LIVE News Updates: Stone pelting between two groups in Maujpur area, tear gas shells fired by Police

Maujpur lies near Jafrabad where anti-CAA stir was going on. A clash between pro and anti-CAA protesters led to stone pelting according to reports

LIVE News Updates: Stone pelting between two groups in Maujpur area, tear gas shells fired by Police
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23 Feb 2020, 3:46 PM

Women protest against Citizenship Amendment Act in Jaffrabad metro station area

Women protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi’s Jaffrabad metro station area. Heavy security deployed.

23 Feb 2020, 5:48 PM

Coronavirus is communist China's "biggest health emergency": Xi Jinping

The coronavirus epidemic that has killed over 2,400 people is communist China's "largest public health emergency" since its founding, said President Xi Jinping on Sunday.

"It has the fastest transmission, widest range of infection and has been the most difficult to prevent and control," Xi said at a meeting on curbing the epidemic

23 Feb 2020, 5:37 PM

Pro and anti-CAA protesters clash, police resort to teargas shell firing

A pro-CAA demonstration was going on in Maujpur near Jafrabad where anti-CAA stir was being held. A clash between both the groups led to stone-pelting. The police have fired teargas shells to bring the situation under control, media reports said.


23 Feb 2020, 4:21 PM

Samsung halts production at Gumi phone plant over virus case

Samsung Electronics said on Saturday that it has temporarily shut down a smartphone plant in the South Korean city of Gumi, shortly after a plant employee tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

23 Feb 2020, 4:16 PM

Trump visit: Airlines issue advisory to passengers travelling via Ahmedabad Airport to arrive early for departure

Gujarat: Vistara, IndiGo, & SpiceJet issue advisory to passengers travelling via Ahmedabad Airport to arrive early for departure, in view of expected traffic congestion from 8 am to 4 pm tomorrow, owing to US President Donald Trump's visit to the state.


23 Feb 2020, 4:15 PM

Italy says more than 100 Coronavirus cases in all, up from 79 previously

Italy says more than 100 Coronavirus cases in all, up from 79 previously: AFP news agency.

23 Feb 2020, 3:33 PM

If BJP govt can waive off loans of PM Modi's capitalist friends than why not farmers loans, says Priyanka Gandhi

If Modi govt can waive off loans of PM Modi's capitalist friends than why can't it waive off loans of farmers, says Priyanka Gandhi.


23 Feb 2020, 2:38 PM

Traffic affected in Khureji Khas due to anti-CAA protest

Traffic movement was affected in northeast Delhi's Khureji Khas area on Monday after a large group, comprising mostly women, gathered there to protest against the CAA, police said.

They said the protesters, approximately less than 100 in number, assembled on a stretch leading to the main road of Khureji Khas for a sit-in demanding roll back of the amended anti-citizenship law.

"The protesters have gathered on one side of the stretch which leads to the main road. There is traffic movement but it is very slow," a senior police official said.

23 Feb 2020, 2:34 PM

DGCA extends airport screening to passengers

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on COVID-19: It has been decided to expand the universal screening of passengers arriving in flights from Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam&Malaysia, besides flights from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Thailand & Singapore.


23 Feb 2020, 2:09 PM

Temporary archway collapses at Motera stadium

Even as preparations were on in full swing for the arrival of US President Donald Trump at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, a temporary gate crashed down at the venue leading to embarrassment for the authorities.

The temporary gate or archway, identified as Gate No.3 in the VVIP section collapsed following strong breeze on Sunday morning.

23 Feb 2020, 1:47 PM

Mild tremors felt in Assam, Nagaland

Two separate mild earthquakes with a magnitude 2.8 to 3.4 hit some parts of Assam and Nagaland on Sunday. There was no report of any damage or casualty, an official said.

According to the official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) the first quake with a magnitude of 3.4 on the Richter scale hit Wokha in western Nagaland at 5.12 a.m.


23 Feb 2020, 1:14 PM

Bhim Army Chief leads march against SC ruling on reservations in Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad led march against the Supreme Court ruling that states were not bound to provide reservation in government jobs & quota in promotion, in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

23 Feb 2020, 12:40 PM

MiG-29K aircraft, on a routine training sortie, crashed in Goa

Indian Navy: Today at around 1030 hours a MiG-29K aircraft, on a routine training sortie, crashed in Goa. The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely and has been recovered. An enquiry to investigate the incident has been ordered.


23 Feb 2020, 12:13 PM

Police have blocked roads around Shaheen Bagh, interlocutor tells SC

Shaheen Bagh matter: One of the interlocutors appointed by Supreme Court, Wajahat Habibullah has filed an affidavit in the Court on the road blockage in Shaheen Bagh, says the police have blocked five points around Shaheen Bagh. Hearing is scheduled to be held tomorrow by a two-judge bench.

23 Feb 2020, 12:10 PM

People protest against CAA, NRC, NPR in Chand Bagh area

People protest against Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register in Chand Bagh area.


23 Feb 2020, 11:38 AM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat ahead of Donald Trump's visit

Gujarat: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has arrived in Ahmedabad. US President Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump are arriving in the city tomorrow for their two-day visit to India.

23 Feb 2020, 11:36 AM

Bihar: 5 people dead, 12 injured in truck-bus collision on National Highway 2

Bihar: 5 people dead, 12 injured in an accident between a truck and a bus on National Highway 2 near Kirihiri in Sheosagar Block of Rohtas district. The injured have been taken to a hospital.


23 Feb 2020, 11:06 AM

Dr Kafeel Khan’s uncle shot dead, according to Hindustan Times

An uncle of Dr Kafeel Khan was shot dead by unidentified men outside his house in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur late on Saturday when he was returning after playing carrom at a neighbour’s house, police said, according to Hindustan Times.

23 Feb 2020, 10:56 AM

Iran reports 6th COVID-19 death

Iranian authorities have announced that number of coronavirus deaths in the country has increased to six, with 28 confirmed cases.

According to the governor of Markazi province Ali Aghazadeh, the sixth victim died on Saturday in the central city of Arak and had also suffered a heart disease, Xinhua news agency quoted the state-run IRNA news as saying.


23 Feb 2020, 10:54 AM

Schools in Kashmir to re-open on Feb 24

All schools in Kashmir are set to re-open on February 24 after the winter break. Director School Education Mohammad Younis Malik said all arrangements were in place.

23 Feb 2020, 10:42 AM

State Department, US health official decided to bring back infected Americans on planes, place them in isolation without telling President, Washington Post reports


23 Feb 2020, 10:06 AM

Traffic vehicular movement on Noida-Faridabad road, which was reopened on 21st February

Delhi: Traffic vehicular movement on Noida-Faridabad road, which was reopened on 21st February. The road was blocked by protesters for 69 days in protest against the Citizenship Act.

23 Feb 2020, 10:03 AM

Heavy security deployed in Jaffrabad metro station area

Heavy security deployed in Jaffrabad metro station area, Delhi. Protesters are agitating near the metro station, in protest against the Citizenship Act


23 Feb 2020, 9:46 AM

Anti-CAA protest: Entry, exit gates of Jaffrabad metro station closed

The entry and exit gates of Jaffrabad metro station were closed on Sunday after an overnight protest by around 500 people, mostly women, against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens.

The women, carrying the tricolour and raising slogans of 'aazadi', said they would not move from the site till the Centre revoke the CAA.

They had blocked road no. 66 which connects Seelampur with Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar.

"Entry & exit of Jaffrabad have been closed. Trains will not be halting at this station," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation tweeted.

23 Feb 2020, 9:44 AM

Over 200 women block Delhi road, back Bhim Army chief's shutdown call, reported NDTV

Over 200 women block Delhi road, back Bhim Army chief's shutdown call, reported NDTV.


23 Feb 2020, 9:30 AM

Bhim Army’s Chandrashekhar Azad to lead protest against SC quota order, calls for Bharat Bandh

Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad has given a call for a 'Bharat Bandh' on February 23 demanding that the government brings an ordinance to nullify the ruling.

23 Feb 2020, 9:27 AM

Italy clamps down on travel after virus deaths, as cases rise

Two deaths from the new coronavirus sparked fears throughout northern Italy, as about 50,000 people were poised for a weeks-long lockdown imposed by authorities trying to halt a further increase in infections.

Italy on Friday became the first country in Europe to report the death of one of its own nationals from the virus, triggering travel restrictions on about a dozen towns where the number of people contaminated has continued to rise.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that people living inside the affected areas in the northern regions would be restricted to those areas, while schools and businesses closed, as part of measures designed to stem new infections.

"In zones considered hotspots, neither entry or exit will be authorised without special permission," Conte said during a press conference.


23 Feb 2020, 9:24 AM

India vs New Zealand first test day 3: India 165, 78/2 at tea, trail New Zealand by 105 runs.

23 Feb 2020, 8:53 AM

Anti-CAA protest: People continue to protest in Jaffrabad metro station area

Delhi: People continue to protest in Jaffrabad metro station area, against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Security has been deployed there. As per the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, entry and exit of Jaffrabad have been closed. Trains will not be halting at this station.


23 Feb 2020, 8:50 AM

Emergency in Balochistan-Iran border areas over COVID-19

The government in Pakistan's Balochistan have imposed emergency in all of the province's districts that share a border with Iran with immediate effect after the neighbouring country reported four coronavirus deaths.

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday contacted Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Alyani and discussed options to stop the virus from entering the country, Dawn news reported.

23 Feb 2020, 8:49 AM

BSNL employees plan hunger strike on Monday

The All Unions and Associations of BSNL (AUAB) has decided to organise a country-wide hunger strike on February 24 for early implementation of the cabinet decisions on the Bharat Sanchar Nigam's revival.

The strike is also aimed at putting pressure for the expeditious settlement of employees' grievances, according to an AUAB statement here on Saturday.


23 Feb 2020, 8:48 AM

Security deployed in Jaffrabad metro station as women continue to protest against CAA

Entry & exit of Jaffrabad have been closed. Trains will not be halting at this station. Security deployed in Jaffrabad metro station, Delhi as women continue to protest against the Citizenship Act .

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