "Entire