Jan 07, 2020, at 04:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid ongoing tension between Washington and Tehran, Indian PM Narendra Modi spoke with US President Donald Trump to wish him on New Year, officials said.
West Bengal govt gears up to foil Jan 8 shut down
Jan 07, 2020, at 03:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government has decided to remain business-as-usual on Jan 8 24-hour nationwide bandh called by the Congress and the Left front against CAA, NRC and NPR.
INTACH Odisha chapter opposes demolition plan of ancestral house of Rabindranath Tagore
Jan 07, 2020, at 03:19 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: The 100 years old Patherpuri house, an iconic building and invaluable heritage structure built by the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, will be demolished by Puri Municipality.
Hemant tables second supplementary budget of Rs 4210.08 crore for fiscal ending March 31, 2020
Jan 07, 2020, at 03:02 pm
Ranchi/UNI: Chief Minister Hemant Soren tabled second supplementary budget of Rs 4,210.08 crore on the second day of the first session of the fifth Jharkhand Assembly.
CAA protests influenced by 'pirated propaganda': Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Jan 07, 2020, at 02:46 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said the ongoing protests continuing across the country were ''influenced by pirated propaganda''.
Echoes of Germany moving towards Nazi rule: Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee on JNU violence
Jan 07, 2020, at 02:37 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Expressing concern over Sunday's attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students and teachers, Nobel Laureate economist Abhijit Banerjee said he could hear in the attack the echoes of the years when Germany moved towards the Nazi rule.
Javed Akhtar, Kanhaiya Kumar react to FIR against JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh
Jan 07, 2020, at 01:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Lyricist Javed Akhtar and CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar have slammed in their own ways the Delhi Police for filing a First Information Report (FIR) against Jawaharlal University Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh for allegedly vandalising the university's server room on last Saturday.
Hindu Raksha Dal claims responsibility for the attack on JNU, warns other universities
Jan 07, 2020, at 01:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Despite the ongoing blame-game, far-right group Hindu Raksha Dal has claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students and teachers by a group of masked men.
Disturbed by JNU violence, professor quits government panel on economic data
Jan 07, 2020, at 12:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Being disturbed by the attack on students and teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), a professor of the educational institution quit the government panel on economic data on Tuesday, media reports said.
'Free Kashmir' poster in Mumbai protest against JNU violence, BJP hits out at Uddhav
Jan 07, 2020, at 11:46 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lashed out at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray over a "Free Kashmir" poster which was spotted during a protest here against the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) violence which took place on Sunday evening.
Delhi Police file case against JNUSU leader Aishe Ghosh, 19 others for vandalising server room
Jan 07, 2020, at 11:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed a First Information Report (FIR) against the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) leader Aishe Ghosh and 19 others for allegedly vandalising the university server room and attacking security guards on Jan 4 while protesting against the fee-hike, media reports said.
New decade belongs to Indian entrepreneurs: PM Modi
Jan 06, 2020, at 11:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attended the centenary celebrations of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd. (KBL) here where he said the new decade will belong to Indian entrepreneurs.
SC fixes March 17 for final hearing of Sonia Gandhi's plea in National Herald case
Jan 06, 2020, at 10:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday fixed March 17 for the final hearing of appeals filed by Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi against Delhi High Court order allowing re-assessment of their income tax for 2011-12 in connection with National Herald case.
Modi expresses desire to strengthen cooperation between India, Singapore
Jan 06, 2020, at 08:51 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies, Singapore called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
JNU violence: Jadavpur University students hit Kolkata streets, slam BJP-ABVP
Jan 06, 2020, at 07:31 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Raising slogans, burning tyres and singing songs, a large number of students of Jadavpur University (JU) here on Monday joined the ongoing nation-wide protest rally against the attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students and teachers by a mob of masked men.
Was reminded of 26/11 terror attacks: Uddhav Thackeray on JNU assault
Jan 06, 2020, at 07:04 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray has compared the sudden assault on JNU campus with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Jan 06, 2020, at 06:09 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Five men, including two Bangladeshi nationals, have been arrested by Delhi Police in connection with violent anti-CAA protests at Seempuri in North East Delhi, reports said.
Several Bollywood stars stay away from govt's event on myths and realities of CAA
Jan 06, 2020, at 05:39 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Several bollywood celebrities decided to distance themselves from an event organised by the Centre to enlighren the entertainment world about the "myths and realities" of the Citizenship Amendment Act, media reports said.
Sonia Gandhi terms violence in JNU as ‘deplorable’ & ‘unacceptable’, demands judicial probe
Jan 06, 2020, at 05:32 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Describing the violence against the students and teachers in the campus of the Jawaharlal Nehru University as ‘deplorable’ and ‘unacceptable’, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday demanded an independent judicial probe into the incident.
Vote for us only if you think we have performed well: Arvind Kejriwal
Jan 06, 2020, at 05:25 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: An hour after the Chief Election Commissioner announced the date of the Delhi Assembly polls, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said this time polling will be held by keeping in mind the work performed by the government for the betterment of the national capital.
CPI demands action against those attacking at Delhi's JNU
Jan 06, 2020, at 05:13 pm
Patna/UNI: Condemning the brutal attack on the students and teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) by the masked mob, the Communist Party of India (CPI) today demanded to immediately book the culprits and institute a judicial probe into the incident.
Assam: BSF nabs one cattle smuggler with six cattle heads
Jan 06, 2020, at 05:04 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The BSF troops apprehended a cattle smuggler with six cattle heads at Shishumara char area in Assam's South Salmara Mankachar district on Monday.
Assam: Hardcore NDFB (S) militant killed in encounter with army-police
Jan 06, 2020, at 04:47 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: A hardcore militant of banned outfit group NDFB (S) was killed during an encounter with security forces in Assam’s Chirang district.
BJP leaders target Opposition, Left for JNU violence
Jan 06, 2020, at 04:17 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Union Ministers and BJP leaders on Monday slammed at political detractors and especially the Congress and the Leftists for inciting violence in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus.
JNU violence case: JDU demands high-level probe
Jan 06, 2020, at 04:07 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Janata Dal United (JDU) on Monday demanded a high-level probe in connection with Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) violence.
Delhi to vote to elect new Assembly on Feb 8, results on Feb 11
Jan 06, 2020, at 04:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission on Monday announced that Delhi will vote to elect a new Assembly on Feb 8.
JNU violence is BJP's pre-planned conspiracy: Akhilesh Yadav
Jan 06, 2020, at 03:59 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Blaming the BJP government for violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said it was a 'pre-planned conspiracy', and the police role in the incident was suspicious.
Trump, Modi sailing in same boat : Kumaraswamy
Jan 06, 2020, at 03:47 pm
Hassan/UNI: Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are 'sailing in the same boat'.
CBI files fresh case in Coal Block Allocation against NDIL
Jan 06, 2020, at 03:39 pm
Nagpur/UNI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has finally lodged a fresh FIR in the alleged irregularities in the allotment of Coal block to Nippon Denro Ispat Limited (NDIL) in 1998 underVajpayee government, officials said here on Monday.
After IPFT, JMACAA resumes protest against CAA in Tripura
Jan 06, 2020, at 03:02 pm
Agartala/UNI: With the beginning of indefinite sit in demonstration by ruling BJP’s ally in Tripura government Indigenous People’s Front of Twipra (IPFT) against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), on Monday, Joint Movement Against Citizenship Amendment Act (JMACAA), a common platform of tribal parties and indigenous organisations, announced an anti-CAA protest rally here tomorrow.