Kashmir's padwomen:Eves breaking taboos, manufacturing sanitary napkins

Mar 13, 2023, at 12:52 am

Srinagar: A women's Self Help Group has fought against all taboos to manufacture and distribute sanitary napkins under a NABARD-aided project in Narupora village of Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said.

Nepal's envoy to India appreciates relationship shared between armies of neighbouring nations

Mar 13, 2023, at 12:28 am

New Delhi: Nepal's envoy to India Shankar Prasad Sharma has appreciated the relationship between the armies of the two countries on the 260th Nepali Army Day celebration here.

Maharashtra: Six killed in road accident

Mar 13, 2023, at 12:22 am

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Six people, including four women and a girl hailing from Chatrapati Sambhajinagar district, were killed and seven others were injured in a road accident in Maharashtra's Buldhana district on Sunday, officials said.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese praises Narendra Modi for taking extraordinary efforts to make his delegation feel welcome

Mar 12, 2023, at 11:49 pm

Ahmedabad: Australian PM  Anthony Albanese on Saturday praised his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for making all efforts to make his delegates feel welcome in the country.

'Congress dreaming of digging my grave while I'm busy building Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway': PM Modi jabs Congress in Karnataka rally

Mar 12, 2023, at 10:42 pm

Mandya (Karnataka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a jibe at Congress, saying Congress is dreaming of digging his grave while he is busy dreaming of Karnataka’s development as he pitched for a double-engine government in the poll-bound southern state.

Pakistan does not want peace in Jammu and Kashmir: DGP Dilbag Singh

Mar 12, 2023, at 10:10 pm

Srinagar: Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh on Sunday said that Pakistan does not want peace to prevail in Jammu and Kashmir.

UP: Five of a family charred to death, one injured as hut catches fire

Mar 12, 2023, at 07:10 pm

Kanpur/UNI: Five members of a family were charred to death and one more was injured when a hut caught fire under mysterious circumstances in the Rura area of Kanpur Dehat district here in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, police sources said.

PM Modi holds mega roadshow in poll-bound Karnataka's Mandya; to inaugurate mega projects

Mar 12, 2023, at 06:59 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: In a bid to fight the anti-incumbency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday held a roadshow in Mandya - a region which has been the stronghold of its rival Janata Dal (Secular) or JDS ahead of the election due later this year.

Bhagwant Mann govt cracks down on Punjab 'gun culture', cancels 800 licences

Mar 12, 2023, at 06:23 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In a major crackdown on the so-called 'gun culture' in Punjab, the Bhagwant Mann government Sunday cancelled the licences of 813 guns in the state.

PM Modi to inaugurate Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway in poll-bound Karnataka

Mar 12, 2023, at 05:40 pm

Bengaluru/IBNS: With the Karnataka Assembly elections two months away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow in the JD(S)-Congress stronghold of the Mandya district of the state on Sunday. 

Nitish Kumar rules out any change in Bihar alliance

Mar 12, 2023, at 03:37 pm

Patna/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ruled out any change in the alliance and said that there is no need to worry about the same.

NIA nabs two in Madhya Pradesh in 2021 case

Mar 12, 2023, at 02:03 pm

Seoni (MP)/UNI: In a joint operation with Madhya Pradesh Police, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took two suspects into custody on Saturday.

'Unfortunate': Japanese woman assaulted at Delhi's Holi event reacts

Mar 12, 2023, at 08:30 am

New Delhi: A Japanese woman was manhandled by a group of men in a Holi gathering in Delhi’s Paharganj area. The horrifying incident came to light after she posted a video of the men smearing colour on her despite her discomfort and one of them even smashed an egg on her head.

Delhi liquor scam: ED questions BRS leader K Kavitha for 9 hrs; summoned again on Mar 16

Mar 12, 2023, at 05:46 am

New Delhi: After being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for over nine hours in the Delhi liquor policy case, K. Kavitha, leader of Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) and daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, departed from the ED office in New Delhi, media reports said.

PNB Loan Fraud: Nirav Modi says he is penniless; borrowing money to pay for UK court fines

Mar 12, 2023, at 04:32 am

Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who is facing deportation for trial on charges of fraud and money laundering in India, has said he does not have any money and is borrowing funds to cover the court-mandated legal expenses, which exceed 150,000 pounds, according to a report in the media.

Getting Kashmir at the centre of UN agenda an 'uphill' task: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto admits

Mar 12, 2023, at 03:41 am

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Saturday admitted that the United Nations council has not shown any interest in Pakistan's 'Kashmir' agenda, an issue the neighbouring country frequently tries to raise at the international forum.

Japanese PM Kishida to visit India next week, to hold talks with PM Modi

Mar 12, 2023, at 02:33 am

New Delhi: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will be on an official visit to India on March 20-21 during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sri Lanka uses aid from India to buy textbooks for students

Mar 12, 2023, at 02:30 am

Colombo: Sri Lanka has used more than $10 million of the $1 billion aid provided by India to print nearly 50% of the textbooks required for its four million school-going children, the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka said on Saturday, reported media.

Those behind vandalism of Hindu temples will face full force of law: Australian PM Anthony Albanese

Mar 12, 2023, at 12:08 am

New Delhi: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he has assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the incidents of vandalism witnessed recently against Hindu temples in Australia have “no place” in his country and they will take every action to ensure that those responsible for it face the full force of the law.

Deputy CM says Arunachal Pradesh govt developing infrastructure programmes along international borders

Mar 11, 2023, at 11:51 pm

Itanagar: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein has said the Arunachal Pradesh government has initiated several infrastructure development programmes in areas of the northeastern state bordering China, Bhutan and Myanmar.

India, Australia join forces to drive innovation in areas of national challenges and shared priorities

Mar 11, 2023, at 11:24 pm

New Delhi: Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency, have joined hands by signing a Letter of Intent to encourage joint cooperation to drive innovation activities in areas of national challenges and shared priorities of both countries.

Compilation of 42 lakh essays on Ahom hero enters Guinness World Records, says CM Sarma

Mar 11, 2023, at 11:21 pm

Itanagar: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Kumar on Thursday said that a compilation of over 42 lakh essays on valiant Ahom general Lachit Borphukan has been recognised by Guinness World Records as “largest online photo album of handwritten notes”.

Uttar Pradesh: Bodies of excise inspector, wife found in Ghaziabad

Mar 11, 2023, at 10:35 pm

Bulandshahr: Bodies of an Excise Inspector in Delhi and his wife were recovered from the jungle in Muradnagar area in Ghaziabad district here in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, a senior officer said.

North India's biggest Zoo to be opened for public next month: Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha

Mar 11, 2023, at 10:31 pm

Jammu: The upcoming zoo in Jammu, named as ‘Jambu Zoo’-one of the biggest in the North India, will be thrown open for the public next month, said J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha while inspecting the site located along Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Nagrota area here in the city outskirts.

Narendra Modi calls meeting with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo as 'fruitful'

Mar 11, 2023, at 08:38 pm

New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said he had a 'fruitful' meeting with  US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.

Tripura: Three arrested for attacks on Left-Congress MP team

Mar 11, 2023, at 08:35 pm

Agartala: Tripura police arrested three persons on Friday night in connection with the attack on the Left-Congress MP team at Nehalchandra Nagar of Bishalgarh in Sepahijala district during their visit to post-poll result violence victims in the afternoon.

Uttar Pradesh: Couple dies as car hits bike in Farrukhabad

Mar 11, 2023, at 07:11 pm

Farrukhabad: A couple was killed when a motorcycle was hit by a car in Mohammadabad area of Farrukhabad district here in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, police sources said here.

Delhi liquor policy case: 'Can put me in jail but can't break my spirit,' says arrested AAP leader Manish Sisodia

Mar 11, 2023, at 06:02 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The probe agency "can put me in jail but can't break my spirit,' said former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who was arrested in the Delhi liquor policy case, on Saturday.

Karnataka Congress working president Dhruvanarayan dies

Mar 11, 2023, at 05:08 pm

Mysuru/UNI: Former MP and Karnataka Congress working president R Dhruvanarayana passed away early on Saturday morning after suffering from chest pain.

Karnataka minister V Somanna's 'I am flowing water' remark stokes curiosity

Mar 11, 2023, at 04:06 pm

Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka Housing Minister V Somanna's statement that he is not stagnant, but like flowing water has stoked speculation whether he will quit the BJP and join Congress.