In a first, J&K, Ladakh to attend Northern Zonal Council meeting
Sep 18, 2019, at 05:47 pm
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IBNS) The newly proposed Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh would attend the 29th meeting of Northern Zonal Council (NZC) to be held at Chandigarh on Friday.
Mamata Banerjee calls meeting with PM Modi in New Delhi as 'fruitful'
Sep 18, 2019, at 05:46 pm
New Delhi, Sept 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and described her meeting as 'fruitful'.
Pakistan snubbed at EU Parliament; accused of cradling terrorists
Sep 18, 2019, at 05:44 pm
Strasbourg (France): Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's UNGA address in New York later this month, the European Union (EU) parliament supported India's stand on Jammu and Kashmir and called Pakistan an “ambiguous” state.
2000 transgenders excluded from Assam NRC wait for SC judgement
Sep 18, 2019, at 05:37 pm
Guwahati, Sep 18 (IBNS): Around 2000 transgenders in Assam, who were excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list, which was published on Aug 31, are still hoping that the Supreme Court will modify the appeals process of the NRC for inclusion their names in the list.
Cabinet approves payment of PLB to railway employees for the FY 2018-19
Sep 18, 2019, at 04:55 pm
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days wages to over 11.52 Lakh eligible non-gazetted railway employees (excluding RPF/RPSF personnel) for the Financial Year (FY) 2018-19, for maintaining industrial peace and motivation of railwaymen.
Indian government bans production, sale of e-cigarettes
Sep 18, 2019, at 04:45 pm
New Delhi: In a major health and wellness initiative for the country, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the promulgation of the prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertisement) Ordinance, 2019.
Indian government announces bonus for over 11 lakh Indian Railway employees
Sep 18, 2019, at 04:06 pm
New Delhi, Sept 18 (IBNS): The Indian government on Wednesday announced bonus for 11 lakh Railway employees.
Indian government bans e-cigarettes
Sep 18, 2019, at 03:32 pm
New Delhi: Keeping in mind the impact it is having on the youth of the country, the Indian government on Wednesday announced its decision of banning e-cigarettes.
Chidambaram meets his son Karti and Congress leaders in Tihar jail
Sep 18, 2019, at 03:26 pm
New Delhi: Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ahmed Patel visited former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, incarcerated in Tihar jail in connection with INX media corruption case.
Can't impose any language: Rajinikanth counters Amit Shah's Hindi push
Sep 18, 2019, at 02:16 pm
Chennai: After Kamal Haasan, another actor-turned politician Rajinikanth countered Union Home Minister Amit Shah's Hindi push saying no one can impose any language, media reports said.
United Left grabs all the four posts in JNUSU polls
Sep 18, 2019, at 01:37 pm
New Delhi: In a set back for saffron backed student politics, the united front of Left student parties AISA, SFI, AISF, DSF defeated the arch-rival ABVP, bagging all the central panel posts in the Jawaharlal Nehru Students' Union elections, the varsity's election committee informed on Tuesday.
Rajnath Singh gives nod to writing of India's border history
Sep 18, 2019, at 01:33 pm
New Delhi, Sept 18 (UNI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has given approval for initiating work of writing the history of the country's borders.
Pakistan violates truce on IB in Samba
Sep 18, 2019, at 01:14 pm
Jammu, Sept 18 (UNI): After continuously shelling forward areas along the Line of Control, Pakistan on Wednesday violated the ceasefire on International Border by firing unprovoked in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
Mamata Banerjee comes across Modi's wife Jasodaben in Kolkata airport, gifts sari
Sep 18, 2019, at 12:04 pm
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jasodaben at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Monday and they exchanged greetings.
Ayodhya case: CJI Gogoi asks to conclude hearing by Oct 18
Sep 18, 2019, at 11:39 am
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi has asked for the conclusion of hearing in the Ayodhya case by Oct 18, media reports said.
Amit Shah expresses 'people's doubt' over multi-party democracy, Congress, CPI-M hit back
Sep 18, 2019, at 11:23 am
New Delhi: The Opposition has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after its national president Amit Shah, who also happens to be the country's Home Minister, stirred a row by expressing "people's doubt" over the multi-party democracy just days after giving a call for a national language.
Mamata Banerjee likely to meet Modi today
Sep 18, 2019, at 09:19 am
Kolkata/New Delhi, Sept 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Sep 17, 2019, at 11:27 pm
New Delhi, Sept 17 (IBNS): Slamming the Centre over Farooq Abdullah's detention, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the government is trying to remove nationalist leaders like the National Conference (NC) chief and fill the political vacuum with terrorists.
Sep 17, 2019, at 09:29 pm
New Delhi, Sep 17 (UNI) Asserting that there is a need to spread awareness to curb plastic usage, Union Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said the aim of his Ministry is to phase out plastic use in packaging and move towards 100 per cent use of jute in packaging foodstuff.
Pregnant Muslim woman and two sisters stripped, tortured inside Assam police station
Sep 17, 2019, at 08:27 pm
Guwahati, Sep 17 (IBNS): In a horrific incident, a pregnant Muslim woman and her two sisters were allegedly stripped and tortured inside a police station in Assam’s Darrang district.
We will see when that happens, says Jaishankar on his possible meet with Pak FM
Sep 17, 2019, at 08:17 pm
New Delhi, Sep 17 (UNI) "We will see when that happens....." remarked External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar when asked how would he would interact or give any message to his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi when they would probably meet on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly in the United States later this month.
Media hardly pointed out that Art 370 was only 'temporary' provision: Jaishankar
Sep 17, 2019, at 08:15 pm
New Delhi, Sep 17 (UNI) External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Tuesday expressed surprise that most media reports especially the international ones have never referred to the fact that Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir was only a 'temporary' arrangement.
India expects to have jurisdiction on PoK one day: Jaishankar
Sep 17, 2019, at 07:59 pm
New Delhi, Sep 17 (UNI) Days after Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh have maintained that India has the right to take a pro-active stance on Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK), External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that that the region definitely is "part of India" and New Delhi expects to have 'jurisdiction' on it.
India, US relationship in very good health: Jaishankar ahead of Howdy Modi in Houston
Sep 17, 2019, at 06:39 pm
New Delhi, Sept 17 (IBNS): Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump appearing jointly in a rally in Houston together on Sept 22, India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said the relationship between India and the USA is in a 'very good health' .
CBI to form special teams to trace former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar
Sep 17, 2019, at 06:24 pm
New Delhi, Sep 17 (UNI) Central Bureau of Investigation is constituting special teams to trace the locations and whereabouts of former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, as he has so farfailed to join the probe in the Saradha ponzi scam case, sources said.
Haryana police steps up security in Railway stations after terror threat
Sep 17, 2019, at 06:03 pm
Chandigarh, Sep 17 (UNI) Haryana police has increased the security arrangements in and around the railway stations across the state, after terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) threatened to target major railway stations in different parts of the country.
Miscreants torch 10 houses in Manipur’s Senapati district
Sep 17, 2019, at 05:34 pm
Guwahati, Sept 17 (IBNS) : Manipur’s Senapati district remained tensed after some miscreants suspected to be volunteers of Maram Khullen Circle Union, who were equipped with sophisticated weapons, destroyed and torched more than 10 houses at Makhan village area in the wee hours ton Tuesday.
Sep 17, 2019, at 05:24 pm
Guwahati, Sep 17: Former Assam Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday hit out at Narendra Modi-led government over the detention of former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah under the Public Safety Act and said that such draconian methods have exposed their dictatorial attitude.
21st century is India's century, says Amit Shah praising Narendra Modi's government
Sep 17, 2019, at 04:49 pm
New Delhi, Sept 17 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the PM Narendra Modi-led government has been able to install a feeling in the heart of citizens that 21st century belongs to India.
India successfully test-fires Air-to-Air missile Astra from Su-30 MKI
Sep 17, 2019, at 04:13 pm
New Delhi, Sept 17 (IBNS): Air-to-Air missile Astra has been successfully flight tested off the coast of Odisha, officials said.