BBC: TV licence fee decriminalisation being considered
The government is to examine whether failure to buy an annual TV licence should remain an offence.
The government is to examine whether failure to buy an annual TV licence should remain an offence.
The curfew imposed in Guwahati will be relaxed on Monday from 6 am to 9 pm in view of the improving law and order situation, officials said. Curfew in the city during night, however, will remain in force, Assam Police Chief Public Relations Officer Rajiv Saikia told PTI on Sunday. "The situation having improved considerably, the day curfew is being withdrawn in Guwahati from 6 am of December 16. Night curfew would remain from 9 pm to 6 am the next day," said G P Singh, additional director general of police (Law and Order). Читать дальше...
Rahul Gandhi will prove to be a Bahadur Shah Zafar of the Congress as he is doing well on his pledge to end the party, said Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia on Sunday. Poonia made the acerbic remark against the former Congress president while attacking him over his declaration that "my name is Rahul Gandhi and and not Rahul Savrakar" and "I will never apologise". Gandhi had made the declaration in a mega rally of his party in Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Saturday in reaction to the BJP's demand for... Читать дальше...
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday alleged violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act were "condemnable act by pseudo-secularist vested interests". In a statement, VHP international secretary general Milind Parande said there was no harm in giving refuge in India to refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan fleeing religious persecution there. He alleged that the protests were "anti-national motivated" act. "In spite of this logic of national interest, violent demonstrations... Читать дальше...
At least six persons sustained injuries when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in a three-storey house in Chhibramau area of the district on Sunday, police said. "The explosion took place in the three-storey house in which five members of the house sustained injuries, while another neighbour also got injured," District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar said. "Such explosions can take place only with explosives. Only a 5-kg cylinder was found to have exploded. Apart from it, there were three LPG cylinders weighing 14 kg which were not damaged. Читать дальше...
Wayne Rooney will resume his career in England next month after joining second-tier Derby as player-coach from MLS side DC United.
Rains to blame for poor production; Amul, Mother Dairy hike prices by ₹2-3/litre
Lewis Hamilton is among the nominees for Sports Personality of the Year 2019 - but does the F1 star have a girlfriend?
Kanye West is giving fans something to look forward to in 2020.
Bulls4 wrote:
You couldn’t be more wrong if you tried. The design has been quite different over the years. We’ve not just slightly changed the versions of the colours on the odd hoop like some clubs have .
Home kits are usually more traditional and use the same colours for most clubs. The away shirt is usually the experimental shirt.
Statistics: Posted by Cokey — Sun Dec 15, 2019 4:09 pm — Replies 250 ... Читать дальше...
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:45 P.M.) – Turkey took another step towards providing military support to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord last night when they signed a bilateral agreement, including provisions for launching a “rapid reaction force.” Both Ankara and Tripoli reportedly signed the security agreement to prevent the Benghazi-based Libyan National Army (LNA) from taking […]
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The Rock is pretty excited about being referenced in the new "Sonic" movie.
https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/the-rock-reacts-to-being-mentioned-in-new-sonic-the-hedgehog-trailer-news.98300.html
Ian Levy, the new MP for Blyth Valley, is facing questions over a Facebook post that originally said he was an "NHS nurse" and has now been updated to call him a "nursing assistant"
The landmark in Dartford, Kent, collapsed after a "powerful boom" from a controlled explosion.
A teenage driver who admitted killing an innocent motorist after a police chase allegedly filmed by a passenger has today been jailed for nearly three years. Jayden Richard Breakwell, 18, admitted manslaughter ...
INS Trikand, a front-line warship of the Indian Navy, has provided escort to a UN-affiliated merchant ship transporting relief materials for the underprivileged in Africa under the World Food Programme (WFP) initiative.Merchant ship MV Annika was transporting relief materials from Somaliland's city of Berbera to Mombasa in Kenya through piracy prone waters.The WFP initiative of the United Nations supplies relief and nutrition materials to the underprivileged in Africa, but the vessels transporting... Читать дальше...
Scepticism over the quality and value of underlying assets and the scheme, excluding big-ticket loans (or wholesale loans), may remain the barriers in the PCG scheme's success
NASA’s Mars mission has hit an “unexpected” finding that may help scientists “piece together the early chapters” of the red planet’s “dramatic history”.
JNS.org – After being unable to form a government following two inconclusive elections, Israelis will now need to head back...
Same old same old as the Red Devil‘s struggles against a defensive set up in Everton, who grabbed their goal from a mix up between De Gea and Lindelof. Greenwood managed to grab one back with a great finish yet the come back wasn’t able to be completed and fizzled out, resulting in a draw. […]
Des Moines Register. December 12, 2019 New assistance on convicts’voting rights is great, but the governor shouldn’t stop there.A rose…
Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a driver in Scarborough overnight.