Day: December 1, 2020

Biden wants Census Bureau to ensure everyone is counted accurately

11:57 pm December 1, 2020

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday said the Census Bureau must ensure that every American is counted accurately in the ongoing nationwide population counts. Biden said that he hoped the US Supreme Court rejects a plan by President Donald Trump’s administration to exclude from the census the immigrants living illegally in the country. The apex court heard a case on Tuesday regarding […]

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Sunny Deol tests COVID-19 positive, says Himachal Pradesh health secretary

Sunny Deol tests COVID-19 positive, says Himachal Pradesh health secretary

11:54 pm December 1, 2020

Shimla : Bollywood actor and BJP MP from Gurdaspur Sunny Deol has tested positive for COVID-19, the Himachal Pradesh health secretary said on Tuesday. Deol have been staying in Kullu district for some days, Health Secretary Amitabh Awasthi said. The health secretary told PTI that according to information received from the district chief medical officer, the MP and his […]

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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Centre deliberately prolonging farmers’ problems: SAD

11:52 pm December 1, 2020

Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday blamed the Centre for “failure” of talks with the farmer leaders, saying it was “deliberately prolonging and deepening” the farmers’ problems with an aim of “tiring them out”. The government on Tuesday suggested setting up a committee to look into issues raised by farmers protesting against new farm laws, […]

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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Acclaimed art scholar, ex-RISD president Roger Mandle dies

11:50 pm December 1, 2020

Providence: Roger Mandle, an internationally renowned art scholar and the former longtime president of the Rhode Island School of Design, has died, RISD said Tuesday. He was 79. Mandle died over the weekend, the school said in a statement, without elaborating. A cause of death was not given. Mandle served as president of RISD from 1993 to 2008. […]

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UP: Man gets death sentence for rape and murder of minor girl

10:48 pm December 1, 2020

Firozabad: A local court here awarded death sentence on Tuesday in a rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl last year. On March 17, 2019, an eight-year-old girl was raped by one Shiv Shankar alias Bantu who lured her to a secluded spot with a Rs 10 note in Chandrapura village under Sirsaganj police […]

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