BSF jawan shoots self in Assam’s Karimganj

Oct 14, 2019, at 02:35 pm

Guwahati: A jawan of Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly committed suicide in Assam’s Karimganj district on Monday.

Manohar Lal Khattar should apologise to all women over remark on Sonia Gandhi: Cong

Oct 14, 2019, at 02:16 pm

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI): Slamming Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for his remarks against party president Sonia Gandhi, the Congress on Monday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader owes an apology to all the women in the country for insulting them.

PM Modi holds meeting with Netherlands King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima

Oct 14, 2019, at 02:07 pm

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met the visiting Netherlands King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima and held talks on bilateral and global issues.

Uttar Pradesh: LPG explosion kills 12, injures 12

Oct 14, 2019, at 01:58 pm

Mau, Oct 14 (UNI): At least 12 people were killed and 12 others were injured in a LPG cylinder explosion under Mohamadabad police station area in the district on Monday morning.

Mobile phone facilities in Jammu and Kashmir restored

Oct 14, 2019, at 12:14 pm

Srinagar: More than two months after the Centre abrogated Article 370, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday restored all postpaid mobile phone facilities.

Maharashtra polls: Yogi Adityanath takes jibe at Rahul Gandhi

Oct 14, 2019, at 11:57 am

Hingoli, Oct 14 (UNI): Addressing an election rally in the poll-bound Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, taking a jibe at former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, said that BJP is not worried about Gandhi addressing election rallies as he has always lost due to his speeches.

Mobile phone facilities in Jammu and Kashmir to be restored from noon today

Oct 14, 2019, at 11:40 am

Srinagar: More than two months after the Centre abrogated Articles 370, the Jammu and Kashmir government will restore mobile phone facilities at noon on Monday.

Section 144 imposed in Ayodhya as Supreme Court verdict on case nears

Oct 14, 2019, at 11:39 am

Ayodhya: Section 144 has been imposed in Ayodhya as the verdict on the case pertaining to whether Ram Temple will be built in the disputed land of the city is nearing.

Himachal Pradesh: Three nabbed with bag of opium

Oct 14, 2019, at 09:58 am

Shimla, Oct 14 (UNI) Three people were arrested after a bag of opium was recovered from them, police said on Monday.

Uttar Pradesh: Two-storey building collapses following cylinder blast, 10 dead

Oct 14, 2019, at 09:15 am

Lucknow: The collapse of a two-storey building following a cylinder blast in Uttar Pradesh's  Mau district on Monday left at least 10 people dead, media reports said.

Puri: Lord Jagannath, his consort Devi Laxmi play gambling on Kumar Purnima day

Oct 13, 2019, at 10:42 pm

Puri, Oct 13 (UNI) Lord Jagannath and his consort Devi Laxmi today participated in a dice game (gambling) popularly called "Kauri Khela" on the occasion of Kumar Purnima being celebrated today as Laxmi pooja in Odisha.

Narendra Modi's Instagram is now followed by 30 million people, BJP congratulates

Oct 13, 2019, at 08:51 pm

New Delhi: Showing the popularity he enjoys online, Indian PM Narendra Modi's Instagram page is followed by 30 million netizens now.

Maharashtra: Narendra Modi targets Congress-NCP, dares oppn to bring back Article 370 in J&K

Oct 13, 2019, at 08:17 pm

Jalgaon: Keeping the Maharashtra Assembly polls in mind, Indian PM Narendra Modi on Sunday targeted the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress alliance in the state and even dared the opposition to restore Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.  

Rahul Gandhi slams PM Narendra Modi for not solving common people's troubles

Oct 13, 2019, at 07:58 pm

Latur, Oct 13 (UNI) Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and the media, accusing Mr Modi of having destroyed the country by not resolving the problems of farmers, youths, common man and asked where are the promised ‘Acche Din’.

Ram Nath Kovind meets PM Narendra Modi's mother

Oct 13, 2019, at 07:55 pm

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday met Indian PM Narendra Modi's mother Hiraba at her residence in Gujarat's Gandhinagar area.

India and Sierra Leone seek to expand bilateral ties and push for UNSC reforms

Oct 13, 2019, at 07:45 pm

New Delhi: India and Sierra Leone signed 6 agreements today to expand the bilateral relations in various fields and also agreed to push for UNSC reforms so that one-third of mankind residing in Africa and India occupy their rightful place in decision making bodies of the UN. 

Sister Mariam Thresia of Kerala canonised by the Pope Francis

Oct 13, 2019, at 07:39 pm

Thrissur, Oct 13 (UNI) Sister Mariam Thresia from Kerala’s Thrissur district was ordained a saint by Pope Francis in the Vatican today, 19 years after she was beatified.

West Bengal: Robbers loot cash and gold on gunpoint in Nadia

Oct 13, 2019, at 07:27 pm

Krishnagar, Oct 13(UNI) A group of armed robbers broke into a house in Ujir Pukuria village under Ganganapur Police Station of Nadia district in the wee hours of Sunday and looted cash and gold ornaments on gunpoint.

Mumbai: Major fire breaks out in the building, no casualty 

Oct 13, 2019, at 07:23 pm

Mumbai, Oct 15 (UNI) A massive fire broke out in a five-storey building at Grant Road in south-central Mumbai on Sunday.

Manipur-Bangladesh to work together in cooperative sector

Oct 13, 2019, at 07:10 pm

Imphal, Oct 13 (UNI) Manipur Cooperation Minister Nemcha Kipgen today signed Memorandum of Intent (MOI) with Bangladesh represented by its Secretary, Md. Gyas Uddin Ahmed at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on the Valedictory occasion of India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF), 2019.

Uttar Pradesh: BJP leader gets life threat

Oct 13, 2019, at 06:51 pm

Etawah, Oct 13 (UNI) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former MLA Ravindra Singh Chauhan has received life threat from an unidentified person, police said here on Sunday.

Assam: Teen leaves home after parents prevented him from playing online game

Oct 13, 2019, at 06:02 pm

Guwahati, Oct 13 : A 15-year-old boy left his home in Assam after his parents prevented him from playing online game.

Man commits suicide after his name is omitted from NRC and court declares him a foreigner

Oct 13, 2019, at 05:17 pm

Guwahati : A 68-year-old man allegedly committed suicide after he was declared as a foreigner by a court in Assam’s Kamrup district.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad withdraws remarks on economic slowdown

Oct 13, 2019, at 04:58 pm

New Delhi: Amid criticism for citing box office collection of three recently released Bollywood movies to dismiss reports of the economic slowdown in the country, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said his statement was 'twisted out of context'.

Mamata Banerjee convenes party meet on Oct 15

Oct 13, 2019, at 02:41 pm

Kolkata, Oct 13 (UNI): Trinamool Congress supremo and WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting of all block presidents, Panchayat Samiti chiefs and Zilla Sabhadipatis on Oct 15.

CRPF arrest dreaded Maoist in Bihar

Oct 13, 2019, at 02:07 pm

Jamui, Oct 13 (UNI) A joint team of CRPF and district police on Sunday arrested a dreaded Maoist from Batia forest under Chandramandi police station area in this district.

Maha polls: 9 sugar barons, directors of cooperative sugar factories in poll fray

Oct 13, 2019, at 01:01 pm

Kolhapur, Oct 13 (UNI) As many as nine sugar barons and directors of cooperative sugar factories were in election fray to test their fate in western Maharashtra, which is also known as the 'sugar and gur belt' district.

Indian economy fine, 3 films made 120 cr on single day: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Oct 13, 2019, at 12:24 pm

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS): Amid severe criticisms over the country's poor economic condition, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the economic state is absolutely fine or else there wouldn't have been a business of Rs. 120 crore at the Box Office on Oct 2, which is a national holiday on account of Gandhi Jayanti.

Modi Govt puts Naga peace talks on fast track, moots crucial meeting next week

Oct 13, 2019, at 10:39 am

New Delhi, Oct 13 (UNI) The heat and dust of Jammu and Kashmir have hardly settled and the Narendra Modi government is getting engaged with Nagaland affairs and has fast-paced the process for an early solution to the decades-old Naga political problem.

Typhoon Hagibis kills 14 in Japan, 27 missing

Oct 13, 2019, at 09:56 am

Tokyo, Oct 13 (UNI) Typhoon Hagibis in Japan has taken 14 lives, while at least 27 people remain missing, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.