Flashback 2023: Top 20 events that marked the year for India and the World
Dec 31, 2023, at 10:13 pm
India reached the moon in 2023 by riding on its Chandrayaan programme and even surpassed China to become the world's most populous nation during the year. Outside India, the world witnessed conflicts surging from Ukraine-Russia to the border of Israel when Hamas members crossed the Gaza Strip and launched an attack on the neighbouring nation, triggering a war that is devastating Gaza. The year will once again go down in history as one when several stunning events unfolded reshaping the future. Supriyo Hazra picks twenty mega events which made headlines.
Dec 31, 2023, at 08:56 pm
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police R R Swain has said the fight in the region will be more against foreign terrorists than local in the days to come.
Police bust 'pregnant job agency' racket in Bihar, 8 arrested
Dec 31, 2023, at 08:13 pm
Cyber frauds used a new trick to lure men into a fraudulent scheme in Bihar where they offered them money for 'impregnating' women who were not able to conceive a child with their partners, media reports said.
Police impose Section 144 in Noida on New Year's Eve, Jan 1
Dec 31, 2023, at 07:07 pm
Noida/IBNS: Ahead of the New Year's Eve celebration, the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police has announced that Section 144 shall be imposed in Noida and Greater Noida.
Anonymous caller warns Mumbai Police of serial blasts in city, no bombs found
Dec 31, 2023, at 06:46 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: An anonymous caller warned Mumbai Police of serial blasts in the city last evening, officials informed on Sunday.
3 Indian airlines to undergo safety check on Boeing 737 Max after loose bolt alert
Dec 31, 2023, at 06:21 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: An alert over a loose bolt in new-built Boeing 737 Max passenger aircraft has prompted airlines in India that operate this type to carry out checks to ensure there are no defects that can affect flight safety.
Maharashtra: Six charred to death in massive fire at Aurangabad hand gloves factory
Dec 31, 2023, at 04:08 pm
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar/IBNS/UNI: Six workers were killed in a massive fire that broke out at a hand gloves manufacturing company unit in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar's Waluj Industrial area in Maharashtra late Saturday night.
MK Stalin announces Rs. 1,000 cr relief package for cyclone-hit areas in Tamil Nadu
Dec 31, 2023, at 02:40 pm
Chennai/IBNS/UNI: After announcing Rs 6,000 relief for all cardholders in rain-hit areas of Chennai and three neighbouring districts due to the cyclonic storm, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin in a further boost announced a Rs 1,000-crore relief package for the flood-hit districts.
Ahead of Ayodhya Ram Temple inauguration, Farooq Abdullah says 'Lord Ram belongs to everyone'
Dec 31, 2023, at 11:39 am
Srinagar: As Ayodhya and the inauguration of Ram Temple continue to garner attention, especially with the unveiling of the revamped Ayodhya Dham railway station and Maharshi Valmiki International Airport by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, National Conference Chief Farooq Abdullah has said “Lord Ram doesn't only belong to Hindus; he belongs to everyone in the world.”
Dec 31, 2023, at 07:52 am
New Delhi: The Centre and the Assam government signed a 'tripartite Memorandum of Settlement' with the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday.
Police officer injured in suspected militant attack in Manipur
Dec 31, 2023, at 04:00 am
Imphal: A police officer sustained injuries during an ambush in Manipur carried out by suspected armed militants in Tengnoupal district’s Moreh town, media reports said.
PM Modi stands in front of 40-ft-long Veena at Lata Mangeshkar Chowk in Ayodhya
Dec 31, 2023, at 03:11 am
Ayodhya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Lata Mangeshkar Chowk in Ayodhya where he inaugurated a renovated Ayodhya Dham railway station and newly-constructed Maharishi Valmiki International Airport ahead of the inauguration of the Ram Temple on January 22.
PM Modi has this special request for Ram devotees ahead of Ram Temple inauguration in Ayodhya
Dec 31, 2023, at 02:26 am
Ayodhya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged devotees of Lord Ram to not visit Ayodhya on January 22 for the inauguration of the Ram Temple.
Six Iranian arrested as they tried to enter Nepal on forged document
Dec 30, 2023, at 11:46 pm
Six Iranian citizens, including four men and two women, were arrested by the police while they were attempting to enter Nepal on forged documents on the Sunauli border in Maharajganj district in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, police sources said.
Narendra Modi visits Meera Manjhi's residence in Ayodhya. Who is she?
Dec 30, 2023, at 11:38 pm
Narendra Modi on Saturday (December 30, 2023), visited the house of Meera Manjhi and images of the PM enjoying tea at her residence are now viral on the the internet.
Travel bus overturns in Maharashtra's Tamahini Ghat, two die
Dec 30, 2023, at 11:12 pm
Two people were killed on the spot and 55 others injured after travel bus from Pune to Raigad in Konkan area overturned in Tamhini Ghat of Maharashtra on Saturday.
Dec 30, 2023, at 10:41 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Saturday (December 30, 2023) inaugurated the Maharshi Valmiki Airport in Ayodhya and several other projects including a revamped railway station in the north Indian city.
PM Modi inaugurates revamped Ayodhya Dham junction railway station in Uttar Pradesh
Dec 30, 2023, at 07:37 pm
Ayodhya/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the redeveloped Ayodhya Dham junction Railway Station and flagged off two Amrit Bharat and six Vande Bharat trains.
Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala reopens for 'Makaravillaku' festival
Dec 30, 2023, at 06:26 pm
Sabarimala/UNI: The world famous hill abode of Lord Ayyappa temple will be reopened on Saturday evening for the 'Makaravillaku' festival, which falls on January 15, 2024.
Tamil Nadu: Five devotees die, 19 injured as truck hits multiple vehicles
Dec 30, 2023, at 06:19 pm
Pudukottai/UNI: In a gruesome tragedy, five devotees including a woman were killed on the spot and nineteen others including a child were injured, four of them grievously when as cement-laden truck moving at a high speed rammed into a roadside tea shop and dashed against two stationary vans, a sports utility vehicle (SUV) and two-wheelers at Namanasamudram village on the Tiruchirappalli-Rameswaram highway here during the wee hours of Saturday.
PM Modi reaches Ayodhya, welcomed with petal shower
Dec 30, 2023, at 06:15 pm
Ayodhya/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Ayodhya on Saturday where he is scheduled to launch 46 projects worth Rs 15,700 crore, including inauguration of newly constructed Maharishi Valmiki International Airport and redeveloped Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station which will usher a new era of development in the city of Lord Ram.
Four held after India, Hong Kong Customs bust Trade-Based Money Laundering network
Dec 30, 2023, at 03:32 pm
The Indian Customs and Hong Kong Customs have unearthed a major case of Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML) involving Hong Kong-based exporters and Indian importers located in Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in an exemplary case of bilateral cooperation and exchange of information.
'No bilateral extradition treaty': Pakistan on India's Hafiz Saeed request
Dec 30, 2023, at 06:11 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan Friday said it received India's request for extradition of the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the mastermind of the Mumbai terror attack Hafiz Saeed.
Dec 30, 2023, at 05:48 am
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is currently visiting Russia, on Thursday said the Centre is working to make India a developed country in the next 25 years.
Dec 30, 2023, at 05:38 am
The Indian government has contributed US$ 2.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for the financial year 2022-2023, officials said on Friday.
NHRC issues notice to Delhi CS, DCGI after epilepsy drug fails quality test
Dec 30, 2023, at 05:24 am
New Delhi/UNI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notices to Delhi Chief Secretary, Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), and Police Commissioner on Friday after the epilepsy drug ‘Sodium Valproate’ reportedly failed quality testing.
Consulate General of India Toronto opens International Services Centres in Mississauga, Halifax
Dec 30, 2023, at 05:07 am
Toronto/IBNS: The Consulate General of India in Toronto announced that with effect from Jan 1, BLS International Services Canada inc. would be opening two new service centres in Mississauga for GTA region and Halifax for Nova Scotia region.
Dec 30, 2023, at 03:25 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A tripartite peace deal was signed in Delhi on Friday between the Centre, the Assam government, and the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in which the insurgent group in the northeast agreed to abjure the path of violence.
PM Modi to inaugurate Ayodhya airport tomorrow, Air India Express expands ops to this pilgrim city
Dec 30, 2023, at 02:29 am
Ayodhya/IBNS: Ahead of the grand opening of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Jan 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Maharishi Valmiki International Airport Ayodhya Dham here on Saturday.
Miscreants loot over Rs.14 lakh from Banki branch of Central Cooperative Bank in Odisha
Dec 29, 2023, at 11:41 pm
Unidentified miscreants have looted more than Rs 14 lakh from the Banki branch of the Central Cooperative bank here.