Новости за 14.12.2019

Violent protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act rocked parts of West Bengal on Saturday, with four districts — Murshidabad, Howrah, Malda and North 24 Parganas — emerging as flashpoints where agitators torched at least 17 buses, five empty trains, fire engines, and police vehicles, vandalised half a dozen rail stations, hurled stones at passing vehicles and fought a pitched battle with police.

Here are the big sports events lined up for Sunday (December 15) that comprise the first ODI between India and the West Indies, and action from English Premier League.

Cash-strapped Air India is now finding it hard to continue operations in the absence of any equity infusion from the government so far this fiscal. The divestment-bound airline's CMD Ashwani Lohani said in a late Saturday night Facebook post: "Air India needs to survive till it is sold. I wonder why is it so difficult for this appreciation to sink in..."

When India take the field against West Indies in the first ODI at Chepauk on Sunday, foremost among the concerns for India will be the notorious middle-order situation. It was one of the reasons for India's downfall in the World Cup in England six months ago and hasn't yet been satisfactorily solved.

Chelsea slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat against struggling Bournemouth on Saturday as Dan Gosling's late goal extended the Blues' recent poor run in the Premier League.

Rains and snowfall in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday pulled the mercury down in the region. The weatherman said the mercury is expected to hover around 7 degrees Celsius over the next three days and dense fog is likely in Delhi and adjoining areas like Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.

The Virat Kohli-led Indian team needs to figure a way out to "turn it on the big day" to break its knock-out jinx at the global white ball tournaments, feels the legendary Brian Lara.

In the latest episode of Bigg Boss 13, Kamya Panjabi, Hiten Tejwani and Rashami's brother Gaurav went inside the house to showcase 'aaina' to the inmates. Kamya enters the house as housemates are asked to freeze.

Variables in the text around unfulfilled past commitments of historical polluters (rich nations), unwillingness of countries (China, India, Brazil, Japan, Australia and others) towards raising their climate action targets by next year and uncertainties about carrying over (transition clause and cut-off year) carbon credits earned by countries like India, Australia, Brazil and others in pre-2020 period to post-2020 phase were key points of discontentment in the text.

Senior JD(U) leader and well-known poll strategist Prashant Kishor has said Nitish Kumar is not in favour of the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Kishor met the Bihar CM amidst reports of apparent differences between the two over the party’s recent support to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in Parliament.

Now, in an exclusive interview with TimesofIndia.com, Rashami's brother opens up about Arhaan, sister Rashami's strategy in the house and Devoleena's come back on BB 13.

England spinner Monty Panesar hailed Virat Kohli's discipline with regard to fitness, even saying that he might take a leaf out of the Indian captain's book while trying to make a comeback in first-class cricket. Panesar feels that Kohli's captaincy deserves a lot of credit for India's recent dominance in the longest format of the game.

In the latest episode of Naagin 4, Manyata and Keshav take wedding vows. The priest tells them to take the last phera but suddenly naags come to stop the wedding.

Protests against the amended Citizenship Act continued on Saturday in West Bengal and in some states in the northeast. While there was large-scale violence in Bengal, Assam DGP claimed that the situation was returning to normal in the state. UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for candidates scheduled to appear in Assam and Meghalaya was postponed on Saturday due to unrest in the region.

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said the number of people to be benefited by the amended Citizenship Act will be "very negligible". The exact number of those people will be disclosed at an appropriate time, he said and urged the people to maintain peace.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah kept up his scoring streak against Watford with a brace as the Premier League leaders sealed a 2-0 victory over the bottom club at Anfield on Saturday. The win restored Liverpool's 11-point advantage over second-placed Leicester City.

Television actress Sargun Kaur took inspiration for her role in "Yeh Hai Chahatein" from Neena Gupta. She says the veteran actress's life has been an inspiration to all. Sargun will be seen playing Preesha, an independent single mother in the Star Plus show.

Yeh Hai Mohabbatein actress Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya, who is currently seen playing the role of Ishita Bhalla on the show, turns a year older today (December 14). The gorgeous actress who turned 35 today celebrated her day with her husband Vivek Dahiya.

Only Mahendra Singh Dhoni knows whether his body will be able to cope up with rigours of international cricket after a break, KL Rahul could be a "serious keeping option" for next year's T20 Word Cup and Rishabh Pant needs to "calm down", feels India head coach Ravi Shastri.

Marnus Labuschagne and Joe Burns notched half-centuries before New Zealand's unflagging attack yielded late wickets, but Australia had built a near insurmountable lead of 417 by stumps on day three of the first Test on Saturday.

Former England spinner Monty Panesar is back and raring to go after battling depression for a "long long time".

The Shiv Sena, which is an ally of the Congress in Maharashtra, has reacted strongly to Rahul Gandhi's jibe 'My name is not Rahul Savarkar.' Sena leader Sanjay Raut took to Twitter to send out a clear message to the Congress that there cannot be any compromise on reverence to Savarkar.

Targeting Gandhi, BJP spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao said, "The more appropriate name for you Rahul Gandhi is RAHUL JINNAH. Your Muslim appeasement politics and mindset makes you a worthy legatee of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, not Savarkar."