Assam: Two inmates including a Bangladeshi national escape from Karimganj district jail
Feb 21, 2020, at 03:12 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Two inmates including a Bangladeshi national had escaped from a prison in Assam’s Karimganj district.
Security forces seiz drugs worth over Rs 46 lakh in Karimganj and Jiribam
Feb 21, 2020, at 03:11 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Security forces had seized contraband drugs worth over Rs 46 lakh in two different operations in Assam’s Karimganj district and Manipur’s Jiribam district in past 24 hours.
Properties worth several lakh of rupees gutted in fire in Assam’s Hatsingimari
Feb 21, 2020, at 03:09 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Properties worth several lakh of rupees reduced to ashes after a fire broke out at Hatsingimari area in Assam’s South Salmara Mankachar district.
West Bengal: 10 killed, three injured in four road mishaps
Feb 21, 2020, at 03:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: At least 10 persons were killed and three others were seriously injured in four road accidents that took place in four different districts in West Bengal on Friday, reports said.
BJP slams 'liberals' over Waris Pathan's communal remark
Feb 21, 2020, at 02:43 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday slammed the "liberals" for maintaining silence even after All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Waris Pathan waged a communal tirade saying 15 crore Muslims had the ability to dominate on 100 crore Hindus.
We will talk a little business with India: Donald Trump ahead of 'Namaste Trump' event
Feb 21, 2020, at 01:30 pm
Denver/Washington/IBNS: Days after making it clear that no trade deal will possibly be inked by the two countries, US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will be talking about business and trade with New Delhi during his India tour on Feb 24 and 25.
Rajnath Singh lays foundation stone for new 'Thal Sena Bhawan'
Feb 21, 2020, at 12:47 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday laid a foundation stone for construction of new 'Thal Sena Bhawan' at Delhi Cantonment here.
Key road connecting Noida and Faridabad reopened by Shaheen Bagh protesters
Feb 21, 2020, at 12:37 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after the Supreme Court-appointed mediators held a second round of talks with the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, the key road which connects Noida and Faridabad near Delhi was reopened briefly by the agitators on Friday, media reports said.
Woman who raised pro-Pakistan slogan at Asaduddin Owaisi's rally charged with sedition
Feb 21, 2020, at 11:21 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: The young woman, who had raised a pro-Pakistan slogan at the AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's rally against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) here, has been charged with sedition, media reports said.
Custody death case: Kerala High court grants bail to six accused cops
Feb 21, 2020, at 10:46 am
Kochi/UNI: Six officers accused in the custody death of Raj Kumar in Nedumkandam in Idukki district were granted bail by Kerala High Court.
Woman shouts 'Pakistan Zindabad' at Asaduddin Owaisi rally in Bengaluru
Feb 20, 2020, at 11:26 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: Triggering a new controversy, a young woman chanted "Pakistan Zindabad" in the presence of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi at a rally here to protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) on Thursday, media reports said.
SP will win 351 seats in UP Assembly polls in 2022: Akhilesh Yadav
Feb 20, 2020, at 11:03 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Predicting a landslide victory of Samajwadi Party in the next Assembly elections, party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said the party will win at least 351 seats because people are fed up with the 'mis-rule' of BJP government.
PM Modi, Amit Shah can't ensure election wins always: RSS on Delhi polls
Feb 20, 2020, at 10:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological mentor of Bharatiya Janata Party, on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah cannot always help the BJP win elections, especially at Assembly levels.
15 crore Muslims can dominate over 100 crore Hindus: AIMIM leader Waris Pathan
Feb 20, 2020, at 09:17 pm
Kalaburagi/IBNS: Waging a communal tirade, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Waris Pathan on Wednesday said 15 crore Muslims have the ability to dominate on 100 crore Hindus, media reports said.
Feb 20, 2020, at 08:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said British MP Debbie Abrahams was not allowed entry into India as she did not have valid visa, and added that the Labour Party MP from the United Kingdom holds “anti-India sentiments” and has been carrying “sustained campaign against India”.
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Nirbhaya case death row convict Vinay moves EC
Feb 20, 2020, at 08:07 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case death row convict Vinay Sharma on Thursday registered a plea before the Election Commission challenging the rejection of his mercy petition.
Delhi Police Crime Branch summons 10 Jamia University in connection with Dec 15 violence
Feb 20, 2020, at 07:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A total of 10 Jamia Milia Islamia University students have been summoned by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police for questioning in connection with Dec 15 violence in the university, media reports said.
Feb 20, 2020, at 06:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Congress MP and ex-Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit's son Sandeep joined the list of leaders who have pulled up the party leadership after the country's oldest outfit registered a humiliating result in Delhi assembly elections little more than a week ago by drawing a blank.
Feb 20, 2020, at 06:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata's prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) on Thursday held counting and announced the results of its students' unions' election, which was conducted peacefully on Wednesday after a gap of over three years.
Pro-CAA Indian diaspora rally in Brussels urge EU to act against Pakistan for minority persecution
Feb 20, 2020, at 05:59 pm
Belgium/IBNS: The Indian diaspora in Belgium took to streets recently to protest the continuing atrocities on religious minorities like Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan and made a strong case of India's recently passed law that grants citizenship to non-Muslims from the three neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
SC judgement granting permanent commission to women officers enabling: Army chief MM Naravane
Feb 20, 2020, at 05:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Hailing the Supreme Court for granting equal status to women officers with their male counterparts, Army chief Manoj Mukund Naravane on Thursday called the verdict as "enabling" clarifying that the force never discriminates its officers on the basis of religion, caste or gender, media reports said.
Supreme Court-appointed mediators at Shaheen Bagh for second round of talks
Feb 20, 2020, at 05:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court-appointed mediators, senior advocates Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran, on Thursday reached Delhi's Shaheen Bagh for holding a second round of talks with the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protesters, media reports said.
Kolkata: Four-wheeler workshop gutted in massive fire
Feb 20, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A massive fire broke out in a Maruti Suzuki workshop at Kalikapur area near E.M. Bypass in south-east Kolkata on Thursday afternoon, reports said.
Cong lashes out at Modi Govt over slashing Centre’s premium subsidy to PM Fasal Bima Yojana
Feb 20, 2020, at 04:36 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Criticising the Narendra Modi government over the decision to slash its share of the premium subsidy from the current 50 per cent to just 25 per cent to its flagship crop insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the Congress on Thursday said that the Prime Minister ‘launched another attack on country’s farmers’.
Ruling BJD leader Minakshi Mishra dies of self immolation
Feb 20, 2020, at 04:22 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Minakshi Mishra, leader of ruling BJD, who set herself on fire on February 12 last, succumbed to her burn injuries today at a private hospital here in the state capital.
Priyanka Gandhi cancels UP visit for Kisan Jan Jagran Abhiyan
Feb 20, 2020, at 03:55 pm
Lucknow/UNI:Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has cancelled her visit to Basti on February 23 for 'Kisan Jan Jagran Abhiyan' (Farmers Awareness Campaign) as she would be accompanying her mother and party president Sonia Gandhi for her treatment abroad.
PM condoles bus accident deaths in Tamil Nadu
Feb 20, 2020, at 03:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed his condolences over the deaths in the bus accident in Tamil Nadu.
Rajasthan: Man beaten, tortured, screwdriver dipped in petrol inserted for stealing money
Feb 20, 2020, at 03:23 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: In a shocking incident, a Dalit man was beaten, tortured and a screwdriver dipped in petro inserted for allegedly stealing Rs. 500 in Rajasthan's Nagaur as the video went viral on micro-blogging site Twitter.
China objects to Amit Shah's Arunachal Pradesh visit, claims the state as part of 'south Tibet'
Feb 20, 2020, at 02:05 pm
Beijing/Itanagar/IBNS: In a bizarre statement, China has raised its objections to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, claiming the state as a part of 'south Tibet', media reports said.
Maharashtra: CAA agitators organise blood donation camp
Feb 20, 2020, at 12:03 pm
Aurangabad/UNI: Agitators in Aurangabad, who sat here at Delhi Gate area on the lines of Delhi Shaheen Bagh to protest against CAA, NRC and NPR, have organised a blood donation camp on the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.