Delhi gangrape case: Victim's mother seeks impleadment
Dec 13, 2019, at 06:08 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Mother of the victim of the December 16, 2012, gang-rape and murder case on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to be impleaded as a party in the review petition filed by one of the four death row convicts, Akshay Kumar Singh, scheduled for hearing on December 17, Tuesday.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik flags off senior citizen pilgrimage tour
Dec 13, 2019, at 06:02 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today flagged off the pilgrimage tour of the senior citizens from Balasore to Haridwar and Rishikesh through video conferencing from here.
Jamia Millia students stage protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB)
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:59 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Students of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University on Friday here staged a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) 2019. The agitating students marched from the university campus to Parliament to oppose the Citizenship Amendment Bill, passed by Parliament on Thursday.
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:55 pm
Ranchi/UNI: BJP's national president Amit Shah will be addressing three election rallies in the state tomorrow and will also offer obeisance at Baba Baidynath Dham temple located in Deoghar.
Tripura royal scion threatens Amit Shah to move Supreme CourtÂ
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:46 pm
Agartala/UNI: The royal scion of Tripura Pradyot Kishore Debbarman during the meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi that he would not allow CAB to implement in Tripura after latter did not show any hope to the demand.
Anti-CAB protestors defy curfew in Assam
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:39 pm
Guwahati: The situation in Assam over anti-CAB protests continued to remain tensed with people defying indefinite curfew imposed in various parts, including Guwahati and Dibrugarh, to participate in agitations.
Vaisno Devi chopper service remains suspended due to fogÂ
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:29 pm
Jammu/UNI: The chopper service from Katra to Sanjhi Chat for Vaishno Devi pilgrims on Friday remained suspended for second consecutive day due to fog in view of rains and fresh snowfall in Trikuta Hills in Katra town of Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Hindu Janjagruti Samiti hails BJP govt's CAB move; awaits deportation of
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:24 pm
Pune/UNI: Hindu Janjagruti Samiti(HJS) here on Friday hailed the BJP-led government's move of The Citizenship Amendment Bill(CAB) of 2019, which has been cleared by both houses of Parliament amid much uproar.
Karnataka: Girl found dead, family suspects black magic
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:10 pm
Kalaburagi/UNI: A five-year-old girl missing since December 5 from her house in Havanour village, was found murdered on Friday.
Himachal Pradesh passes GST amendment bill
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:08 pm
Tapovan, Dharamshala, Dec 13 (UNI) The Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh on Friday unanimously passed the Goods & Services Tax Amendment bill 2019 with voice vote.
Crime against women in India: Mahila Congress to take out march in Delhi against
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:06 pm
New Delhi/UNI: In the wake of rising crime against women in the country, Mahila Congress on Friday announced to organise a protest march in the National Capital.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind unable to protest against CAB amid strict stance by admin
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:04 pm
Saharanpur, Dec 13 (UNI) Owing to the strict stance of the administration in Sahranpur, the Mahmood Madni-led faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind will not protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB).
Nanded: Teenager's body found hanging at his workplace
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:02 pm
Nanded/UNI: A 16-year-old teenager's body was found hanging at his workplace in Hadgaon tehsil of this district, informed police here on Friday.
London may witness anti-CAB protests tomorrow
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:00 pm
Guwahati/UNI: The anti-CAB protests in Assam and North Eastern region of India will resound in London on Saturday when people from the region will stage a demonstration in front of the Indian High Commission on British soil.
Rajya Sabha witnesses 100 percent productivity in Winter Session
Dec 13, 2019, at 04:55 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said the Winter Session of the House witnessed substantial improvement with the passage of 15 Bills as the session clocked 100 per cent productivity.
It is a matter of shame: Nirmala Sitharaman attacks Rahul Gandhi over his 'rape remark'
Dec 13, 2019, at 04:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his "Rape in India" comment and described it as 'horrendous'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Speaker of People’s Majlis of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed
Dec 13, 2019, at 04:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Mohamed Nasheed, Speaker of People's Majlis of The Maldives, who is on a visit to India at the joint invitation of the Chairman,Rajya Sabha, and the Speaker, Lok Sabha, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday.
Woman raped, murdered in Banda
Dec 13, 2019, at 03:50 pm
Banda/UNI: A woman was allegedly assaulted sexually and bludgeoned to death in the Bisanda area of this district in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said on Friday.
Anti-CAB protests hits oxygen supply in NE, Bhutan
Dec 13, 2019, at 03:43 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Oxygen supply to all major government as well as private hospitals in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland as well as Bhutan has been severely hit due to the ongoing anti-CAB protests in Assam.
2012 Delhi gangrape victim's mother moves SC opposing review plea of convict
Dec 13, 2019, at 03:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Opposing the move, 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder victim Nirbhaya's mother on Friday approached the Supreme Court against the plea filed by one of the four death-row convicts seeking a review of its 2017 judgement awarding him death penalty.
Mamata Banerjee announces mega rally against Citizenship Act in Kolkata
Dec 13, 2019, at 03:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee has announced a mega rally which will be held here on Monday against the new controversial Citizenship Act.
PM Modi congratulates Boris Johnson for winning UK elections
Dec 13, 2019, at 02:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Britain's Conservative leader Boris Johnson for winning the UK elections.
India-Japan summit in Guwahati deferred
Dec 13, 2019, at 02:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: As the north-east is on boil over the citizenship law, the India-Japan summit which was scheduled to be held in Assam's Guwahati has been deferred.
Modi should apologise: Rahul after BJP protests against 'Rape in India' remark
Dec 13, 2019, at 01:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which demanded an apology from the Congress MP over his "Rape in India" remark, saying Narendra Modi should apologise pulling out an old clip where the Prime Minister is seen calling Delhi a "rape capital" when he was in the Opposition.
Women BJP MPs protest against Rahul Gandhi's 'Rape in India' remark, demand apology
Dec 13, 2019, at 12:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The women Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs in the Lok Sabha torn apart Congress leader Rahul Gandhi protesting against his "Rape in India" remark at a Jharkhand rally and also demanded an apology from the Wayanad parliamentarian.
TMC's Mahua Moitra moves SC against new citizenship law, fails to get urgent hearing
Dec 13, 2019, at 12:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the controversial citizenship law which will grant citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Buddhist, Jain, Christian but not Muslim refugees who came to India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan before 2015.
CAB protest: Curfew relaxed in Assam's Dibrugarh, AASU calls for hunger strike
Dec 13, 2019, at 11:34 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The indefinite curfew, which was imposed in Assam's Dibrugarh over the violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was relaxed for five hours on Friday.
Protest in Assam over citizenship law: Japan PM Shinzo Abe may cancel visit to India
Dec 13, 2019, at 09:41 am
Tokyo/New Delhi/IBNS: Amid ongoing violent ptotests in Assam over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Japan PM Shinzo Abe is considering canceling a trip to India, media reports said.
Speculation that Bangladesh FM cancelled trip to country over CAB unwarranted: India
Dec 13, 2019, at 01:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Thursday rubbished the speculation that Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen cancelled his trip to the country over the passage of controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Parliament calling it "unwarranted".
CAB gets President's assent, becomes law
Dec 13, 2019, at 01:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which was passed by Parliament earlier, became a law after getting President Ram Nath Kovind's assent on Thursday.