CPI-M condemns killing of Qassem Soleimani
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:47 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Condemning the killing of Qassem Soleimani, Iran's top General of the armed forces (the Quds) by the United States, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Saturday said the assassination of the head of the armed forces of a sovereign country is an act of international banditry by the Trump administration'.
Yashwant Sinha announces nationwide anti-CAA yatra
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:27 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha on Saturday announced the launch of 'Gandhi Shanti Yatra' -a nationwide anti-CAA Yatra by his political outfit Rashtra Manch.
Sri Lankan Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardane to visit India next week
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:26 pm
Colombo/IBNS: Sri Lankan Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardane will visit India on Jan 9, media reports said.
Nankana Sahib Gurdwara attack: Sikh community protests outside Pakistan embassy
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:25 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Members of the Sikh community led by Manjinder Singh Sirsa, President Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, on Saturday held a massive protest outside the Pakistan High Commission here against vandalism at the revered Nankana Sahib Gurdwara, the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev in Pakistan.
Uttar Pradesh: Eight constables suspended for negligence
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:20 pm
Jaunpur/UNI: Four head constables and four constables, posted with the judicial summons cell, were suspended with immediate effect for alleged negligence in duty by the Superintendent of Police, Jaunpur Ashok Kumar on Saturday.
Sri Lankan Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardane to visit India next week
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:15 pm
Colombo/IBNS: Sri Lankan Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardane will visit India on Jan 9, media reports said.
UN envoy Syed Akbaruddin censures Imran Khan for sharing fake video
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:14 pm
New York/UNI: India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin on Saturday condemned Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for sharing a 2013 video of the Rapid Action Battalion of the Bangladesh police attacking unarmed men with the caption 'Indian police's pogrom against Muslims in UP'.
Kenyan police pursue al-Shabab militants in vast coastal forest
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Lamu, Kenya/Xinhua/UNI: Kenyan police said Saturday they are pursuing a group of al-Shabab militants believed to have crossed into vast Boni Forest in the coastal Lamu county in Kenya.
Denied Cabinet post, Sena MLA Abdul Sattar threatens to quit as MoS
Jan 04, 2020, at 04:44 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Shiv Sena's Abdul Sattar on Saturday threatened to resign as Minister of State after being denied a Cabinet berth in the CM Udhav Thackery-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra.
Mysterious blast leaves three hurt in Srinagar
Jan 04, 2020, at 04:41 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Three civilians were critically injured in a mysterious blast here on Saturday.
Nankana Sahib Gurdwara attack: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condemns
Jan 04, 2020, at 04:39 pm
New Delhi/UNI: A day after the mob attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday called the attack is 'reprehensible', and added that "bigotry is a dangerous, age old poison that knows no borders".
Man arrested for killing wife and two children
Jan 04, 2020, at 04:37 pm
Sitamarhi/UNI: A person killed his wife and two minor children at Bajpatti Got village under Bajpatti police station area in Sitamarhi district today.
Suleimani death: Protests hit normal life in Budgam
Jan 04, 2020, at 04:36 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Normal life was crippled on Saturday as shops and business establishments were closed for the second straight day against killing of an Iranian Army general in a US airstrike.
Gaya: Two girls die under mysterious circumstances
Jan 04, 2020, at 04:33 pm
Gaya/UNI: Two girls died under mysterious circumstances at Gorela village under Mohanpur police station area in Gaya district today.
UP police harassing innocents in the name of CAA violence: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Jan 04, 2020, at 04:29 pm
Muzaffarnagar/UNI: AICC General Secretary Uttar Pradesh (East) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday alleged that the UP police is harassing innocents on the name of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) violence.
BJP brought forward CAA to cover up its failures: Congress
Jan 04, 2020, at 04:27 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Congress on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had brought up the Citizenship law only to 'cover up failures' of his government at the Centre and 'divert the attention' of the people of the country from crucial issues.
Jan 04, 2020, at 02:55 pm
Kota/IBNS: In an embarrassment for the Congress government in Rajasthan, Deputy Chief Minister of the state Sachin Pilot on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot saying citation of data at a time children are dying at a hospital is not acceptable.
Attack on Nankana Sahab reprehensible and must be condemned: Rahul Gandhi
Jan 04, 2020, at 02:22 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Reacting to the attack on Gurudwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan by a mob, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday condemned the incident calling it "reprehensible".
Kashmir: LeT terrorist arrested from hospital in Srinagar, say police
Jan 04, 2020, at 12:13 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Nisar Dar was arrested from a hospital in Sringar by Jammu and Kashmir police and security forces on Saturday.
Pinarayi Vijayan writes letter to 11 non-BJP CMs, urges to unite against CAA
Jan 04, 2020, at 10:51 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday wrote a letter to his non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) counterparts of 11 states urging them to unite against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, (CAB), which has become the point of tussle between the Centre and several states.
Mob in Pakistan surround Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, India condemns vandalism
Jan 03, 2020, at 11:45 pm
Nankhana Sahib/Pakistan/IBNS/UNI: A large number of Muslim protesters surrounded the holy Sikh shrine of Gurdwara Nankana Sahib on Friday afternoon, threatening to overrun the site if their demands for the release of suspects in an alleged forced conversion case were not met, according to reports in Dawn and other media. Anti-Sikh slogans were raised at the site, the birth place of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism even as India condemned the attack.
Jan 03, 2020, at 11:43 pm
New Delhi/IBNS:India has expressed strong protest over the attacks on Gurudwara Nankana Sahib, after reports emerged that a mob surrounded the gurudwara with devotees inside and pelted stones. Nankana Sahib is the birth place of Guru Nanak, the first guru of Sikhs.
Imran Khan tweets fake video 'exposing UP police atrocities on Muslims'
Jan 03, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday tweeted a fake video that he claimed to 'expose' "Indian police's pogrom against Muslims in UP".
Devendra Fadnavis demands ban on booklet maligning Veer Savarkar
Jan 03, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday demanded a ban on the booklet, being circulated by a Congress affiliated organisation, that maligned the character of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Ex-DGP of Assam Kuladhar Saikia elected Asom Sahitya Sabha president
Jan 03, 2020, at 08:08 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer and former DGP of Assam Kuladhar Saikia has been elected as the president of Asom Sahitya Sabha – one of the biggest literary body of the country.
Qasem Soleimani: India calls for 'peace, stability, security' in regionÂ
Jan 03, 2020, at 06:29 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid heightened tension between Tehran and Washington over the killing of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Qasem Soleimani in US airstrike, India on Friday called for “peace, stability and security” in the region.
Jamshedpur: Court awards life imprisonment to doctor for killing girlfriend
Jan 03, 2020, at 06:09 pm
Jamshedpur/UNI: A local court here awarded life imprisonment to a doctor who was earlier held guilty of murdering his girlfriend.
Chill intensifies as Western Disturbance eludes Kashmir; Drass shivers at minus 26.3 degree
Jan 03, 2020, at 06:04 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Chilly weather conditions have intensified as the Western Disturbance (WD) once again eluded Kashmir valley, where the mercury during the night dipped and settled below normal at most places.
Two Maoists arrested in Kukadu Haat incident
Jan 03, 2020, at 06:00 pm
Saraikela-Kharsawan/UNI: Police has arrested two more ultras who were involved in killing of five policemen in Kukadu Haat located under Tiruldih Police Station area of this district on June 14, 2019.
Congress to join hands with Anti-CAA forces in Assam
Jan 03, 2020, at 05:52 pm
Guwahati/UNI: The Congress party in Assam will join hands with all anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) forces to fight for the protection of the indigenous people of the state.