Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission approves hike in tariff by 8pct in Assam from Apr 1
Mar 22, 2022, at 09:28 pm
Guwahati: Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (AERC) has approved a hike in tariffs in Assam by 8 percent with effect from 1 Apr, 2022.
Jammu and Kashmir: Policeman critically wounded in Srinagar
Mar 22, 2022, at 09:22 pm
Srinagar: Suspected militants shot and critically wounded a policeman here on Tuesday, official sources said.
UP: Yogi Adityanath to be elected leader of legislature party on Mar 24
Mar 22, 2022, at 07:37 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Yogi Adityanath will be elected as the leader of the legislature party during the meeting of the newly elected MLAs of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a meeting to be held on Mar 24.
Mar 22, 2022, at 07:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: At least 10 people have been burned to death as several houses in a village in West Bengal's Birbhum district were allegedly set on fire following the death of a local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader on Monday night.
JK Imam Association organises seminar to raise awareness on child development in Handwara
Mar 22, 2022, at 06:58 pm
Handwara: A seminar-cum-workshop on 'Role of society in child development' was on Sunday held at Town Hall in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara town where more than 100 children, social activists and civil society members participated.
Common Entrance Test now must for admissions to colleges under central universities
Mar 22, 2022, at 06:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The University Grants Commission, a statutory body charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of higher education, on Monday said a Common Entrance Test will be mandatory to get admitted to a college under central universities for undergraduate courses, media reports said.
Joe Biden calls India's stance in Russia-Ukraine war 'shaky'
Mar 22, 2022, at 04:28 pm
Washington/New Delhi/IBNS: US President Joe Biden has called India's stance in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war "somewhat shaky" after New Delhi refused to corner Moscow unlike other allies of Washington, media reports said.
Police official shoots himself inside police station in Assam’s Silchar
Mar 22, 2022, at 03:40 pm
Silchar: A police officer, who was posted at Silchar Sadar police station in Assam’s Cachar district, allegedly shot himself dead with his service pistol inside the police station on Monday evening, officials said.
UP: Yogi Adityanath resigns from UP legislative council
Mar 22, 2022, at 03:32 pm
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh CM-designate Yogi Adityanath tendered his resignation from the membership of state legislative council, here on Tuesday.
KCR in talks with Prashant Kishor 'to bring national change'
Mar 22, 2022, at 05:24 am
Hyderabad/IBNS: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday announced that he is in talks with political strategist Prashant Kishor "to bring a national change".
'Hope wisdom will prevail': Shashi Tharoor on being asked by Sonia Gandhi to not attend CPM event
Mar 22, 2022, at 04:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi has asked party senior leader Shashi Tharoor to stay away from a CPM seminar next month.
Coal scam case: Won't bow down my head, says Abhishek Banerjee after ED's 8-hour grilling
Mar 22, 2022, at 03:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday maintained his apparent stoicism after his eight-hour long quizzing by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal scam ended.
'Our thoughts with victims' families': PM Modi expresses shock over Chinese jet crash
Mar 22, 2022, at 01:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed shock over the crash of the Chinese flight carrying 132 passengers in China’s Guangxi.
Maoists attack CRPF camp in Chhattisgarh
Mar 22, 2022, at 12:38 am
Jagdalpur/Chhattisgarh/UNI: Three personnel sustained injuries in heavy firing on Monday during a Maoist assault on a CRPF camp recently set up at Elmagunda adjoining Chintagufa Police Station limits in Sukma – an extremely restive district within Left-wing extremism-affected Bastar division in Chhattisgarh.
Pushkar Singh Dhami, who lost election, to become Uttarakhand CM once again
Mar 21, 2022, at 11:54 pm
Dehradun: Pushkar Singh Dhami was elected as the leader of BJP's legislature party in Uttarakhand, and will continue as the chief minister of the state.
Around 22,500 Indians have returned from Ukraine to India from Feb 1 -Mar 11: VK Singh
Mar 21, 2022, at 11:10 pm
New Delhi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen. (Dr) V. K. Singh (Retd) on Monday said around 22,500 Indian nationals have returned from Ukraine to India from Feb 1 - Mar 11.
N Biren Singh takes oath as Manipur CM
Mar 21, 2022, at 10:02 pm
Imphal: N Biren Singh on Monday took oath as the Chief Minister of Manipur for yet another term.
India, Australia to hold summits annually, says PM Modi
Mar 21, 2022, at 08:08 pm
New Delhi: India and Australia have decided to make their summit meetings an annual affair to give further momentum to their strategic ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as he thanked Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison for the return of 29 antiquities to India.
Scotland Yard arrest woman over murdering Indian-origin Sabita Thanwani in Clerkenwell
Mar 21, 2022, at 07:33 pm
London: Scotland Yard have arrested a woman over allegedly murdering 19-year-old Indian-origin Sabita Thanwani in Clerkenwell.
Narendra Modi wishes Parsi community on Navroz
Mar 21, 2022, at 07:10 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday wished the country's Parsi community on Navroz.
AAP picks Harbhajan Singh, Raghav Chadha, 3 others from Punjab as Rajya Sabha candidates
Mar 21, 2022, at 07:06 pm
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has recently swept the Punjab assembly elections, on Monday picked former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh, its young firebrand leader Raghav Chadha, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) professor Sandeep Pathak, educationist Ashok Kumar Mittal and industrialist Sanjeev Arora as the Rajya Sabha nominees from the state.
Coal scam case: Abhishek Banerjee, wife Rujira move Supreme Court challenging ED's jurisdiction
Mar 21, 2022, at 05:06 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the jurisdiction of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal scam case, media reports said.
BJP to stake claim to form Goa govt
Mar 21, 2022, at 04:29 pm
Panaji/UNI: More than 10 days after the assembly poll results were announced, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa will stake claim to form the government on Monday.
Karnataka: Village bids tearful adieu to Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar
Mar 21, 2022, at 03:38 pm
Chalageri: Thousands of people, including local politicians on Monday gathered here to pay their last respects to Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, who was killed during shelling in Ukraine on Mar 1.
PM Modi chairs meeting on BJP govt formation in 4 states
Mar 21, 2022, at 07:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Post the BJP's stupendous performancr in assembly polls in four states, the party held a meeting under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chairmanship on Sunday to finalise decision on government formation, media reports said.
Israeli PM Naftali Bennett to visit India on April 2
Mar 21, 2022, at 07:00 am
Jerusalem/New Delhi/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is to visit India on April 2, at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Sharad Yadav's LJD merges into RJD
Mar 21, 2022, at 06:40 am
New Delhi/UNI: Sharad Yadav's Loktantrik Janata Dal was merged with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday. Yadav said the merger was the "first step" towards uniting Opposition parties against ruling BJP.
Senior Intelligence Officer among 2 held by CBI in bribery case
Mar 21, 2022, at 04:48 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday said it has apprehended two persons, including a Senior Intelligence Officer posted at the office of Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), Ghaziabad, in an alleged bribery case.
Mar 21, 2022, at 01:17 am
Kohima: Differences have emerged among the party MLAs and leadership of Nagaland People’s Front (NPF) after the party president Shurhozelie Leizietsu sent a letter of NPF Legislature Party leader T R Zeliang for initiating the process for filling of nomination of the party candidate for the Rajya Sabha biennial election.
Karnataka: Islamic flags replaced with Tricolour on Kolar clock tower
Mar 20, 2022, at 11:45 pm
Kolar: After a wait of 74 years, the Islamic flags have been replaced with the Indian Tricolour at the clock tower in Kolar city of Karnataka.