Bihar: Road mishap claims lives of five people, leaves 11 injured

Mar 25, 2019, at 03:44 pm

Patna, Mar 25 (UNI) In a major road mishap, five people were killed and 11 others injured when their auto rickshaw was hit by a truck on National Highway 31 near Rani Sarai village under Bakhtiyarpur police station area in Patna district in the wee hours today.

Telangana: Nominations filing for LS poll draws to a close

Mar 25, 2019, at 03:42 pm

Hyderabad, Mar 25 (UNI) The filing of nominations for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in Telangana came to a close at 1500 hours on Monday.

#LokSabhaPoll2019: HAM chief Jitan Ram Manjhi files nomination from Gaya constituency

Mar 25, 2019, at 03:29 pm

Gaya, Mar 25 (UNI) Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief and former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today filed nomination paper on the last day for Gaya (reserved) constituency, going to the poll on April 11.

Andhra Pradesh: Two students killed, 7 injured as car turns turtle

Mar 25, 2019, at 03:27 pm

Chittoor, Mar 25 (UNI) Two class ten students were killed on the spot and seven others, including driver injured seriously, when a car in which they were travelling turned turtle at Kalicherla of Pedamandyam Mandal in this district on Monday.

Goa put on terror alert due to fear of possible attack tourists from Israel

Mar 25, 2019, at 03:19 pm

Panaji, Mar 25 (UNI) Following a tip off from the central intelligence agencies, coastal state of Goa has been put on alert.

Rahul Gandhi makes poll promise, announces Rs. 72,000 minimum income scheme

Mar 25, 2019, at 02:38 pm

New Delhi, Mar 25 (IBNS): Trying to woo the voters 17 days ahead of the Lok Sabha Election 2019, Congress president Rahul Gandhi came out with a Rs. 72,000  minimum income scheme for all poor people of the country.

Rahul Gandhi announces minimum income scheme ahead of Lok Sabha Election 2019

Mar 25, 2019, at 02:15 pm

New Delhi, Mar 25 (IBNS): With barely few days to go for the Lok Sabha Election 2019, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday made a poll promise by announcing a Rs. 72,000 minimum income scheme for 20 per cent poor families in the country.

Kerala Professor quits after asked to admit PhD students working on 'national priorities'

Mar 25, 2019, at 01:33 pm

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 25 (IBNS): Professor Meena T Pillai has resigned from the Board of Studies of Central University of Kerala after she was directed to appoint PhD students who work on subjects related to 'national priorities', media reports said.

Narendra Modi's return as PM necessary for country and society: Rajasthan Guv Kalyan Singh

Mar 25, 2019, at 01:11 pm

Jaipur, Mar 25 (IBNS): Triggering row, Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's return to power is necessary for the country and society, media reports said.

Supreme Court asks CBI for status report on disproportionate assets case against Mulayam-Akhilesh

Mar 25, 2019, at 12:15 pm

New Delhi, Mar 25 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a status report on the disproportionate assets case against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers and Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav, media reports said.

#LokSabhaElection2019: BJP replaces SS Ahluwalia as Darjeeling candidate

Mar 25, 2019, at 11:11 am

New Delhi, Mar 24 (UNI): The BJP on Sunday evening announced that its youth leader Raju Singh Bisht will be new NDA nominee from Darjeeling parliamentary constituency in West Bengal.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra supports UP Anganwadi workers' demand of state govt employee status

Mar 25, 2019, at 11:06 am

New Delhi, Mar 24 (UNI): Supporting the demand of Uttar Pradesh Anganwadi workers that they be given status of state government employee, AICC General secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh east Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday condemned the lathicharge on the workers raising this demand.

#LokSabhaElection2019: CWC to discuss manifesto, alliances today

Mar 25, 2019, at 11:03 am

New Delhi, Mar 25 (UNI): A meeting of the Congress working committee, the highest decision making body of the Congress, will be held on Monday to finalise the party manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections and discuss the progress on alliances by the Congress in various states.

Petrol prices remain same, diesel slashes

Mar 25, 2019, at 11:01 am

New Delhi, Mar 25 (UNI): No increase in fuel prices registered on Monday as petrol rates remain unchanged while diesel is slashed by 11 paise per litre.

Karvan-e-Aman bus remains suspended for fourth week

Mar 25, 2019, at 09:46 am

Srinagar, Mar 25 (UNI) The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) remained suspended for the fourth consecutive week on Monday, official sources said.

Uttar Pradesh: Bus catches fire, 4 dies

Mar 25, 2019, at 09:43 am

Mainpuri, Mar 25 (UNI) At least four people were burnt alive while several others sustained injuries when a passenger AC bus caught fire at Agra-Lucknow expressway in Karhal Tehsil, here, early on Monday.

Kashmir: Three Jaish militants arrested

Mar 25, 2019, at 09:36 am

Srinagar, Mar 25 (UNI) Three militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were arrested by security forces in the Kashmir valley, a police spokesman said, here, on Monday.

BJP-Shiv Sena alliance for 'Hindutva', says Fadnavis

Mar 24, 2019, at 11:44 pm

Kolhapur, Mar 24 (UNI): Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnvis has said that Bhartiya Janata Party ( BJP) and Shiv Sena entered into an alliance for 'Hindutva' and not only for to gain power.

BJP's 'telescopic' view on Rahul Gandhi's nomination papers

Mar 24, 2019, at 11:18 pm

New Delhi, Mar 24 (UNI): Even as Congress leaders have given a hint that party president Rahul Gandhi is 'considering' suggestions to contest from a second seat in South India besides Amethi, the BJP on Sunday sought to mount pressure on him saying "a telescopic view" will be maintained on his nomination papers.

Sushma seeks report on conversion of Hindu girls in Pakistan

Mar 24, 2019, at 10:27 pm

New Delhi/Islamabad, Mar 24 (UNI) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday directed Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan Ajay Bisaria to send a report on the abduction of two Hindu girls in Sindh region. Sources said a diplomatic note had been also sent to Pakistan on the matter.

Four family members drown in Tunga river

Mar 24, 2019, at 09:46 pm

Chikkamagaluru, Mar 24 (UNI): Four members of a family drowned in the Tunga river at Vidyaranyapura in Sringeri Taluk in the district on Sunday.

Congress slams 'bogus blogger' Arun Jaitley over 'dynasty' remark

Mar 24, 2019, at 09:31 pm

New Delhi, Mar 24 (UNI): Hitting back at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for blaming the party's current travails on its dynastic character, the Congress on Sunday said the latest attack by Jaitley was a "cheap Cover Up Exercise" for the NDA's colossal failures of the past five years.

Bihar: BJP leaves seats lost in 2014 to JD(U)

Mar 24, 2019, at 08:56 pm

Patna, Mar 24 (UNI): Bihar NDA has moved cautiously in seat-sharing deal among its allies for Lok Sabha election as BJP avoided contesting seats which it lost in the 2014 poll and instead left them for its ally JD(U).

Congress will win election if it contests in Pakistan: Ram Madhav

Mar 24, 2019, at 08:20 pm

Guwahati, Mar 24 (IBNS): BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Sunday hit out at Congress leaders over their comments on the IAF airstrikes in Balakot and said the Grand Old Party would win if they contested elections in Pakistan.

PM Modi, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath to address poll rallies in Bengal

Mar 24, 2019, at 08:02 pm

Kolkata, Mar 24 (UNI): The BJP West Bengal unit has decided to organise rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath during the seven phases of polling in the state.

Congress failed to put pressure on Pakistan after 26/11: Sushma

Mar 24, 2019, at 07:40 pm

Noida, Mar 24 (UNI): Taking a dig at Congress for failing to exert enough international pressure on Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said the Modi government took the matter to the international level after the February 14 Pulwama terror strike and the retaliatory air strikes proved the country's ability to defend its borders.

#LokSabhaPoll2019: Congress can perhaps win in Pakistan, says Ram Madhav

Mar 24, 2019, at 07:11 pm

Guwahati, Mar 24 (UNI) BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav today alleged that the Congress is using Pakistan as a poll plank, questioning whether the Opposition party was speaking for India or for the neighbouring country.

Five forest guards hurt in tiger attack

Mar 24, 2019, at 07:08 pm

Sulthan Bathery Mar 24 (UNI) Five forest guards were injured, one of them seriously, when a tiger attacked them in Chemanam near here on Sunday.

#LokSabhaPoll2019: AIADMK releases additional manifesto

Mar 24, 2019, at 07:06 pm

Chennai, Mar 24 (UNI) The ruling AIADMK on Sunday released an additional manifesto for the April 18 Lok Sabha polls, blaming the then ruling Congress-DMK combine for the genocide in Sri Lanka during the final phase of the ethnic war and promised action against all those involved in it.

#LokSabhaPoll2019: Chennithala asks LDF to withdraw candidate against Rahul Gandhi

Mar 24, 2019, at 07:00 pm

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 24 (UNI) Opposition leader in Kerala Assembly, Ramesh Chennithala, on Sunday asked whether the Left Democratic Front (LDF) will withdraw their candidate if Congress president Rahul Gandhi contested in Wayanad.