PM Modi to receive award from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Clean India initiative
Sep 02, 2019, at 03:31 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive an international recognition for his Clean India initiative which was launched during his first term, officials said on Monday.
PM Modi likely to celebrate his 69th birthday in Kashi
Sep 02, 2019, at 01:39 pm
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to celebrate his 69th birthday in his Varanasi parliamentary constituency on September 17.
Woman gang-raped in Ballia, three arrested
Sep 02, 2019, at 01:35 pm
Ballia: A woman was allegedly gang-raped by three persons in Chitbada Village area here, police said on Monday.
Tejashwi Yadav attacks Nitish Kumar-led Bihar govt on crime and corruption
Sep 02, 2019, at 01:19 pm
Patna: Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav on Monday sought to the counterclaim of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his stated principle of no compromise with crime and corruption by accusing him of shielding criminals, mafia, rapists and corrupt people.
UP: Road mishap kills one, injures two
Sep 02, 2019, at 01:16 pm
Ghazipur: One person was killed and two others sustained critical injuries when a speeding truck crushed three members of a family sleeping on the roadside, early Monday morning in the Nandganj area of this district of Uttar Pradesh.
Case against journalist who shot video of roti, salt served to UP students
Sep 02, 2019, at 12:56 pm
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has filed a case against the journalist who had shot a video which shown students in a state-run school were served roti and salt in midday meals, media reports said.
Worse than insult: Shashi Tharoor slams JNU for asking CV from Romila Thapar
Sep 02, 2019, at 12:16 pm
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has hit out at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration for asking historian and Padma Bhushan Romila Thapar to submit her Curriculum Vitae (CV) to continue as a professor emeriti, calling the move as "worse than insult".
Family members of former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed left out of Assam NRC list
Sep 02, 2019, at 08:27 am
Guwahati, Sept 2 (IBNS): Among the 19 lakh people, who were left out from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list, which was published on Aug 31, one was the family of former President of India late Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
Assam: Son of a freedom fighter and retired IAF officer excluded from final NRC list
Sep 02, 2019, at 08:17 am
Guwahati, Sept 2 (IBNS): Retired Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Sabindra Sharma is among the 19 lakh people whose name was missing from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list that was published on Aug 31.
Pakistan to grant consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav today
Sep 02, 2019, at 07:53 am
Islamabad, Sept 2 (IBNS): The Pakistan government on Sunday said it will grant consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death in the neighbouring nation on charges of espionage, on Monday.
Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur slams Imran Khan over forced conversion of Pakistani Sikh girl
Sep 02, 2019, at 12:19 am
New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS): Appealing all Indians to protest against the abduction and conversion of a Sikh girl in Pakistan, Dalbir Kaur, sister of Sarabjit Singh, who died in a Pakistani jail from assault, on Sunday attacked PM Imran Khan and called him a 'liar'.
West Bengal BJP MP Arjun Singh hurt, claims attack by police during clashes
Sep 01, 2019, at 10:32 pm
Kolkata, Sept 1 (IBNS): BJP MP Arjun Singh on Sunday alleged that the police resorted to lathi-charge at Kankinara in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district to lift a road blockade, leaving him injured.
Tiger kills farmer near Bandipur Tiger Reserve
Sep 01, 2019, at 10:11 pm
Chamarajanagara, Sept 1(UNI) A 55 year-old farmer returning home with cattle’s was killed on the spot by a tiger at Yelechatte in Gudlupet Taluk on the border of Bandipur Tiger Reserve in the District late last evening.
Kolkata: Two hurt as jetty collapses at Ahiritola Ghat
Sep 01, 2019, at 09:46 pm
Kolkata, Sept 1 (UNI) Two persons were injured when a jetty at the Ahiritolla ghat in north Kolkata collapsed triggered by sudden high tide at Bhagirati river today.
Two persons killed in road accident in Muzaffarnagar
Sep 01, 2019, at 09:41 pm
Muzaffarnagar, Sep 1 (UNI) Two persons died on the spot while one other severely injured in a road accident here in Chhapar area late on Sunday evening.
Maharashtra: 70-yr-old woman killed in leopard attack in Ahmednagar
Sep 01, 2019, at 09:30 pm
Nashik, Sep 1 (UNI) A 70-year-old woman was killed after being attacked by a leopard at Vadner Budruk village of Parner taluka in Ahmednagar district.
Bill banning Triple Talaq is aimed at securing justice to women: Vice President Naidu
Sep 01, 2019, at 08:42 pm
New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has hailed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, passed in the Rajya Sabha the other day, and said that it was aimed at securing gender rights and justice to women.
Sep 01, 2019, at 07:36 pm
Guwahati, Sept 1 (IBNS): A teacher fainted at a NRC Seva Kendra in Assam’s Kamrup district after he found that names of his two children were not present in the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list which was published on Saturday.
50 persons of a single family not listed in Assam NRC
Sep 01, 2019, at 06:29 pm
Guwahati, Sept 1 (IBNS): Not only one, two, three or five, a total of 50 persons of a single family have been excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), which was published on Aug 31.
Assam: 73-year-old doctor beaten to death by tea garden workers
Sep 01, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Guwahati, Sept 1 (IBNS): A 73-year-old doctor, who was attacked by tea workers of a tea estate in Assam’s Jorhat district, died, officials said on Sunday.
Retired SBI officer and his wife, daughter’s name not listed in final NRC
Sep 01, 2019, at 04:45 pm
Guwahati, Sept 1 (IBNS): Sabimal Biswas, a retired State Bank of India (SBI) officer, seems to be in total helplessness after he didn’t find out his name in the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) which was published on Aug 31.
Conversion of Sikh girls in Pakistan: Indian government voices concern
Sep 01, 2019, at 04:23 pm
New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS): India has raised concerns with Pakistan over the recent episode of abduction, forced conversion and marriage of two Sikh women in Pakistan.
Assam BJP demands for nationwide NRC
Sep 01, 2019, at 03:53 pm
Guwahati, Sept 1 (IBNS): Over 19 lakh people have been left out from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list which was published on Saturday.
11 more J&K police stations free from restrictions: Administration
Sep 01, 2019, at 02:33 pm
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IBNS): The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday informed media that the situation has improved in the Valley and the high schools will reopen on Wednesday with the restrictions getting eased in several places.
All round mismanagement led to economic slowdown: Manmohan Singh
Sep 01, 2019, at 01:42 pm
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IBNS) Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday slammed the Narendra Modi government for the poor economic situation of the country at present and said "the state of the economy today is deeply worrying" due to "all round mismanagement."
Kalraj Mishra transferred from Himachal, appointed as Rajasthan Guv
Sep 01, 2019, at 01:21 pm
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IBNS): The Centre of Sunday transferred senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra from Himachal Pradesh and appointed as Governor of Rajasthan.
Sikh girl abduction: People from different faiths to demonstrate outside Pakistan High Commission
Sep 01, 2019, at 12:33 pm
New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS): Amid reports that an abducted minority Sikh girl in Pakistan, who was converted to Islam and then married to a Muslim man, has not returned to her family despite the government's apparent moves to reunite her with parents, people from different religions and faiths will be assembling in front of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi to protest against the incident, sources said.
Monsoon rains lash Marathwada in Maharashtra
Sep 01, 2019, at 11:56 am
Aurangabad, Sep 1 (UNI) Monsoon rains continued to lash the drought-hit Marathwada in Maharashtra for the consecutive day on Sunday -- bringing some respite to the residents.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Singapore Home Minister meeting held today
Aug 31, 2019, at 10:28 pm
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Minister for Home Affairs and Law of Singapore, K. Shanmugam met in New Delhi on Saturday.
Lucknow: Factory owner booked for releasing toxins in nullah which killed 21 buffaloes
Aug 31, 2019, at 10:21 pm
Lucknow, Aug 31(UNI) Police have registered an FIR against a private chemical factory here after 21 buffaloes died on Friday when they entered a nullah near the factory in Chinat area.