UP CM Yogi Adityanath directs Ministers to visit Unnao rape victim's family
Dec 07, 2019, at 03:57 pm
Lucknow/IBNS/UNI: Hours after the rape survivor breathed her last at a hospital in New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday directed State Minister and Unnao In-charge minister Kamla Rani Varun and Labour Minister Swami Prasad Maurya to meet the family of the deceased rape victim.
Jharkhand: Voting ends on 18 out of 20 seats in second phase of polls in Jharkhand
Dec 07, 2019, at 03:41 pm
Ranchi/UNI: Voting ended on 18 out of 20 seats which went to polls in the second phase of Assembly elections in the state with average voter turnout expected to be 60 to 65 per cent.
Daughters not safe in UP: Akhilesh
Dec 07, 2019, at 03:13 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, who is on a 'dharna' outside the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly to protest against the Unnao rape case, on Saturday demanded the dismissal of the state government and said the daughters were not safe in the state.
Case against load man for stealing sack of onion
Dec 07, 2019, at 03:03 pm
Puducherry/UNI: Police on Saturday registered a case against a man working as a loader in the Grand bazaar here on charges of stealing a sack of Onion from a wholesale dealer.
West Bengal: BJP Darjeeling president Avijeet Roy killed in accident in Baharampur
Dec 07, 2019, at 02:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from West Bengal's Darjeeling Avijeet Roy, who was chosen as the party's district president last evening, was killed in a road accident in Barhampur on Friday late night.
Burnt Unnao rape victim dies, Yogi government under fire from Opposition
Dec 07, 2019, at 02:49 pm
New Delhi/Unnao/IBNS: Two days after getting burnt by five people including her own rapists, the 23-year old girl from Uttar Pradesh's Unnao died after battling for her life at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital on Friday night, once again putting the Yogi Adityanath government in the dock for not providing security to the victim.
Jharkhand polls: 28.51% voter turnout till 11 am in second phase of polls
Dec 07, 2019, at 12:55 pm
Ranchi/UNI/IBNS: An average voter turnout of 28.51 per cent has been recorded in the first four hours of polling till 11 am on the 20 seats where voting is underway for the second of the five-phased Assembly elections.
Dec 07, 2019, at 12:49 pm
Gumla/Ranchi/UNI: A clash broke out between villagers and security forces at booth number 36 located at Kudra panchayat under Sisai assembly segment, in which half a dozen policemen were injured and a youth reportedly died in police firing.
Dec 07, 2019, at 11:54 am
Unnao/New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the Yogi Adityanath government after the 23-year old Unnao rape survivor- who was burnt by five including two accused in the rape case days ago- died on Friday night.
Second phase of Jharkhand assembly polls underway, 12.3% voter turnout till 9 am
Dec 07, 2019, at 10:57 am
Ranchi/IBNS: The second phase of Jharkhand assembly polls, which will seal fates of candidates in 20 of 81 seats, is underway on Saturday.
New Delhi: Unnao rape victim dies
Dec 07, 2019, at 06:02 am
Lucknow/New Delhi/IBNS: The Unnao rape victim, who was set on fire on Thursday, died at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital on Friday, media reports said.
Vice President expresses concern over the disturbing instances of atrocities against women
Dec 06, 2019, at 08:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu on Friday expressed concern over the disturbing instances of atrocities against women and said that it was time for society as a whole to introspect and ponder over the erosion of values.
Would have been Bihar CM if I had compromised: Tejaswi
Dec 06, 2019, at 07:50 pm
Koderma/UNI: RJD's star campaigner Tejaswi Yadav claimed that if he had compromised or bowed down he would have been the Chief Minister of Bihar and his father Lalu Prasad Yadav would have been also out of jail.
Efforts on to bring back bodies of six Indians killed in Sudan, 33 Indians safe, says MEA
Dec 06, 2019, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi/UNI: External Affairs Ministry is in contact with the families of six Indian citizens who lost their lives in a blaze in a factory in Sudan recently and efforts are on to bring back their bodies home.
PM addresses Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, asserts government is working on present challenges
Dec 06, 2019, at 05:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Narendra Modi, delivered inaugural address at the 17th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi on Saturday.
Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth meets Modi
Dec 06, 2019, at 05:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: PM Narendra Modi met the Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth in New Delhi on Friday.
Dec 06, 2019, at 05:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: President Ram Nath Kovind graced and addressed a National Convention on ‘Empowerment of Women for Social Transformation’ at the headquarters of Brahma Kumaris in Mount Abu, Rajasthan on Friday.
Nitish demands ban on porn sites
Dec 06, 2019, at 05:03 pm
Patna/UNI: Expressing concern over the crimes allegedly triggered by pornographic content, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today demanded the Centre to put blanket ban on porn sites.
Hyderabad police's action would instill confidence among women- Mishra
Dec 06, 2019, at 04:43 pm
Patna/UNI: Bihar Women Commission Chairperson Dilmani Mishra has expressed satisfaction on Hyderabad Police's encounter of the four accused in the rape and murder of 26-year-old veterinarian and said that the action would instill confidence among the women.
AGP asks Centre to ‘postpone’ CAB
Dec 06, 2019, at 04:16 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Sliding down from its previous rejection of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which is an ally in the BJP-led Assam government, has asked the Centre to postpone the Bill to a later date.
Child rapists shouldn't have provision of mercy plea: President Ram Nath Kovind
Dec 06, 2019, at 04:10 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Expressing his resentment on the increasing incidents of rape, especially of minor girls, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said rape convicts under the POCSO Act should not have the right to file mercy petition.
Dented BJP in Haryana, denied in Maharashtra, will defeat in Jharkhand: P Chidambaram
Dec 06, 2019, at 04:05 pm
Ranchi/UNI: Former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said the Raghubar Das government of Jharkhand has become synonymous with backwardness and incompetence which will be the cause of BJP's defeat in the assembly elections.
Dec 06, 2019, at 03:57 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: In a shocking tale, a woman dancer was seriously hurt when she was shot in her face by a man as she stopped dancing at a wedding ceremony in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot district, media reports said.
Law has done its duty: Cyberabad Police on encounter
Dec 06, 2019, at 03:44 pm
Hyderabad/IBNS: Stating that law has done its duty, Cyberabad Police on Friday gave details of the events which left all the four accused of the veterinary doctor killed during an encounter here.
BJP MLAs carry pro-CAB posters to Assam Assembly
Dec 06, 2019, at 03:18 pm
Guwahati/UNI: While anti-CAB protests resound across Assam, two MLAs of the ruling BJP today attended the last day of the Winter Session of the state Legislative Assembly carrying posters in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB).
Hyderabad encounter should be thoroughly probed for its genuinity: P Chidambaram
Dec 06, 2019, at 03:15 pm
Ranchi/UNI/IBNS: Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday called for a thorough probe into the genuinity of the Hyderabad encounter.
Economy in incompetent hands, growth rate to sink further: P Chidambaram
Dec 06, 2019, at 02:53 pm
Ranchi/UNI: Former Union finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who has been released on bail after over three months of incarceration, on Friday unleashed a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government over the present economic scenario, saying the country's economy is in deep trouble in incompetent hands.
Dec 06, 2019, at 02:11 pm
Hyderabad/New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the public outrage over the rape and murder of Hyderabad veterinary doctor Priyanka Reddy, police shot dead all four accused in the case in an encounter at the incident spot at Chatanpally in Shadnagar in the wee hours of Friday, leaving a nation divided on the "instant justice". While a large number of people celebrated, many were alarmed by what they think is an "extra judicial killing" setting a dangerous precedent.
Late but right step came: Jaya Bachchan on Hyderabad Police encounter
Dec 06, 2019, at 12:56 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Actress-turned parliamentarian Jaya Bachchan, who was in favour of lynching of rapists, on Friday called the Hyderabad Police's encounter of four accused in the Telangana veterinary doctor rape case as "late but right step".
Dec 06, 2019, at 11:57 am
Hyderabad/IBNS: Indians ranging from active Twitter users to human rights activists are divided in their reactions to the encounter of the four accused in Hyderabad veterinary doctor rape case by the police. While a large number of people celebrated the killings, human rights activists expressed consternation over what they dubbed "extra-judicial killings" setting a dangerous precedent.