Condition of minority community remains deplorable in Pakistan: India
Nov 13, 2020, at 05:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that it has seen media reports of an 82-year-old Ahmadi man believed to have been shot and killed by some gunmen, apparently because of his faith, in Pakistan's Peshawar.
PM Modi participates in 17th ASEAN-India Summit, calls for cooperation in fighting Covid-19 pandemic
Nov 13, 2020, at 05:15 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday participated in the 17th ASEAN-India Summit at the invitation of the of his Vietnam counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc where he stressed on leveraging strong ASEAN-India ties in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Our ideology should not stand against national interest: PM Modi at JNU event
Nov 13, 2020, at 05:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled a statue of Swami Vivekananda at the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in New Delhi through video conferencing and urged the youths to not let their ideology come in the way of national interest.
23.41 lakh Indians repatriated through Vande Bharat Mission: MEA
Nov 13, 2020, at 04:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: As of date, 23.41 lakh Indians have been repatriated through different modes of the Vande Bharat Mission, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.
Pak's updated listing on most wanted terrorists omits 26/11 mastermind: India
Nov 13, 2020, at 02:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that it has come to know about Pakistan’s Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) releasing an updated ‘book on Most Wanted / High Profile Terrorists’ listing several Pakistani nationals involved in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Arjun Rampal's girlfriend Gabriella quizzed again for 6 hours in drug probe
Nov 13, 2020, at 01:45 am
Mumbai/UNI: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday once again questioned for six hours a South African model Gabriella Demetriades, the girlfriend of Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal, in a case related to drugs.
Cong stages protest in Shimla against price rise of essential commodities
Nov 13, 2020, at 01:30 am
Shimla/IBNS:UNI: The district unit of Congress on Thursday staged a dharna at the office of Deputy Commissioner of Shimla Aditya Negi, against the sharp increase in the prices of essential commodities, under the Narendra Modi government.
Nov 12, 2020, at 11:08 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Attorney General of India KK Venugopal on Thursday gave consent to a lawyer to initiate criminal proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra for his tweets suggesting the Supreme Court's alleged biases in granting interim bail to senior journalist Arnab Goswami.
Pakistan shells forward areas on LoC, India retaliates
Nov 12, 2020, at 05:51 pm
Jammu/UNI: Pakistan troops on Thursday morning yet again violated the ceasefire by firing unprovoked along the Line of Control in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Left in search of 'right' path ahead of Bengal assembly polls
Nov 12, 2020, at 05:47 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Leftists, who ruled Bengal for a record 34 years (1977 -2011), seem now in a dilemma to exploit strategies in respect of the Assembly elections next year while analysing the Bihar post poll scenario.
Manipur: Security forces seize 72 kg of brown sugar worth over Rs 287 crore
Nov 12, 2020, at 05:08 pm
Imphal/IBNS: In a major operation undertaken by the security forces, a joint team of Assam Rifles and Manipur Police seized nearly 72 kg of Brown Sugar from Kamu in Thoubal district of Manipur on 11 November.
Assam: Ahead of BTC election, MP Biswajit Daimary resigns from BPF
Nov 12, 2020, at 05:05 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), the ruling party of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) of Assam, has faced a major setback after its lone MP Biswajit Daimary has resigned from the working president post of the party just before the council election.
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s office knew about gold smuggling, says ED
Nov 12, 2020, at 05:42 am
Kochi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has informed a special court in Kochi that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s private secretary M Sivasankar and some officials at the CM’s office were privy to the gold smuggling activities, media reports said.
Give up NDA/RSS ideology, 'bless' Tejashwi Yadav: Digvijaya Singh urges Nitish Kumar
Nov 12, 2020, at 05:11 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday urged Nitish Kumar to quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and back Tejashwi Yadav as Chief Minister, a day after results for the Bihar Assembly election were declared which saw the Janata Dal (United) reduced to number three position.
Bow to people's mandate, thankful to PM for support: Nitish Kumar on Bihar win
Nov 12, 2020, at 04:12 am
Patna/IBNS: Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar on Wednesday thanked the people of Bihar for giving the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) a majority, in which his party is a key ally, a day after results for the state Assembly election were declared.
No other country has so much faith in democracy like India: PM Modi after Bihar win
Nov 12, 2020, at 03:08 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Wednesday after the party's victory at the Bihar elections and thanked the people of India for participating in the democratic process.
PM Modi addresses SCO Summit, raise voice against terrorism
Nov 12, 2020, at 12:31 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended the Summit of SCO Council of Heads of State where he raised voice against terrorism.
Nov 12, 2020, at 12:23 am
Kolkata: Expanding the friendly relationship shared between the two neighbours, the Indian Army recently gifted 20 fully trained military horses and 10 mine detection dogs to Bangladesh Army.
West Bengal Laskhkar recruitment case: NIA officials arrest LeT man from Karnataka
Nov 11, 2020, at 10:33 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) member Sayyad M Idris in connection with LeT West Bengal recruitment case on Tuesday.
2018 suicide case: SC grants interim bail to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami
Nov 11, 2020, at 09:57 pm
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in connection with the 2018 abetment to a suicide case of an architect and his mother.
AIMIM to contest in West Bengal Assembly polls next year: Asaduddin Owaisi
Nov 11, 2020, at 09:45 pm
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has announced that his party will contest in the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal.
Nagaland bans sale and use of fire crackers
Nov 11, 2020, at 09:43 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Nagaland government has banned sale and use of fire crackers in the state till Jan 31 next year.
Nov 11, 2020, at 09:16 pm
New Delhi: The Indian government is all set to bring the online news portals and content providers like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar under the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, media reports said on Wednesday.
NCB questions Arjun Rampal's girlfriend in drugs probe
Nov 11, 2020, at 08:34 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday questioned actor Arjun Rampal's girlfriend Gabriela Demetriades in connection with the alleged nexus between drugs and Hindi film industry, popularly known as Bollywood, media reports said.
Kashmir: Security forces launch CASO in Shopian
Nov 11, 2020, at 07:54 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Security forces on Wednesday launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in the south Kashmir district of Shopian.
'Nitish Kumar will be next Bihar CM': BJP's Sushil Modi
Nov 11, 2020, at 06:12 pm
Patna/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday cleared Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar will be the next Bihar Chief Minister despite the saffron party emerging as the best performer in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which won the state polls.
Govt issues order to bring online portals, content providers under regulation
Nov 11, 2020, at 05:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The government has issued an order to bring all online news portals and content providers under the Information and Broadcasting Ministry's regulation, media reports said.
Bihar posed faith in Narendra Modi: Chiraj Paswan after NDA win
Nov 11, 2020, at 05:21 pm
Patna/IBNS: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan, who had left the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) before the Bihar assembly elections, has said the people of the state posed faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led the alliance to victory.
BJP president JP Nadda expresses gratitude to voters of Bihar for NDA victory
Nov 11, 2020, at 02:09 pm
New Delhi: Expressing gratitude to voters of Bihar for NDA victory, the BJP national President JP Nadda on Tuesday thanked the people of the state for rejecting "dynasty, corruption and divisive politics" and choosing development.
BJP enables NDA to win Bihar elections as Nitish Kumar falters amid anti-incumbency
Nov 11, 2020, at 11:21 am
Patna/IBNS: After 15 long hours of counting and allegations of cheating amid the coronavirus pandemic, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) emerged as the winner of the Bihar election in the wee hours of Wednesday.