West Bengal gives letter to Rail Board Chairman regarding resumption of train services
Aug 29, 2020, at 07:29 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Home Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay has written to the Railway Board Chairman with a request to restart Metro Railway services and suburban train services during unlock 4.0.
Kashmir: Militant thanks troops for allowing to surrender during Shopian encounter
Aug 29, 2020, at 07:24 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A militant has thanked the troops for allowing him to surrender during an encounter in south Kashmir district of Shopian, where four Al-Badr militants, including a former policeman turned commander, were killed on Friday.
Aug 29, 2020, at 07:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday took a swipe at Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who a couple of days ago called Novel Coronavirus pandemic an "act of God" that has affected the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Jammu and Kashmir: JeM hideout busted, incriminating material recovered in Tral
Aug 29, 2020, at 02:36 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A Jash-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant hideout was busted and incriminating material was recovered at Tral in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, a police official said here on Saturday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Three militants killed, 1 jawan injured in Pulwama encounter
Aug 29, 2020, at 02:05 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Three militants were killed and a jawan was injured in an encounter which ensued after security forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Pulwama on Saturday.
Amarinder Singh self isolates after meeting Covid-19 positive MLAs in assembly session
Aug 29, 2020, at 05:48 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has gone into 7-day home quarantine after he met two MLAs in the state assembly, who later tested positive for coronavirus, a senior state official said.
'Don't hide behind RBI': SC raps Centre over inaction on loan moratorium interest waivers
Aug 29, 2020, at 04:57 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday rebuked the government for not actively addressing the issue of interest accrual during the six-month loan moratorium period, said media reports.
Govt must listen to students' voices on holding NEET-JEE exams: Sonia Gandhi
Aug 29, 2020, at 04:50 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday said the government should listen to the concerns and voices of students over holding national entrance examinations for engineering and medical courses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
4 terrorists killed in J&K's Shopian encounter, one surrenders to security forces
Aug 29, 2020, at 04:00 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The fierce encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian left four terrorists killed and one of them surrendered to the security forces in a rare incident on Friday.
Congress MP from Tamil Nadu H Vasanthakumar dies of Covid-19
Aug 29, 2020, at 03:35 am
Chennai/IBNS: Congress MP from Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari, H Vasanthakumar died of Covid-19 on Friday.
Pakistan Army is financing jihad from Afghanistan to Kashmir: activist Amjad Ayub Mirza
Aug 29, 2020, at 03:28 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Army is financing 'jihad' from Afghanistan to the Kashmir Valley for the past four decades, said activist Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza.
CBI interrogates Rhea Chakraborty in Sushant Singh Rajput's case
Aug 29, 2020, at 02:06 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Actress Rhea Chakraborty, who is the prime accused in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, is being questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for over nine hours now.
Kartarpur Corridor: Survey team from Pakistan visits India side for building bridge
Aug 29, 2020, at 01:11 am
Amritsar: A joint survey with the Pakistan delegation on Dera Baba Nanak-Kartarpur corridor project for the part to be constructed on the Pakistan side has been conducted on Thursday, media reports said.
Punjab Police nab drugs smugglers in Phillaur
Aug 29, 2020, at 01:02 am
Phillaur/UNI: The Phillaur Police Friday succeeded to nab four drugs smugglers and recovered drugs, cash and phones from him.
COVID-19: Lockdown hits Northeast Frontier Railway earnings
Aug 29, 2020, at 12:15 am
Guwahati/UNI: The revenue of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has decreased due to non-running of regular passenger trains since the beginning of the nationwide lockdown from end of March owing to COVID-19 pandemic.
Jammu and Kashmir: Two militants killed in Shopian encounter
Aug 28, 2020, at 11:07 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Two militants were killed by security forces in an encounter which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian on Friday afternoon, a police spokesman said.
BSF foils major cattle smuggling attempts in Meghalaya, recover 43 cattle heads
Aug 28, 2020, at 10:48 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The troops of Border Security Force (BSF) have foiled a major cattle smuggling attempt in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district along Indo-Bangladesh border.
Maharashtra govt to consult universities, students on implementing SC order about JEE-NEET
Aug 28, 2020, at 10:26 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Minister for Higher & Technical Education Uday R Samant on Friday said that state government will consult universities and students and then decide how to go about implementing the SC order on holding the JEE-NEET examinations.
Plea of 1984 anti-Sikh riots convict to extend interim bail infructuous: Delhi HC
Aug 28, 2020, at 10:14 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi High Court on Friday said the plea of a 1984 anti-Sikh riots convict, who was punished with life imprisonment, for extension of interim bail become infructuous in view of the order of full court extending such relief till October 31 due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.
No question of college examinations in September: Mamata Banerjee after SC order
Aug 28, 2020, at 09:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said her state will not conduct any college examination amid Covid-19 spread in September, hours after the Supreme Court ruled students can't be promoted to the next year on the basis of internal assessments.
West Bengal: BJP MLA Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya returns to TMC
Aug 28, 2020, at 08:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In another setback for the saffron party ahead of the 2021 assembly polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from West Bengal's Bishnupur, Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya, returned to his former party Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday.
Pakistan violates ceasefire in Balakote sector, India retaliates
Aug 28, 2020, at 08:42 pm
Jammu/UNI: The Pakistan troops on Friday yet again violated the ceasefire by firing unprovoked along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Delhi Police get three-day remand of five arrested people impersonating as ED officials
Aug 28, 2020, at 08:40 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi Police on Thursday got a three-day remand for custodial interrogation of five accused who were allegedly involved in extortion and cheating of traders by impersonating as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials, the agency said on Friday.
Decision on JEE, NEET should be taken after conversation with students: Rahul Gandhi
Aug 28, 2020, at 08:33 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Attacking the NDA government at the Centre over its decision to hold JEE and NEET examinations amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that any decision in this regard should be taken after a conversation with the students and arriving at a consensus.
BS Yeddiyurappa appeals to maintain peace on Sangolli Rayanna statue installation issue at Belagavi
Aug 28, 2020, at 08:22 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has appealed to people to maintain peace in Peranavadi, in Belagavi district where the Sangaoli Rayana statue was installed without permission on Friday.
Six states move Supreme Court seeking postponement of JEE, NEET
Aug 28, 2020, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Six Indian states on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking a consideration of its order, that had allowed the central government to conduct the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in September, amid Covid-19 spread.
States cannot promote college students without final year exams: Supreme Court
Aug 28, 2020, at 05:24 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the widespread protests against JEE Main and NEET, the Supreme Court on Friday said college students can't be promoted without the final year examinations.
#JusticeForRhea trends on Twitter after actress breaks silence on Sushant death probe
Aug 28, 2020, at 05:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A support for actress Rhea Chakraborty, the prime accused in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, grew on social media on Friday, a day after she gave twin interviews to electronics media claiming she was innocent.
Maharashtra: Man arrested for torturing his wife, giving her 'triple talaq'
Aug 28, 2020, at 02:51 pm
Thane/UNI: A resident of Bhiwandi was arrested on Thursday by police for alleged torture of his wife and also giving her 'triple talaq'.
Stop China-Pakistan nexus to resolve Kashmir question: Uighur leader
Aug 28, 2020, at 02:42 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India should join other global powers to stop China from backing Pakistan and only if the China-Pakistan nexus is broken can the question of Kashmir between New Delhi and Islamabad be resolved, a senior Uighur leader, currently in self-imposed exile in the United States, has said.