Congress President Sonia Gandhi to travel abroad for medical check-ups
Aug 24, 2022, at 02:12 pm
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi will be traveling abroad for medical check-ups, party leader Jairam Ramesh said in a statement on Tuesday.
Manish Sisodia summoned in Assam court over Himanta Biswa Sarma defamation case
Aug 24, 2022, at 05:53 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been summoned before a Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Assam's Kamrup district on Sept 29 in connection with the defamation case filed against him by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
Government not taking decisions in time: Nitin Gadkari's latest jibe
Aug 24, 2022, at 05:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, whose statements appear to have cost him his spot in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s top decision-making body, has said the government is "not taking decisions in time".
Ex-judge UD Salvi who convicted 11 men for raping Biklis Bano questions their release
Aug 24, 2022, at 03:28 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Eleven men who raped 2002 Gujarat riots survivor Bilkis Bano and allegedly killed seven members of her family should not have been released, the judge who convicted them 14 years ago has said.
Aug 24, 2022, at 03:18 am
Tashkent: Defence minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday held bilateral meetings with his Uzbek counterpart Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov; Defence Minister of Kazakhstan Colonel General Zhaksylykov Ruslan Zhakslykov and Belarusian Defence Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin.
Gyanvapi case: Muslim side submits old orders, claims land belongs to Waqf
Aug 24, 2022, at 02:08 am
Varanasi/UNI: The counsels of Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee on Tuesday submitted documents related to Din Mohammad case of 1936 and an order passed by the Allahabad High Court in 1942 in support of their claim that the land on which Gyanvapi mosque is constructed in Waqf property.
Three IAF officers sacked for accidentally firing missile into Pakistan
Aug 24, 2022, at 01:25 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Centre Tuesday terminated the services of three officers of the Indian Air Force (IAF) who have been found responsible for the accidental firing of the BrahMos missile that landed in Pakistan on March 9 this year.
Aug 23, 2022, at 11:06 pm
New Delhi: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy successfully flight tested Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Aug 23, 2022.
BJP suspends Telangana MLA T Raja Singh over alleged remarks on Prophet Muhammad
Aug 23, 2022, at 10:45 pm
Hyderabad/ New Delhi: BJP has suspended T Raja Singh, its Goshamahal constituency MLA, over his alleged derogatory comments on Prophet Muhammad last night that elicited strong protests in the city demanding action against him.
Supreme Court refers Shiv Sena case to larger bench, restrains EC from action
Aug 23, 2022, at 08:25 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Tuesday referred the case related to the claim over Shiv Sena to a larger bench, restraining the Election Commission from taking action on the party symbol now, media reports said.
Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court to hear plea against exemption to convicts
Aug 23, 2022, at 07:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court will hear a PIL filed against the relaxation of sentence given to the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case of Gujarat.
Actor and BJP leader Sonali Phogat dies in Goa
Aug 23, 2022, at 06:10 pm
Panaji/UNI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and actress Sonali Phogat died in Goa last night apparently after a heart attack. She was 41.
Telangana BJP MLA T Raja arrested over controversial comment on Prophet Muhammad
Aug 23, 2022, at 05:44 pm
Hyderabad/IBNS: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA T Raja Singh was Tuesday arrested over his alleged derogatory comment on Prophet Muhammad, media reports said.
Mumbai hotel receives bomb threat
Aug 23, 2022, at 04:57 pm
Mumbai/UNI: A famous hotel in Mumbai suburb received a bomb threat call that turned out to be a hoax after authorities conducted searches, an official said.
Jammu and Kashmir: Naushera infiltration bid foiled, 2 dead
Aug 23, 2022, at 03:43 pm
Jammu: Two Pakistani intruders were killed as Indian Army troops successfully foiled an infiltration bid in Jammu and Kashmir along the Line of Control in Naushera area of Rajouri district.
'Double standards': India's fresh swipe at China over 'common security'
Aug 23, 2022, at 05:55 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Monday took a veiled dig at China at the UN Security Council during a discussion on promoting common security through dialogue and cooperation.
China to resume issuing visas to Indian students after 2 years
Aug 23, 2022, at 05:09 am
Beijing/IBNS: China Monday announced plans to issue visas to hundreds of Indian students stranded at home for over two years owing to Beijing's strict COVID restrictions.
Ex-Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu arrested on corruption charges
Aug 23, 2022, at 03:41 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Punjab minister and Congress leader Bharat Bhushan Ashu has been arrested by the vigilance bureau over charges of corruption against him.
Mamata Banerjee hikes Durga Puja grant, clubs to get Rs. 60K this year
Aug 23, 2022, at 03:05 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday announced an increase in the yearly grant to Durga Puja organising committees in the state from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 60,000 after the festival found a place in the UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Sri Lanka Navy arrests 10 Indian fishermen, seizes trawler
Aug 23, 2022, at 01:35 am
Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu)/UNI: The Sri Lankan Navy on Monday arrested 10 Indian fishermen and confiscated their mechanized fishing trawler on charges of violating the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and indulging in unlawful poaching in their territorial waters.
Narendra Modi to visit Punjab, Haryana on Aug 24
Aug 23, 2022, at 12:52 am
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will visit Haryana and Punjab on Aug 24.
Aug 22, 2022, at 09:58 pm
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday backed his Deputy Manish Sisodia and said he should get Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the nation, for improving the standard of education in the national capital but instead of that he is facing CBI raids.
Russia detains ISIS member who was planning to carry out attack in India
Aug 22, 2022, at 09:50 pm
Moscow: The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained an Islamic State suicide bomber who was allegedly planning to carry out an attack in India, media reports said.
Aug 22, 2022, at 08:18 pm
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Kashmir: One killed in Kathua accident
Aug 22, 2022, at 07:32 pm
Jammu/UNI: A woman was killed and three others were injured when a car in which they were traveling skidded and plunged into a gorge on Monday in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Security raised as farmers head for Delhi Mahapanchayat
Aug 22, 2022, at 07:30 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi Police Monday beefed up the security arrangements across the national capital especially Tikri, Ghazipur and Singhu borders and the New Delhi district area following farmers Mahapanchayat call by some groups.
Ties with China in very difficult phase: EAM S Jaishankar
Aug 22, 2022, at 07:20 pm
Sao Paulo: The relationship with China is going through a very difficult phase and Beijing has disregarded the 1990s pact that prohibits amassing of troops in border areas, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said here in Brazil during his interaction with the Indian community.
Aug 22, 2022, at 07:17 pm
Bolpur/Kolkata: The CBI, probing the cattle trafficking case across the Indian borders in West Bengal, on Monday raided a rice mill in Birbhum district, which allegedly has stakes of the relatives of arrested Anubrata Mondal, official sources said.
'Come to BJP, will get cases closed': Manish Sisodia claims this message he received from BJP
Aug 22, 2022, at 06:51 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In an explosive statement, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Monday morning said he was reached out by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with a message urging him to join the saffron wing to get his cases closed, amid the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s action against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader in connection with the Delhi liquor policy.
Security beefed up in Delhi ahead of farmers Mahapanchayat
Aug 22, 2022, at 05:56 pm
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday beefed up the security arrangements across the national capital, especially Tikri, Ghazipur and Singhu borders and the New Delhi district area, following farmers' Mahapanchayat called by some groups.