India- Bangladesh Navies undertake coordinated patrol in North Bay of Bengal

Oct 11, 2019, at 06:20 pm

New Delhi: The second edition of Indian Navy(IN) –Bangladesh Navy(BN) Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) commenced in Northern Bay of Bengal on 10 Oct 19.

India and Comoros sign MoUs on Defence Cooperation, health, culture and arts

Oct 11, 2019, at 06:08 pm

New Delhi: Seeking to expand bilateral relations in various fields, India and Comoros today signed 6 MoUs including one on defence cooperation.

Modi, Xi Jinping visit several monuments in Mamallapuram together

Oct 11, 2019, at 05:57 pm

Chennai: Indian PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are currently in  Mamallapuram area of Tamil Nadu.

Marriages are made in heaven: West Bengal couple gets married four hours after meeting during Durga Puja festivity for first time

Oct 11, 2019, at 04:49 pm

Kolkata: A West Bengal couple, who met for the first time during Maha Ashtami celebration of the recently concluded Durga Puja festivity in the state, got married within four hours after their first interaction.

Contraband drugs worth Rs 90 lakh seized in Manipur’s Tengnoupal

Oct 11, 2019, at 04:44 pm

Guwahati, Oct 11 : Security forces seized huge quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 90 lakh in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district.

Murshidabad killings: You are CM to all, says Aparna Sen urging Mamata for action against perpetrators

Oct 11, 2019, at 03:50 pm

Kolkata: Amid a face-off between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and the ruling Trinamool Congress over the killing of three people in West Bengal's Murshidabad, actress-filmmaker Aparna Sen urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to take action against the perpetrators without seeing any political colours.

Welcome President Xi Jinping: Naredra Modi tweets

Oct 11, 2019, at 03:30 pm

New Delhi/Chennai: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Friday 'welcomed' Chinese President Xi Jinping as he arrived in the neighbouring nation to participate in the second informal meeting with the Indian leader.

Does Rahul Gandhi want England's intervention in Kashmir? Amit Shah attacks Congress leader

Oct 11, 2019, at 03:28 pm

Mumbai: Launching his attack on the Congress leader over England's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's tweet on Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah on Friday asked whether Rahul Gandhi wants to allow the England leaders to intervene in the crisis related to the valley.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali awarded Nobel Peace Prize 2019

Oct 11, 2019, at 03:19 pm

Stockholm: The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Friday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping reaches India for informal meeting with PM Modi

Oct 11, 2019, at 02:59 pm

Chennai: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here on Friday to hold his second informal meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

11 Tibeteans arrested ahead of Xi's arrival

Oct 11, 2019, at 02:43 pm

Chennai, Oct 11 (UNI): A couple of hours before the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping for the informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 11 Tibeteans--five of those who attempted to stage a protest demonstration in front of the hotel where Xi would be staying--were detained by the police on Friday.

Will join Congress tomorrow: Alka Lamba

Oct 11, 2019, at 02:34 pm

New Delhi: After parting ways with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Delhi MLA Alka Lamba is set to join the Congress ahead of the assembly polls next year.

India accords top priority to deepening ties with African nations: Vice-President Naidu

Oct 11, 2019, at 01:26 pm

New Delhi, Oct 11 (UNI): Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, who is on a five-day tour to Comoros and Sierra Leone, on Friday said India accords highest priority to deepening its engagements with African nations.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra takes dig at Modi govt over farm loan waiver

Oct 11, 2019, at 01:21 pm

New Delhi, Oct 11 (UNI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday took a dig at the BJP government at the Centre, asking for whom was the government waiving off loans worth Rs 76,000 crore, when poor farmers, people associated with Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) bank were in distress.

PM Modi reaches Tamil Nadu for informal meeting with Xi Jinping

Oct 11, 2019, at 12:14 pm

Mamallapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu to hold an informal meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday.

Two criminals injured following exchange of fire in New Delhi

Oct 11, 2019, at 10:10 am

New Delhi, Oct 11 (UNI): A brief shoot out took place near the Nizamuddin area on Friday morning between the police and two criminal elements suspected to be the ones involved in the mobile snatching incident last month wherein a female journalist got injured in the national capital.

Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit India for second informal summit today

Oct 11, 2019, at 08:59 am

Beijing/New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping will be visiting India on Friday to attend the second informal summit with Indian PM Narendra Modi.

'Appalling', BJP reacts after Jeremy Corbyn tweets on meeting UK Congress

Oct 10, 2019, at 11:00 pm

New Delhi, Oct 10 (IBNS): Reacting to UK Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's tweet on a "very productive meeting" with UK representatives of the Congress and an alleged discussion with them on Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said it is "appalling" on the part of the Congress to share such details with "foreigners."

Assam Rifles recover gold bars worth Rs 1.50 crore from Manipur’s Moreh

Oct 10, 2019, at 10:03 pm

Guwahati, Oct 10 (IBNS): The troops of Assam Rifles recovered gold bars worth Rs 1.50 crore from Chanphai village jungle area in Manipur’s Moreh along Indo-Myanmar border on Thursday.

India-Bangladesh Stakeholders' Meet to be held in Guwahati from Oct 22-23

Oct 10, 2019, at 09:46 pm

Guwahati, Oct 10 (IBNS): Close on the heels of Bangladesh Prime Minister Seikh Hasina’s visit to India and signing, exchanging, adopting of bilateral agreements between the two countries, Assam Chief Minister Sonowal on Thursday asked the Act East Affairs department of the state government to leave no stone unturned for the success of the India-Bangladesh Stakeholders’ Meet to be held in Guwahati on October 22-23.

Armed miscreants loot Rs 2 lakh from petrol pump in Assam, one injured

Oct 10, 2019, at 09:18 pm

Guwahati, Oct 10 (IBNS): Armed miscreants looted Rs 2 lakh cash from an employee of a petrol pump after firing at him in Assam’s Nagaon district on Thursday.

Murder of RSS worker, wife in Bengal barbaric: BJP

Oct 10, 2019, at 08:50 pm

New Delhi, Oct 10 (UNI) Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Communications and Law & Justice and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday condemned the murder of a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh worker, his pregnant wife and eight-year-old child in Bengal.

Delhi police arrest ex-promoter of Ranbaxy Shivinder Singh in fraud case

Oct 10, 2019, at 06:13 pm

New Delhi: The Delhi police on Thursday arrested ex-promoter of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh, in a 740-crore fraud case, media reports said.

Police arrested 10 gamblers with cash, seized three cars

Oct 10, 2019, at 04:07 pm

Guwahati, Oct 10 : Police have arrested 10 gamblers with cash, gambling tokens, playing cards and seized three cars, three motorcycles in Assam’s Biswanath district last night.

Srinagar: Three Kashmir-based politicians released

Oct 10, 2019, at 04:02 pm

Srinagar, Oct 10 (UNI) Three politicians, including former PDP MLA Yawar Mir, were on Thursday released after remaining under detention since August 5, when centre abrogated Article 370 and Article 35 A, besides bifurcated the state into two Union Territories.

Trade deficit, boundary issue likely to figure prominently at Modi-Xi meet

Oct 10, 2019, at 03:59 pm

New Delhi: The Special Representative talks that involves NSA Ajit Doval was put on hold against the backdrop of China’s tough stance on Kashmir after August 5.

Indian government expresses deep concern at 'unilateral' military offensive by Turkey on Syria

Oct 10, 2019, at 03:57 pm

New Delhi, Oct 10 (UNI) Expressing deep concern at the 'unilateral military offensive' by Turkey in north-east Syria, India on Thursday called upon Turkey to exercise restraint and respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria.

Murshidabad: RSS worker, pregnant wife, 6-yr-old son 'killed'

Oct 10, 2019, at 03:34 pm

Kolkata/Murshidabad:  A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker, his pregnant wife, and their eight-year-old son were found dead in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, media report said on Thursday.

Want to ask Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar why they were against Art. 370 abrogation: Amit Shah

Oct 10, 2019, at 01:59 pm

Sangli: Trying to corner the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah here on Thursday said he wanted to ask both Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar- the leaders of the two major opposition parties in Maharashtra- as to why they had opposed the abrogation of Article 370.

West Bengal Agri Dept raids illegal mosquito repellent factories in Kolkata

Oct 10, 2019, at 01:55 pm

Kolkata, Oct 10 (UNI) The West Bengal Agriculture Department has commenced legal action against pesticide-laced spurious mosquito repellent sticks and coils and condemned its manufacturing and selling in the state.