Cabinet approves MoU between India and Iceland in the field of Sustainable Fisheries Development

Feb 12, 2020, at 04:59 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Iceland in the field of Fisheries.

The Indian government is not taking coronavirus threat seriously: Rahul Gandhi 

Feb 12, 2020, at 04:53 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday tried to corner the government by saying that it is not taking the coronavirus threat seriously.

India will accord memorable welcome to Donald Trump: Narendra Modi

Feb 12, 2020, at 03:28 pm

Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is looking forward to his India visit at the end of the month.

Kolkata Police 'close' its officials following trader's unnatural death during interrogation

Feb 12, 2020, at 03:17 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A day after a local trader died of unnatural causes during interrogation at a Kolkata police station, the city police on Tuesday 'closed' three of its personnel who were involved in the detention and interrogation process, officials said on Wednesday.

Maharashtra: 23 Bangladeshis arrested 

Feb 12, 2020, at 03:12 pm

New Delhi/Mumbai/IBNS: At a time when the country witnessed protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, an anti-terrorism cell and anti-human trafficking unit has arrested 23 Bangladeshi nationals who were staying in Maharashtra's Palghar area illegally, media reports said on Wednesday.

AAP MLAs choose Arvind Kejriwal as their legislative party leader, oath-taking ceremony on Feb 16

Feb 12, 2020, at 02:00 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as the Delhi Chief Minister for the third term on Feb 16 as his newly-elected 62 party MLAs chose him as their legislative party leader on Wednesday.

PC Chacko resigns as Delhi Congress chief, blames Sheila Dikshit for party's downfall

Feb 12, 2020, at 01:40 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: After the Congress failed to open its account in the Delhi assembly elections, party's Delhi unit chief PC Chacko resigned on Wednesday, media reports said.

Bombay High Court summons Sharad Pawar's grandson Rohit on charges of corruption

Feb 12, 2020, at 12:19 pm

Aurangabad/Maharashtra/UNI: The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court has issued notice to Karjat-Jamkhed newly elected NCP MLA Rohit Pawar, who is also the grandson of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, on charges of adopting corrupt practices to win the election.

25-member foreign delegation arriving to assess situation in Jammu and Kashmir

Feb 12, 2020, at 12:13 pm

Srinagar/UNI: A 25-member foreign delegation is arriving here on Wednesday to assess the overall situation in Kashmir valley, where the Centre scrapped Article 370 and divided the state into two Union Territories (UTs) on Aug 5, 2019.

Jammu: Major fire breaks out in wooden stall, building collapses, two injured in Jammu

Feb 12, 2020, at 12:07 pm

Jammu/UNI: A three storied building collapsed while two persons suffered injuries in a major fire that broke out here on Wednesday.

Nagaland NPF party holds state-wide protest against CAA

Feb 12, 2020, at 12:01 pm

Kohima/UNI: The opposition party of Nagaland, Naga People’s Front (NPF), held state-wide protest rallies across the State against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) with the party’s divisions holding sit in protests in all districts of Nagaland, demanding immediate rollback of the contentious Act.

BJP losing state after state: Shiv Sena takes jibe at former ally over Delhi poll results

Feb 12, 2020, at 11:49 am

Mumbai/IBNS: After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was decimated by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi, the Shiv Sena took a jibe at its former ally saying the saffron party was losing "state after state", media reports said.

Have we outsourced task of defeating BJP to state parties? Congress' Sharmistha Mukherjee slams Chidambaram

Feb 12, 2020, at 11:22 am

New Delhi/IBNS: After senior Congress leader P Chidambaram almost celebrated the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s victory in Delhi polls, Delhi Mahila Congress president Sharmistha Mukherjee on Wednesday slammed his colleague asking him whether the outfit has left it to the regional players to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Jammu: Building collapses after fire, 3 firefighters trapped

Feb 12, 2020, at 10:34 am

Jammu/UNI: Two fire fighters suffered critical injuries while three of them are still under debris of three-storied building that collapsed on Wednesday after a major fire broke out in a wooden kiosk here.

Modi is a great gentleman and friend of mine, looking forward to my India visit: Donald Trump

Feb 12, 2020, at 09:19 am

Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is looking forward to his India visit at the end of the month.

Arvind Kejriwal may take oath as Delhi CM on Feb 14-16

Feb 12, 2020, at 08:45 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal may take oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi for the third consecutive term on either Feb 14 or 16, media reports said.

AAP volunteer killed in firing at MLA Naresh Yadav's convoy in Delhi

Feb 12, 2020, at 01:31 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Unidentified miscreants  fired shots at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Mehrauli MLA Naresh Yadav's convoy while he was coming back from temple on Tuesday late night, leaving a volunteer dead, the party said.  

PM Modi congratulates Arvind Kejriwal for Delhi win

Feb 11, 2020, at 11:26 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Even as his party got decimated in the high profile Delhi Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for a sweeping victory in the national capital.

NCP chief congratulates AAP for achieving ‘sweeping victory’ in Delhi elections

Feb 11, 2020, at 10:25 pm

Mumbai/UNI/IBNS: Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar congratulated the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for achieving a ‘sweeping victory’ in the Delhi Assembly election on Tuesday, saying that the 'Modi -Shah' magic has 'failed' in Delhi.

HP gas tanker leaks paralysing traffic on National Highway in Andhra Pradesh

Feb 11, 2020, at 10:06 pm

Kakinada/UNI: An HP gas tanker on its way from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad has developed leakage with its lid blown off due to sudden hitting of the overhead hook of the crane from behind while it was passing through the Toll Plaze at Eethakota on the national highway near Ravulapalem, 90 kms from here on Tuesday, police said.

People voted for development, harmony and love in Delhi: Tejaswi Yadav

Feb 11, 2020, at 09:31 pm

Patna/UNI: Leader of the opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejaswi Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said the result of Delhi Assembly Elections proved the fact that people of Delhi had voted for development, harmony and love.

7 people injured in clash between police and protesters during bandh in Assam’s Dima Hasao

Feb 11, 2020, at 08:57 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: At least seven protesters were injured during clashes between the security personnel and bandh supporters in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on Tuesday during the ongoing indefinite bandh called by the Indigenous People’s Forum (IPF) demanding bifurcation of Dima Hasao district.

Punjab DGP reviews security, law & order in wake of Dhariwal firing incident

Feb 11, 2020, at 08:51 pm

Chandigarh/UNI: Taking stock of the situation in the wake of Monday’s firing incident at Dhariwal in Gurdaspur district, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta on Tuesday reviewed the security and law and order in the state.

Mehbooba Mufti congratulate Kejriwal on his spectacular victory

Feb 11, 2020, at 08:19 pm

Srinagar/IBNS: People's Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday congratulated Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his party's clean sweep at the high voltage Delhi Assembly elections.

Arvind Kejriwal's firm footing on developmental agenda and alternate narrative decimate BJP in Delhi

Feb 11, 2020, at 07:36 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Nine months after getting crushed by the mighty Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo in the 2019 General Elections, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came back like a Phoenix in the assembly elections on Tuesday riding on the issues of governance challenging the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s agenda of nationalism.

Delhi has rejected separatist forces in assembly polls: former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav

Feb 11, 2020, at 06:11 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has congratulated the voters of Delhi for rejecting the separatist forces in the assembly polls.

Uttar Pradesh: Two killed in road mishap

Feb 11, 2020, at 06:07 pm

Kaushambi/UNI: Two youths were killed, while two other sustained critical injuries in a container-car collision in the Saini area here, police said on Tuesday.

Nine Hindu Bangladeshi sent to jail

Feb 11, 2020, at 06:02 pm

Agartala/UNI:  A local court of West Tripura sent nine Hindu Bangladeshi nationals including women and children to jail today for illegal entry into Indian Territory.

We never believe in politics of hatred: Manoj Tiwari

Feb 11, 2020, at 05:15 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: As Aam Aadmi Party clinched the assembly polls, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari on Tuesday said his party was accepting the mandate given by the people.

BJP president JP Nadda congratulates Kejriwal, accepts people's mandate

Feb 11, 2020, at 05:02 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after the Aam Aadmi Party clinched the Delhi Assembly for the third consecutive term, BJP president JP Nadda on Tuesday congratulated CM Arvind Kejriwal for the victory.