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PM Modi to participate in inaugural I2U2 summit | Cabinet approves Taranga Hill-Ambaji-Abu Road new rail line | Maharashtra: Rain plays havoc in parts of Marathwada region | Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu arrives in Goa | Religious conversion leads to separatism: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat | Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Canada vandalised, India demands probe | India reports 20,139 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours | Rishi Sunak leads in race for UK Prime Minister after round 1 voting | 'A litany of falsehood unleashed on me': Hamid Ansari hits back at BJP on row over Pak journalist | Uddhav Thackeray 'forced' to support Droupadi Murmu: Yashwant Sinha

Mamata Banerjee launches a new campaign ‘Didi'r Suraksha Kavach’

Jan 03, 2023, at 12:08 am

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a new campaign ‘Didi'r Suraksha Kavach’ for her party ahead of the Panchayat polls scheduled to be held in April this year.

Jammu and Kashmir: Residents of Rajouri thank Narendra-Modi led government for providing road connectivity

Jan 02, 2023, at 11:52 pm

Rajouri: People, who stay in far off places in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, have expressed happiness to the Centre-led BJP government for providing road connectivity up to their residential houses near the Pirpanjal Mountain ranges.

Ensure ICUs remain functional, no shortage of medicines: Yogi Adityanath

Jan 02, 2023, at 08:28 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed that the deployment of specialist doctors, functioning of medical equipment and proper availability of paramedical staff should be thoroughly scrutinized in all the hospitals under the Health Department or Medical Education Department.

Mamata launches TMC's new outreach campaign, online app ahead of Bengal panchayat polls

Jan 02, 2023, at 08:24 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched the Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s new mass outreach campaign and an online app to reach out to the maximum number of voters ahead of the upcoming panchayat elections in the state.

Kashmir: Blast near firing site in Rajouri, child dies, five injured

Jan 02, 2023, at 08:16 pm

Jammu/UNI: A blast near the site of a firing incident took place on Monday in which five persons suffered injuries while a minor was killed in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir: Blast occurs near firing site in Rajouri, child dies

Jan 02, 2023, at 07:52 pm

Jammu: A blast near the site of firing incident took place on Monday in which five persons suffered injuries while a minor was killed in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.

SC's demonetisation verdict: 'Accept the verdict but...,' says Congress' Chidambaram

Jan 02, 2023, at 06:32 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Former Union Finance Minister and Congress veteran, P Chidambaram, has accepted the Supreme Court's judgement favouring the Centre's demonetisation move but also noted the minority judgement's pointing out the "illegality and irregularity" in the step.

Supreme Court's demonetisation verdict a 'message for the Opposition': Amit Malviya

Jan 02, 2023, at 05:50 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court's verdict favouring the Modi government's 2016 demonetisation move was a "message for the opposition not to lean on the judiciary to settle political scores", said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s national executive member Amit Malviya on Monday.

Supreme Court backs Modi government's demonetisation move

Jan 02, 2023, at 05:12 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday backed the Narendra Modi government's controversial 2016 demonetisation move, in a setback for the opposition parties that have been targeting the Centre over the step for years. 

Ahead of Bengal panchayat polls, Mamata Banerjee to launch TMC's new campaign today

Jan 02, 2023, at 04:40 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In the backdrop of the massive corruption allegations on various fronts, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Monday launch her party Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s new campaign ahead of the crucial panchayat polls in the state.

Assam: Barak Museum and Library hosts two-day-long Barak Cultural Festival

Jan 02, 2023, at 04:15 pm

Jiribam:  Barak Museum and Library in Assam recently organized the two-day-long  Barak Cultural Festival 2022 at Barak Museum Complex in Bantarapur.

Arunachal Pradesh: Rural Mart supported by NABARD inaugurated

Jan 02, 2023, at 03:52 pm

Palin: NABARD General Manager Partho Saha recently inaugurated the rural mart supported by the NABARD in Palin region of Arunachal Pradesh.

Delhi woman dragged by car: NCW seeks probe whether victim was sexually assaulted

Jan 02, 2023, at 03:09 pm

New Delhi: The National Commission for Women has written to the Delhi Police Commissioner over the death of a woman who was killed after being hit by a car and dragged for nearly seven kilometres in outer Delhi's Sultanpuri, media reports said.

Jammu and Kashmir: Two killed, 4 injured in mysterious firing in Rajouri

Jan 02, 2023, at 03:49 am

Jammu: Two persons were killed and four others injured in an incident of mysterious firing on Sunday in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Andhra Pradesh: 3 die in stampede at Chandrababu Naidu's event

Jan 02, 2023, at 02:53 am

Guntur: Close on the heels of a stampede at Kandukur town in Nellore district four days ago in which 8 persons killed in Chandrababu Naidu’s road-show, in a similar stampede incident, three women were killed and two injured after Naidu addressed them here on Sunday.

Jammu and Kashmir: Boy injured in grenade blast in Srinagar, arms recovered in Kupwara

Jan 02, 2023, at 02:43 am

Srinagar: A civilian was injured in a grenade blast in Srinagar’s old city on Sunday evening, police said.

Jharkhand govt's decision on Sammed Shikharji: Jain community members demonstrate in New Delhi

Jan 02, 2023, at 01:34 am

New Delhi: Several Jain community members demonstrated in New Delhi on Sunday against the Jharkhand government's decision to declare Sammed Shikharji as a tourist spot.

Jammu and Kashmir: Rifle snatched from a CRPF man in Pulwama

Jan 01, 2023, at 11:58 pm

Srinagar: A suspected militant snatched a rifle from a Central Reserve Police Force in Jammu and Kashmir Pulwama district, official sources said.

Nashik: One dies as fire breaks out at factory

Jan 01, 2023, at 11:17 pm

Nashik: At least one person died and 19 others were hurt as a fire broke out at a factory in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Sunday, media reports said.

Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha assumes command of IAF’s Western Air Command

Jan 01, 2023, at 09:41 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha assumed command of the Indian Air Force’s Western Air Command on 01 January 2023, according to an IAF press communique.

Odisha: Russian man, thought to be missing, detained by GRP for questioning

Jan 01, 2023, at 09:25 pm

Bhubaneswar: The missing Russian man, who was being searched by the Odisha Police, after being spotted at the Bhubaneswar railway station, has been detained by Government Railway Police (GRP).

Over 4,000 families living in illegal colonies on railway land face eviction after Uttarakhand HC ruling

Jan 01, 2023, at 05:58 pm

Nainital (Uttarakhand): Thousands of families living in the unauthorised colonies near Haldwani railway station will have to vacate their homes following a Uttarakhand High Court ruling, media reports said.

Haryana sports minister Sandeep Singh faces harassment case after coach's complaint

Jan 01, 2023, at 05:50 pm

Chandigarh/IBNS: The Chandigarh Police Sunday registered a sexual harassment and criminal intimidation case against Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh, based on a complaint by a junior athletics coach on Friday.

Two killed, 13 injured in old age home fire in South Delhi

Jan 01, 2023, at 04:41 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: A fire at the old age home in South Delhi’s Greater Kailash II killed two inmates and injured 13 others, media reports said.

'What has the father of new India done?' Nitish Kumar jibes at Devendra Fadnavis' wife's 'two fathers of nation' remark

Jan 01, 2023, at 03:15 pm

Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday referred to Amruta Fadnavis' 'father of new India' remark to take a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked what the "new father of new India has done for the nation?"

Flashback 2022: The Year That Was

Jan 01, 2023, at 07:29 am

The world is ringing into the New Year under the shadow of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus, though the year that passed was a positive one in terms of battling the virus amid more coverage of vaccination and reopening of business and travel worldwide.  IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra looks back at some of the major events of the year: 

After IT minister's warning over wrong map of India, WhatsApp deletes tweet, apologizes

Jan 01, 2023, at 05:25 am

New Delhi/IBNS: After Union IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s subtle warning, messaging platform WhatsApp deleted a graphic, posted on its Twitter handle, that showed an incorrect map of India and issued an apology.

Suicide by another govt contractor revives corruption allegations against Karnataka govt

Jan 01, 2023, at 04:35 am

Bengaluru: A contractor in Karnataka Tumakuru district, about 70 km from the capital Bengaluru, committed suicide on Thursday, once again triggering allegations of corruption against the Basavaraj Bommai-led government ahead of the big elections next year, media reports said.

Odisha: Mystery deepens as Russian man goes missing after unnatural deaths of two others

Jan 01, 2023, at 03:34 am

Bhubaneswar: Even as the mystery surrounding the deaths of two Russians, including a lawmaker known to be a Putin critic, in an Odisha hotel is waiting to be unravelled, police are searching for another Russian, a self-proclaimed anti-Ukraine War activist, media reported.

9 killed, 32 injured in bus-SUV collision in Gujarat's Navsari

Jan 01, 2023, at 02:26 am

Navsari (Gujarat)/IBNS: As many as nine people were killed and 32 others injured in a collision between a bus and SUV in Gujarat’s Navsari in the wee hours of Saturday, media reports said.