Armed criminals loot marriage party on gunpoint

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:11 pm

Krishnagar, Mar 11(UNI) A marriage party was attacked and looted by miscreants last night in Nadia district in Shibniwas panchayat area under Krishnagunj police station.

Banned tobacco products worth Rs 1 cr seized, two held in Maharashtra

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:02 pm

Kolhapur, Mar 11 (UNI) Two trucks laden with banned tobacco products worth Rs one crore were seized on Monday near Ujalaiwadi Checkpost Naka on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway.

Fake currency; 2 sent to police custody

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:59 pm

Mumbai, Mar 11 (UNI) A local court here on Monday remanded two persons to seven days police custody for their involvement in circulating fake currency.

Mirwaiz refuses to appear before NIA, cites security reasons

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:47 pm

Srinagar, Mar 11 (UNI) Citing security concerns and resultant situation that could arise in Kashmir if the moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) chairman Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq will not appear before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in New Delhi on Monday.

Austrian court extends arrest of Ex-Colonel suspected of spying for Russia

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:45 pm

Vienna, Mar 11 (Sputnik/IBNS): A court in Austria's Salzburg ruled on Monday to extend the arrest of a retired Austrian officer suspected of being a Russian spy for an additional two months, a representative of the court told Sputnik.

LS Polls: Sumalatha Ambareesh to announce her decision to contest by March 18

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:41 pm

Mandya, Karnataka, Mar 11 (UNI) Sumalatha, wife of late Karnataka Minister M H Ambareesh, who is tried in vain to get Congress ticket to contest from her husband's Mandya constituency, will announce on March 18 her final decision to contest or not in the Lok Sabha election.

Shiv Sena, Owaisi flay Oppn parties for dragging Ramzan row into poll schedule

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:39 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) Some opposition parties, including the Trinamool Congress and AAP, have flayed the Election Commission for not considering Ramzan month - a period of day long fast among Muslims - before announcing the poll schedule.

Majithia expands YAD core committee, inducts 10 new members

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:36 pm

Chandigarh, Mar 11 (UNI) The Shiromani Akali Dal Ggeneral Secretary Bikram Singh Majithia

One dead, six injured in road mishap in Uttar Pradesh

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:34 pm

Saharanpur, Mar 11 (UNI) One person was killed and six others injured when a SUV fell into a canal after losing control in the Deoband Kotwali area in this district of Uttar Pradesh, police sources said on Monday.

Shiv Sena condemns BJP's electoral publicising of IAF strikes in PoK

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:30 pm

Mumbai, Mar 11 (UNI): The Shiv Sena on Monday condemned the act of using visuals of the soldiers on electoral campaign posters and penned an editorial in Saamana, stating that whipping up patriotic feelings of the electorate is equal to the Oppositions' demand of asking proof for Balakot airstrikes.

Only potential candidates for 3 LS seats shortlisted: Omar Abdullah

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:28 pm

Srinagar, Mar 11 (UNI) Rejecting media reports about selection of candidates for three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir valley, Vice President of the National Conference (NC) Omar Abdullah said only a preliminary short listing of potential candidates have been done.

Estonian President to visit US Mar 11-14 for talks on security, relations: Press Office

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:26 pm

Tallinn, Mar 11 (Sputnik/UNI) Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid will visit the United States on March 11-14 to discuss the issues of security and bilateral cooperation, as well as hold a series of meetings with top officials, the presidential press office said in a statement on Monday.

BJP should reply on ‘Achhe Din’: BSP chief Mayawati

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:23 pm

Lucknow, Mar 11 (UNI) Alleging that the BJP deceived the public by making false promises before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday said that BJP should reply on their promise of ‘Achhe Din’ (Better days).

Fire breaks out at sixth floor in Vikas Bhawan; no casualties

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:22 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) A fire broke out at the sixth floor in Vikas Bhawan near ITO in central Delhi on Monday, however, there was no casualties in the incident.

18 terrorists eliminated in past 21 days: Indian Army

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:13 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): Indian Army Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon on Monday said 18 terrorists have been eliminated by the security forces in the past 21 days.

Help me reach Shikha Garg's family: Sushma Swaraj tweets on Ethiopian Airlines flight crash victim

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:09 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS):  Shikha Garg, a UN consultant attached to the government, was among four Indians who lost their lives in the Ethiopian Airlines flight crash tragedy on Sunday.

Congress MLA Purushottam Sawariya joins BJP in Gujarat

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:02 pm

Gandhinagar, Mar 11 (IBNS):  Congress MLA from Gujarat, Purushottam Sawariya who had resigned from the party last week, joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday.

Sharad Pawar will not contest Lok Sabha polls this year

Mar 11, 2019, at 03:43 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): NCP chief Sharad Pawar will not contest the Lok Sabha polls this year, media reports said.

No Karvan-e-Aman bus to PoK for second week in a row

Mar 11, 2019, at 03:38 pm

Srinagar, Mar 11 (UNI): The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) remained suspended for the second week on Monday, official sources said.

‘Demonetisation a Tughlaqi Farmaan’: Cong on revelation of RBI board meeting on note ban

Mar 11, 2019, at 03:33 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) Accusing the Narendra Modi government of destroying the Indian economy by implementing the demonetisation, Congress on Monday said that new RTI documents revealed that the meeting of the RBI Central Board of Directors objected to all the reasons stated by Prime Minister for note ban.

Restrictions lifted from SeK, downtown Srinagar

Mar 11, 2019, at 03:03 pm

Srinagar, Mar 11 (UNI): Curfew-like restrictions imposed in the downtown and Shehar-e-Khas (SeK) in Srinagar following a strike called by trade bodies in protest against summoning of chairman of moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq were lifted on Monday.

PM Modi, Bangladesh PM Hasina jointly inaugurate multiple projects

Mar 11, 2019, at 02:58 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Monday jointly inaugurated four projects via video conferencing in various fields.

Ex-Karnataka minister Vaijnath Patil quits Congress, to support BJP candidate

Mar 11, 2019, at 02:36 pm

Kalaburagi, Karnataka, Mar 11 (UNI): As dates for polling for general elections were announced, Congress, the coalition partner with JDS in Karnataka, suffered a setback with former minister and Hyderabad-Karnataka Horata Samiti president Vaijnath Patil tendering his resignation from the primary membership of Congress party and deciding to support the BJP candidate.

Country where it’s too dangerous to go to school

Mar 11, 2019, at 02:34 pm

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Mar 11 (UNI) Desks and chairs are piled up in the corner of a school with no children. On the blackboard, the date has been written down: 15 December 2018.

Seven injured in leopard attack in Nashik

Mar 11, 2019, at 01:59 pm

Nashik, Mar 11 (UNI) A total of seven people were injured in the leopard attack, here, forest officials said on Monday.

Taliban leader Mullah Omar 'lived close to US bases', says book

Mar 11, 2019, at 01:57 pm

New York, Mar 11 (UNI): Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan, a new book has claimed.

DMK demands holding of Assembly bypoll to all 21 seats in Tamil Nadu

Mar 11, 2019, at 01:39 pm

Chennai, Mar 11 (UNI) The Opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu on Monday demanded that by-elections be held for all the 21 Assembly seats along with the Lok Sabha polls on April 18, instead of 18 seats announced by it.

Modi's 'Do or Die' battle essentially lies in UP, Bengal and Odisha

Mar 11, 2019, at 12:57 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI): Of all the political narratives the BJP will have to deal with in the run up to the parliamentary polls, the most striking one would be - can 'Narendra Modi' as a brand equity work in three important states of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.

Ethiopian Airlines grounds Boeing 737 MAX 8 after crash

Mar 11, 2019, at 12:54 pm

Addis Ababa, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI): Ethiopian Airlines has grounded its Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet on Sunday after a crash of the same type that killed 157 people.

Number of Indians dead in Ethiopian plane crash could be more than four

Mar 11, 2019, at 12:38 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI): The death of Indians and their family members in the Ethiopian plane crash appears to be more than previously estimated.