Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata gets new Superior General after 13 years
Mar 14, 2022, at 05:27 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Missionaries of Charity, which was established by late Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa as a Catholic religious congregation in 1950, has got its new Superior General after 13 years, media reports said.
West Bengal: TMC and Congress councillors shot dead in two separate incidents
Mar 14, 2022, at 05:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Two councillors, one belonging to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and another from Congress, were shot death in two separate incidents in West Bengal on Sunday, media reports said.
Joe Biden appoints Indian-origin political activist Shefali Razdan Duggal as envoy to Netherlands
Mar 14, 2022, at 03:37 pm
US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-origin political activist Shefali Razdan Duggal as his envoy to the Netherlands.
Jammu and Kashmir: One terrorist killed in Ganderbal encounter
Mar 14, 2022, at 03:14 pm
Ganderbal: The Indian Army on Sunday said one terrorist was killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal region and a “warlike store”as also recovered.
Toronto: Five Indians die in road mishap
Mar 14, 2022, at 02:49 pm
Toronto: Five Indian nationals have died in a road mishap in Toronto city of Canada, Indian High Commissioner to Canada Ajay Bisaria said on Monday.
CWC meet: Sonia Gandhi to continue as interim chief of Congress
Mar 14, 2022, at 02:45 am
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi will continue to be the interim chief of the Congress, announced the party after its working committee's meeting on Sunday.
Yogi Adityanath meets PM Modi in New Delhi after UP polls victory
Mar 14, 2022, at 01:49 am
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, under whose leadership Bharatiya Janata Party scripted yet another victory in the Assembly polls, on Sunday met PM Narendra Modi here.
Madhya Pradesh: 4 Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen terrorists arrested from Bhopal
Mar 14, 2022, at 01:01 am
Bhopal: Four members owing allegiance to the Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen – a proscribed terrorist organisation based in Bangladesh – have been arrested in the Madhya Pradesh capital by the state Anti-Terrorism Squad, ATS sources told UNI.
BSF officers apprehend 2 Pakistani nationals, seize 2.76 kg of heroin
Mar 13, 2022, at 11:10 pm
Jalandhar: Border Security Force (BSF) foiled the attempt of intrusion by Pakistani nationals into the Indian Territory and apprehended two of them during prompt and immediate action taken to check intrusion through the Punjab border.
Punjab: Engineering students designs solar-powered e-rickshaw
Mar 13, 2022, at 10:37 pm
Amritsar: Students of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Global Group of Institutes have designed a solar-powered e-rickshaw.
Amid Ukraine conflict, PM Modi stresses on making India self-reliant in defence sector
Mar 13, 2022, at 10:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting to review India’s security preparedness, and the prevailing global scenario in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
Ukraine crisis: Indian govt to temporarily relocate embassy to Poland
Mar 13, 2022, at 10:20 pm
New Delhi: The Indian government on Sunday announced its embassy in Ukraine will be temporarily shifted to Poland amid 'rapidly deteriorating security situation' in the war-hit nation.
Paytm Founder arrested for rash driving, released on bail
Mar 13, 2022, at 08:49 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, who was arrested for allegedly hitting the vehicle of a Delhi Police officer, was released on bail, Delhi Police said on Sunday.
Mar 13, 2022, at 07:51 pm
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced the names of erstwhile BJP leaders Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo as candidates for bypolls to Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge assembly seat respectively.
Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann visit Golden Temple, to hold roadshow in Punjab
Mar 13, 2022, at 06:35 pm
Amritsar/IBNS: Punjab chief minister-elect Bhagwant Mann and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal will hold a roadshow in Amritsar on Sunday to celebrate the party's landslide victory in the Punjab assembly polls.
Congress internal election likely to be advanced at CWC meet after poll disaster
Mar 13, 2022, at 04:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After being decimated in five state elections, the Congress's top decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee or CWC, will meet at 4 pm Sunday and is expected to advance internal elections scheduled in September amid renewed questions about its leadership, reports said.
UP: Yogi's swearing-in after Holi
Mar 13, 2022, at 07:12 am
Lucknow/UNI: The swearing-in of Yogi Adityanath as 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is likely to be after Holi with BJP making preparations to make it a grand event.
Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath to meet PM Modi on Sunday to discuss new cabinet
Mar 13, 2022, at 07:03 am
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is scheduled to visit Delhi on Sunday to discuss the new cabinet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.
Kashmir Varsity organises ‘Honour for Women’ function
Mar 13, 2022, at 06:47 am
Ganderbal/IBNS: To commemorate International Women’s Day, Central University of Kashmir (CUK) in association with the United Kingdom-India Edu and Research Initiative (UKIERI) and Voice for Peace and Justice (VFPJ) organised a function ‘Honour For Women’ at Manasbal Tuesday.
JK: 10th Police Martyrs' Memorial Cricket Tournament concludes
Mar 13, 2022, at 06:45 am
Jammu/IBNS: 10th Police Martyrs’ Memorial Cricket Tournament concluded at Kathua in which Vicky 11 Pathankot lifted the championship trophy.
International Women's Day: Tourism Dept organises all women bike rally in Jammu
Mar 13, 2022, at 06:41 am
Jammu/IBNS: To celebrate International Women’s Day, an all women bike rally was organised by the Directorate of Tourism, Jammu in collaboration with Mission Shakti J&K and Biker Brotherhood motorcycle club.
BJP leader Vishwajit Rane meets Goa Governor amid suspense over next CM
Mar 13, 2022, at 06:11 am
BJP's Vishwajit Rane, who is tipped to be the next chief minister of Goa, met the state's Governor on Saturday.
Major fire breaks out in Kolkata tannery, firefighting ops underway
Mar 13, 2022, at 03:23 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A massive fire broke out in a tannery at Meher Ali Lane under Tangra Police Station limits in Kolkata on Saturday evening.
Gandhis won't step down in CWC meet tomorrow: Congress
Mar 13, 2022, at 02:22 am
Ahead of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting to be held tomorrow following party's poor show in the Assembly polls recently held in five sates, the party has categorically rejected speculations that the Gandhis - Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - are going to resign at its top decision-making body, media reports said.
Kolkata metro's East-West services to remain suspended from Mar 15 to 17
Mar 13, 2022, at 01:33 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata metro's East-West services will remain suspended for three days in the next week, according to an official release.
Mar 13, 2022, at 01:10 am
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India Saturday announced the schedule of by-elections to one parliamentary constituency in West Bengal and four assembly constituencies in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West Bengal.
Assembly Polls disaster: Congress Working Committee to meet tomorrow
Mar 12, 2022, at 11:33 pm
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet here on Sunday, days after the party put up a poor show in the Assembly polls held in several Indian states in recent days, sources told UNI.
Delhi: Shanty fire leaves seven people dead
Mar 12, 2022, at 11:12 pm
New Delhi: Seven people including two minors were killed on Saturday when a fire engulfed a shanty in Gokulpuri area here, prompting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to announce Rs 10 lakh compensation to families of every adult and Rs 5 lakh for every minor who died.
Odisha: Several injured as BJD MLA rams car into crowd in Khurda, thrashed by irate mob
Mar 12, 2022, at 11:01 pm
Banapur: In a grim reminder of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in Uttar Pradesh, BJD MLA from Odisha's Chilika, Prasanta Kumar Jagadev, rammed his car into crowd at Banapur in Khurda district on Saturday morning.
Bangladeshi national killed in Kolkata guest house fire
Mar 12, 2022, at 10:30 pm
Kolkata: A Bangladeshi woman died and two others, including another Bangladeshi national, were injured in a fire that broke out in a guest house at Mirza Ghalib Street (Free School Street) in central Kolkata in the early hours of Saturday.