Rahul Gandhi disqualified from Lok Sabha after court conviction over Modi surname remark

Mar 24, 2023, at 08:35 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi was on Friday disqualified from Parliament's lower house Lok Sabha in view of his court conviction in a defamation case over the Modi surname remark.

US nominee for World Bank president Ajay Banga, scheduled to meet PM Modi, tests Covid positive

Mar 24, 2023, at 07:30 pm

New Delhi/UNI: US nominee for World Bank president Ajay Banga, who is in New Delhi and was scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, is down with Covid-19 and under quarantine, officials said.

India working to end TB by 2025, 5 yrs ahead of global goal: PM Modi

Mar 24, 2023, at 06:50 pm

Varanasi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday emphasized on the need for public participation in the total eradication of tuberculosis and said that India is working on the target of ending TB completely by the year 2025 five years before the global target.

PM Modi, ITU chief discuss leveraging digital tech for sustainable planet

Mar 24, 2023, at 06:33 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed happiness at his meeting with Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, and said they held extensive discussions on leveraging digital technology for a better and sustainable planet.

Opposition parties move Supreme Court against Centre's 'misuse of probe agencies'

Mar 24, 2023, at 06:24 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Fourteen political parties moved the Supreme Court complaining against the alleged misuse of law enforcing agencies by the union government to arrest political opponents.

Parliament: Lok Sabha adjourned amid Opposition ruckus

Mar 24, 2023, at 05:22 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, was adjourned till 12 pm on Friday amid sloganeering by Opposition over Adani issue.

Fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh seeks UK citizenship to escape Indian law: Reports 

Mar 24, 2023, at 03:33 pm

New Delhi: Fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh wants UK citizenship to escape Indian law, media reports said on Friday.

Over 1,000 portable solar lamps distributed across Manipur with the aim to deal with irregular electricity supply

Mar 24, 2023, at 02:18 pm

Imphal: Schneider Electric India Foundation recently joined hands with Sunbird Trust to distribute solar lamps in Manipur, an attempt made to deal with the irregular electricity supply in the state.

Mamata Banerjee meets Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar, calls for 'upholding spirit of democracy'

Mar 24, 2023, at 05:50 am

Bhubaneswar/Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday held a "courtesy meeting" with her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik here amid the former's renewed push for a third front in national politics staying aloof from the Congress party.

Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife diagnosed with cancer; pens emotional note to husband

Mar 24, 2023, at 05:22 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Navjot Kaur, the spouse of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, has been diagnosed with invasive cancer which is at stage 2.

Rahul Gandhi automatically disqualified as MP after two-year jail sentence: Kapil Sibal

Mar 24, 2023, at 04:58 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Former Union law minister and lawyer Kapil Sibal Thursday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stands automatically disqualified as an MP after he was sentenced to a two-year jail sentence.

Shiv Sena sacks Sanjay Raut as parliamentary party leader, appoints Gajanan Kirtikar to succeed him

Mar 24, 2023, at 03:48 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena Thursday sacked Sanjay Raut, who is close to Uddhav Thackeray, as the leader of its parliamentary party and appointed Lok Sabha MP Gajanan Kirtikar as his successor.

Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh caught on CCTV in Haryana, carries umbrella to hide face

Mar 24, 2023, at 03:17 am

Amritsar/IBNS: Fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh was caught on CCTV camera leaving the home of a woman in Haryana who had sheltered him when he fled the police on Monday.

Haryana woman arrested for hiding Amritpal Singh, his aid

Mar 24, 2023, at 02:30 am

Gurugram: The police have arrested a woman named Baljit Kaur in Haryana for allegedly providing refuge to the absconding Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh and his associate Papalpreet Singh.

Two militants nabbed in Manipur

Mar 24, 2023, at 02:24 am

Imphal/UNI: Two militants were apprehended by the Manipur Police here on Thursday.

Mumbai: Supporters of NCP leader Hasan Mushrif protest outside ED office

Mar 24, 2023, at 01:33 am

Mumbai/UNI: A day before the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s questioning session of senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator and former state minister Hasan Mushrif, his supporters protested near the agency's headquarters on Thursday afternoon.

Rahul Gandhi criminal defamation case: What his future looks like after two years jail sentence?

Mar 23, 2023, at 11:36 pm

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment on Thursday by a lower court in Gujarat in a criminal defamation case, may lose his seat in the Parliament.

Police question fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh's wife Kirandeep Kaur

Mar 23, 2023, at 10:18 pm

Jalandhar (Punjab): The police are interrogating fugitive Khalistani separatist leader Amritpal Singh’s wife, a UK-based NRI, over allegations of shoring up overseas funds for the pro-Khalistani group Waris Punjab De, her husband helms.

London Tricolor incident: India removes security barricades outside British diplomatic establishments in Delhi

Mar 23, 2023, at 09:52 pm

New Delhi: The security deployment outside British High Commission’s office and the UK envoy’s residence in New Delhi has been downgraded, apparent from the removal of multiple barricades placed earlier, media reports said.

Modi surname remark: 'Will approach higher court,' says Congress after Rahul Gandhi's conviction in defamation case

Mar 23, 2023, at 08:30 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Thursday launched a scathing attack at the Narendra Modi-led government after a court convicted its MP Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case and said the party will approach the High Court in this regard.

'Attempt to suppress Rahul Gandhi's voice': Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after court conviction over Modi surname remark

Mar 23, 2023, at 06:34 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has backed her brother and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi, who was on Thursday convicted by a Surat court in a criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark.

Parliament: Lok Sabha adjourned amid pandemonium

Mar 23, 2023, at 05:47 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Thursday amid sloganeering by Opposition and Treasury benches over Adani issue and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's recent remarks on 'democracy' in UK.

Opposition meet held in Delhi over Adani issue

Mar 23, 2023, at 05:27 pm

New Delhi/UNI: A meeting of Opposition parties was held here on Thursday over the Adani issue.

Modi surname remark: Rahul Gandhi convicted by Surat court in defamation case, later gets bail

Mar 23, 2023, at 05:15 pm

Surat/IBNS: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was on Thursday convicted by a court in Gujarat's Surat city in a criminal defamation case over his past remark referring to the surname Modi, media reports said.

Mamata Banerjee to meet Naveen Patnaik in Odisha today amid third front talks

Mar 23, 2023, at 04:42 pm

Bhubaneswar/Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Thursday hold a "courtesy meeting" with her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik here amid the former's renewed push for a third front in national politics.

Kumar Mangalam Birla receives Padma Bhushan award

Mar 23, 2023, at 05:59 am

Chennai/IBNS/UNI: Noted industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla received the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award from President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan this evening.

Singer Sonu Nigam's father robbed of Rs. 72 lakhs, ex-driver booked

Mar 23, 2023, at 05:40 am

Mumbai/IBNS: A former driver of singer Sonu Nigam's 76-year-old father has been booked for allegedly stealing Rs. 72 lakhs from the senior citizen's home in Mumbai, reports said on Wednesday.

Heavy security keeps Khalistani protesters away from Indian High Commission in London after Sunday's breach

Mar 23, 2023, at 02:09 am

London/IBNS: Heavy security arrangements kept Pro-Khalistan protesters behind barricades outside the Indian High Commission in London on Wednesday evening following the unprecedented vandalism of Sunday, when the Indian flag was pulled down and the windows of the building were broken.

Peace returned to Kashmir after scrapping of Art 370: Amit Shah inaugurating historical temple

Mar 23, 2023, at 12:38 am

Srinagar/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday said that peace has been established in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.

Jammu and Kashmir: Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates Maa Sharda Devi Temple at Kupwara

Mar 23, 2023, at 12:17 am

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated Maa Sharda Devi Temple at Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir through video conferencing on Wednesday.