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.
Two crushed to death as slab collapses at Govt Hospital in Nagpur
Dec 12, 2019, at 11:16 pm
Nagpur/UNI: Two people, including a patient, were crushed to death and four others sustained severe injuries as a portion of a slab of government-run TB Hospital collapsed here on Thursday.
Home guard Jawan injured during firing incident in Manali: HP CM
Dec 12, 2019, at 11:00 pm
Dharamshala/UNI: Four people resorted to firing on two home guard jawans, injuring one of them, when they were patrolling in the tourist resort Manali, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur told the House on Thursday.
Protests against CAB turn violent in Guwahati, 3 dead in police firing
Dec 12, 2019, at 09:46 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Three protesters were killed and several got injured as police resorted to firing in the capital city of Assam, Guwahati, as the agitation turned violent against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill on Thursday evening, media reports said.
LS nods Bill to convert three Sanskrit deemed varsities into central ones
Dec 12, 2019, at 08:18 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a Bill that seeks to convert three Sanskrit deemed universities presently functioning in the country into central universities.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray allocates portfolios to his ministers
Dec 12, 2019, at 06:41 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday allocated portfolios to his Cabinet Ministers, ahead of the winter session of the state assembly, which will commence on Dec 16.
Congress acted like Pakistan in ignoring non-Muslim refugees: PM Modi in Jharkhand
Dec 12, 2019, at 06:23 pm
Dhanbad/IBNS: Training his guns against the oldest party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jharkhand on Thursday said the Congress acted like Pakistan in ignoring the non-Muslim refugees who will now be granted citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
India and Maldives to hold joint commission meeting tomorrow after four years
Dec 12, 2019, at 06:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The sixth India-Maldives joint commission meeting(JCM) will begin on Friday after a gap of over four years, Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said here today.
Supreme Court dismisses all petitions seeking review of Ayodhya verdict
Dec 12, 2019, at 05:29 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed all 18 petitions seeking a review of its own historic judgement which allowed the construction of Ram Temple in the disputed 2.77 acres land of Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya.
India-US 2+2 dialogue on Dec 18
Dec 12, 2019, at 05:24 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The second edition of India-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue will be held on Dec 18 next, Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said here today.
India under Modi moving with Hindu Supremacist agenda, says Imran Khan; New Delhi hits back
Dec 12, 2019, at 04:45 pm
Islamabad/New Delhi/IBNS: A day after New Delhi passed the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in Parliament, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday intruded into India's internal policy slamming the country for moving with a "Hindu Supremacist agenda" under the Narendra Modi regime.
No bill will affect India Bangladesh relations: Ministry of External Affairs
Dec 12, 2019, at 04:39 pm
New Delhi/ IBNS: No Bill will effect the strong relationship between India and Bangladesh, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said today, adding that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 includes religious minorities of that country who were persecuted during the military and previous regimes and India recognises the efforts made by the Sheikh Hasina government to protect the minorities.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister cancels visit to India amid CAB protests
Dec 12, 2019, at 03:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid mass protests against Citizenship( Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the North-East, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has cancelled his visit to India, media reported.
Five columns of army deployed across Assam and Tripura
Dec 12, 2019, at 03:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Five columns of paramilitary forces, two in Guwahati and three in across Tripura, NDTV reported, as agitators violated curfew and took to streets to stage protests, which turned violent in many places, .
BJP brings discriminatory CAB, while celebrating Gandhi's 150th birth anniv: Priyanka Vadra
Dec 12, 2019, at 03:04 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hit out at the BJP, and said it is bringing a discriminatory bill at a time when it is also celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Darul Uloom VC condemns students' protest against CAB
Dec 12, 2019, at 02:40 pm
Saharanpur/UNI: Darul Uloom Deoband Vice-Chancellor Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani has criticised the madrasa students for creating a ruckus in the city, staging a 'dharna,' and creating a jam on the national highway while protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB).
Fresh protest erupts in Assam over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
Dec 12, 2019, at 02:25 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Despite the imposition of curfew and the deployment of Army, fresh protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, erupted here on Thursday.
Jharkhand polls: Third phase of voting underway, PM Modi urges young people to turn up
Dec 12, 2019, at 01:05 pm
Ranchi/New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the young voters to turn up in large numbers as the third phase of Jharkhand assembly polls is underway on Thursday.
Supreme Court orders independent inquiry into Hyderabad encounter
Dec 12, 2019, at 12:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered an independent inquiry into the Cyberabad police's encounter of four accused in the rape and murder of 26-year old Hyderabad veterinary doctor Priyanka Reddy, media reports said.