Kolkata court issues arrest warrant against Shashi Tharoor for Hindu Pakistan remark

Aug 13, 2019, at 08:19 pm

Kolkata, Aug 13 (IBNS): A Kolkata High Court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for his "Hindu Pakistan" remark in July last year.

Uttar Pradesh: Wall collapse kills two

Aug 13, 2019, at 05:39 pm

Mirzapur, Aug 13 (UNI) Two people were killed and as many critically injured when the wall of a 'kuccha' house collapsed amid rains in the Jigna area of this district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.

Mumbai: Real estate baron DSK's brother detained at airport

Aug 13, 2019, at 05:23 pm

Mumbai, Aug 8 (UNI) Makarand Kulkarni, the brother of Pune-based developer DS Kulkarni and an accused in the Rs.2000-crore investors scam that duped thousands of people, was detained at the Mumbai airport on Tuesday morning, while allegedly trying to flee the country.

I stand by my party's stance on Article 370: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Aug 13, 2019, at 05:21 pm

Sonebhadra, Aug 13 (UNI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has endorsed her party's stance in connection with the scrapping down of Article 370 by the Indian government in Kashmir.

Election Commission holds first internal meeting on delimitation in J&K

Aug 13, 2019, at 05:18 pm

New Delhi, Aug 13 (UNI) A week after the Parliament passed Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill to make the state as two Union Territories, the Election Commission on Tuesday held an internal discussion to implement the delimitation process for the assembly.

Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh files Rajya Sabha nomination from Rajasthan

Aug 13, 2019, at 05:15 pm

Jaipur, Aug 13(UNI) Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday filed his nomination as a Congress candidate for the bypoll to Raya Sabha from Rajashthan.

Forces interacting with Kashmiris normally in J&K: Gen Bipin Rawat

Aug 13, 2019, at 05:13 pm

New Delhi, Aug 13 (UNI) Stating that the forces are interacting with Kashmiris "normally" like before, Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Tuesday said the security forces would continue to meet them without guns like they used to in 1970s-80s.

BS Yediyurappa announces release of Rs 50 Cr for restarting works on Airport in Shivamogga

Aug 13, 2019, at 05:11 pm

Shivamogga, Karnataka, Aug 13 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today directed the concerned officer to release Rs 50 Crore immediately to restart airport works at Sogane Village in the District.

Maharashtra: Bus mishap leaves 50 hurt

Aug 13, 2019, at 05:00 pm

Palghar, Aug 13 (UNI) More than 50 passengers including a large number of students were injured, two of them seriously, when an MSRTC bus proceeding from Pivli to Wada in the district met with an accident on Tuesday morning, the Wada police said.

Maharashtra: Five-storey building collapses in Thane, no injury

Aug 13, 2019, at 04:58 pm

Thane, Aug 13 (UNI) A five-storey building in the Ulhasnagar township in the heart of the city collapsed on Tuesday, civic sources said.

10 Sikkim Democratic Front MLAs join BJP

Aug 13, 2019, at 04:47 pm

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS):  10 MLAs of Sikkim Democratic Front on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Centre making major plans to celebrate Independence Day in J&K

Aug 13, 2019, at 04:36 pm

Srinagar/New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS): The Centre is making big plans to celebrate Independence Day in Jammu and Kashmir where it withdrew the special status by scrapping Articles 370 and 35A  recently.

7 Myanmar Muslims, transporter arrested in Manipur

Aug 13, 2019, at 04:27 pm

Guwahati, Aug 13 (IBNS): The troops of Assam Rifles and Manipur police have arrested seven Myanmar Muslims, who are suspected to be Rohingyas, along with one Myanmar transporter from Moreh area in Manipur along the Indo-Myanmar border on Monday night.

BSP chief Mayawati attacks CBSE over exam fee hike, calls the move 'anti-government'

Aug 13, 2019, at 04:20 pm

Lucknow, Aug 13 (IBNS/UNI) Bahujan Samaj Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday slammed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for hiking  the examination fee.

Jammu and Kashmir's situation sensitive, Centre must get time to ensure normalcy: Supreme Court

Aug 13, 2019, at 02:13 pm

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is still sensitive and the Centre must get a reasonable time to ensure normalcy in the valley, media reports said.

Not about food or religion, says Zomato founder amid delivery workers' strike

Aug 13, 2019, at 02:08 pm

Kolkata, Aug 13 (IBNS): In an email to his staff, Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal said the delivery workers' strike in West Bengal's Howrah has got nothing to do with food or religion, media report said.

Rahul Gandhi accepts Satya Pal Malik's invitation to visit Jammu and Kashmir

Aug 13, 2019, at 01:22 pm

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS): Accepting Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik's invitation, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he along with a delegation of opposition leaders will visit the valley which no longer enjoys any special status.

Assam receives no central aid for flood fury

Aug 13, 2019, at 11:37 am

Guwahati, Aug 13 (IBNS): While Assam is facing devastating flood and erosion every year and several hundred of people have lost their lives in the natural fury, the state has received no central aid for flood management since 2014 apart from its share in the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).

Fire breaks out at cloth godown in Delhi

Aug 13, 2019, at 11:21 am

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS): A major fire broke out at a cloth godown in northeast Delhi's Gandhi Nagar market on Tuesday morning, media reports said.

Rapper Hard Kaur triggers controversy, appears in video with Khalistan movement supporters

Aug 13, 2019, at 10:12 am

London, Aug 13 (IBNS): Rapper Hard Kaur has triggered a controversy as she shared a video on Instagram recently where she could be seen with supporters of Khalistan movement.  

Death toll rises to 83 in flood-hit Kerala

Aug 12, 2019, at 10:56 pm

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 12 (UNI) The death toll in rain-related incidents rose to 83 in Kerala on Monday as over 2,55,662 people from 63,506 families were shifted to 1,413 relief centres in the State so far.

Mamata has a habit of hitting streets: Bengal BJP mocks TMC's dharna against IT Dept

Aug 12, 2019, at 09:54 pm

Kolkata, Aug 12 (IBNS): Mocking the Trinamool Congress' proposed dharna (sit-in protest) against the Income Tax Department on Tuesday, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Dilip Ghosh said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has a habit of the hitting streets.

Differences should not become disputes: Jaishankar tells China amid Kashmir move

Aug 12, 2019, at 09:35 pm

Beijing, Aug 12 (IBNS): In the wake of China's disapproval of the Indian government's Kashmir move, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is on a three-day visit to Beijing, on Monday said the "differences" between the two countries should not result in "disputes."

Air Asia woman staffer suffer minor injury in freak accident at airport

Aug 12, 2019, at 05:20 pm

Chennai, Aug 12 (UNI) In a freak mishap, a woman employee of Air Asia airlines suffered a minor injury when her hand got struck into the conveyor belt at the airport here on Monday.

Maharashtra: Three cases of farmer suicide reported in drought-hit Marathwada

Aug 12, 2019, at 05:18 pm

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Aug 12 (UNI) Three farmers, including a youth, reportedly committed suicide recently in three districts of drought-hit Marathwada region.

Gujarat: Water tank collapses, three dead

Aug 12, 2019, at 05:12 pm

Ahmedabad, Aug 12 (UNI) Three people were killed and six others injured when an old tank collapsed in Bopal area of this district on Monday.

US expert on Kashmir who had silenced Pak Fulbright scholar slams Pakistan for howling over Article 370

Aug 12, 2019, at 05:11 pm

A prominent US expert on South Asia and counter-terrorism, who had earlier at an event silenced a Pakistani Fulbright scholar when he questioned certain issues mentioned in her book on Kashmir vis-a-vis the role of UN, backed the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and said Pakistan never demilitarised from the region, which was needed as a condition set by the UN Security Council resolution, for the plebiscite to occur in Indian Kashmir.

Help Wayanad: Rahul Gandhi urges peole as flood devastates his constituency

Aug 12, 2019, at 05:10 pm

New Delhi, Aug 12 (UNI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday appealed to help people in his Parliamentary constituency Wayanad which has been devastated by floods.

Fire breaks out in Visakhapatnam harbor, many hurt

Aug 12, 2019, at 05:03 pm

Visakhapatnam, Aug 12 (UNI) A major fire broke out on a tugboat at the outer harbor here on Monday afternoon.

CM Amarinder Singh hosts Kashmiri students in Punjab for lunch to make them feel at home on Eid

Aug 12, 2019, at 05:01 pm

Chandigarh, Aug 12 (UNI) It was a poignant moment for the Kashmiri students in Punjab as they had expected to be celebrating Eid-ul-Adha alone this year, since they could not go to their families in the valley due to the prevailing situation, but were in for a pleasant surprise.