PM Narendra Modi's video address for the Campaign on Drugs Free India

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:51 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the ‘Campaign for Drugs Free India’, organized by the Art of Living Foundation, through video message.

BJP and AIADMK announce alliance in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:42 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): The BJP and Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK have announced an alliance to fight the next Lok Sabha elections.

Sushma Swaraj receives Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:41 pm

Barcelona/Madrid, Feb 19 (IBNS): Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday received the 'Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit' from the Spanish Government.

Indian PM Narendra Modi visits Varanasi, lays foundation stone of Guru Ravidas Birth Place Development Project

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:33 pm

Varanasi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and laid foundation stone of Guru Ravidas Birth Place Development Project to mark Ravidas Jayanti celebrations.

Commerce Minister launches ‘SWAYATT’ on GeM

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:29 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, launched SWAYATT in New Delhi on Tuesday. 

Youth held for raised ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at Kamakhya temple

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:27 pm

Guwahati, Feb 19 (IBNS): A youth was held by the police for raising ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at Kamakhya temple in Assam, officials said.

Pan-India emergency number ‘112’ launched

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:22 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka  Sanjay Gandhi here on Tuesday jointly launched the Women Safety initiative of Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) in 16 States/UTs and Mumbai city.

PM Modi visits BHU in Varanasi

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:16 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited BHU in Varanasi on Saturday.

Development Projects worth Rs. 3350 crores unveiled by PM in Varanasi

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:14 pm

Varanasi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled on Tuesday development projects worth Rs. 3350 crores for Varanasi.

Pakistan should stop misleading world and take credible actions: India says rejecting Imran Khan's comments on Pulwama

Feb 19, 2019, at 06:59 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19  (IBNS): Giving a reply to Pakistan PM Imran Khan over his remark on Pulwama attack, India on Tuesday said the neighbouring nation should stop 'misleading the international community' and take credible and visible action against the perpetrators of the Kashmir incident.

Anyone who picks up gun in Kashmir will be eliminated unless he surrenders: Army

Feb 19, 2019, at 06:50 pm

Srinagar, Feb 19 (IBNS): A day after Pakistan-based militant organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar's aide was killed, the Army on Tuesday said anyone who picks up gun in Jammu and Kashmir will be eliminated unless he surrenders, media reports said.

We shall first have to give up this hubris of considering tribes backward: Vice President Naidu

Feb 19, 2019, at 06:42 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that we have to give up the hubris of considering tribes backward and every tribe has a rich and living cultural tradition and we must respect them.

Give us evidence, we will take action: Imran Khan tells India on Pulwama attack

Feb 19, 2019, at 06:39 pm

Islamabad, Dec 19 (IBNS): Little less than a week after 40 CRPF jawans were killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama area, Pakistan PM Imran Khan, whose nation has been blamed by India to be behind the incident, on Tuesday asked the neighbouring nation to share evidence on the issue and assured his country will 'take action'.

PM pays tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji on his birth anniversary

Feb 19, 2019, at 01:51 pm

Seven killed in road accident on Yamuna expressway

Feb 19, 2019, at 10:33 am

Mathura, Feb 19 (UNI) At least 7 people were killed and three injured in an accident in Baldev area on Yamuna expressway on early Tuesday morning.

Sushma to receive 'Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit' award in Spain

Feb 19, 2019, at 09:47 am

Madrid, Feb 19 (UNI) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived here on Monday on the last leg of her trip to three nation visit of Bulgaria, Morocco and Spain.

Assam Rifles troops nab NSCN (K) militant in Nagaland

Feb 18, 2019, at 11:16 pm

Guwahati, Feb 18 (IBNS): Security forces apprehended a hardcore militant of banned NSCN (K) in Nagaland’s Mon district on Monday.

Assam: Foundation stone of LHB Coach refurbishing facility laid at Bongaigaon

Feb 18, 2019, at 10:56 pm

SC to consider urgent hearing of PIL against J&K special status

Feb 18, 2019, at 10:37 pm

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IBNS): Supreme Court will consider the plea seeking urgent hearing of a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and limits Parliament's power to make laws for the state.

Kashmir: 5 security personnel, 3 JeM militants and one civilian killed in Pulwama encounter

Feb 18, 2019, at 10:11 pm

Srinagar, Feb 18 (UNI/IBNS): Five security force personnel, including an Army Major and three top militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were among nine persons, killed in about 18-hour-long fierce encounter, which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, in the wee hours of Monday, official sources said.

WB chief secretary, DGP, Kolkata police commissioner apologise to SC in Saradha case

Feb 18, 2019, at 10:07 pm

Kolkata, Feb 18 (IBNS): West Bengal chief secretary Malay K. De, DGP Virendra Kumar and Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar have filed their replies to a contempt petition filed by the CBI in the Supreme Court in the Saradha Ponzi case.

Pak misusing UN court for spreading propaganda: India tells ICJ on Kulbhushan case

Feb 18, 2019, at 09:39 pm

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IBNS): At a time when India is in a face-off situation with Pakistan over the Pulwama terror attack, New Delhi on Monday presented the case to seek cancellation of Islamabad's death sentence on Kulbhushan Jadhav - an Indian national held in the neighbouring country on suspicion of spying.

Youth held for kidnapping and raping a minor girl

Feb 18, 2019, at 09:33 pm

Kendrapara, Feb 18 (UNI) Sadar police today arrested a youth on the charges of kidnapping and raping a minor girl.

Masood aide among 3 Jaish men killed, 5 soldiers die in Pulwama gunbattle

Feb 18, 2019, at 09:27 pm

Srinagar, Feb 18 (UNI): Five security force personnel and three top Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, including the outfit chief Masood Azhar's aide Kamran, were killed in encounters in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Monday.

Two Kashmiri students of UHF varsity arrested

Feb 18, 2019, at 09:25 pm

Solan, Feb 18 (UNI) The Police arrested two Kashmiri students on the charges of imputations and assertions prejudicial to national integration on the campus of Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, on Monday.

BJP and Shiv Sena announce alliance for Lok Sabha, Assembly polls

Feb 18, 2019, at 08:37 pm

Mumbai, Feb 18 (IBNS): Shiv Sena and the BJP announced on Monday their alliance for the coming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Maharashtra.

Pulwama terror attack: Muslims take out candlelight march to protest in Guwahati

Feb 18, 2019, at 08:13 pm

Guwahati, Feb 18 (IBNS): People of the Muslim community in Guwahati on Monday evening took out a candlelight march to protest against the gruesome terror attack CRPF jawans.

Argentina, India talk defence cooperation, nuclear energy and more

Feb 18, 2019, at 07:38 pm

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IBNS): Argentina President Mauricio Macri and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting here on Monday that touched on a wide range of issues.

Pulwama terror attack: Tarun Gogoi says government should take stern action

Feb 18, 2019, at 07:34 pm

Guwahati, Feb 18 (IBNS): Reacting over the Pulwama terror attack, former Assam Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Tarun Gogoi on Monday said that, government should take stern and appropriate action to ensure that the insurgency be completely contained.

Argentina condemns attack on Indian soldiers in Pulwama

Feb 18, 2019, at 07:20 pm

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IBNS): Argentina has condemned in the strongest terms the brutal terrorist attack that took place in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir on 14 February 2019 against convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), in which more than 40 CRPF personnel lost their lives and a large number were injured and expressed its solidarity with the families of the sons of India that lost their lives on this brutal terrorist attack.