Niti Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index: JK ranks third among UT's

Mar 27, 2022, at 04:45 am

Srinagar/IBNS: Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as the third best performer among union territories in the second edition of Export Preparedness Index 2021 by Niti Aayog.

Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to visit India on Apr 1

Mar 27, 2022, at 04:18 am

New Delhi/Kathmandu: Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will embark on a three-day visit to India from April 1, on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Jammu and Kashmir: SPO killed, brother wounded in Budgam attack

Mar 27, 2022, at 04:03 am

Srinagar: A Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed while his brother was injured in a militant attack in Kashmir's Budgam district on Saturday evening, officials said.

India condemns terrorist attack in Somalia

Mar 27, 2022, at 02:04 am

New Delhi: India on Saturday condemned the terror attacks by Al-Shabaab terror group at the Mogadishu International Airport area on Mar 23.

Three Pakistani prisoners repatriated: MEA

Mar 27, 2022, at 12:16 am

New Delhi: Three Pakistani prisoners, who had completed their sentences, were repatriated to Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border on Saturday, Ministry of External Affairs said.

Jammu and Kashmir: Kashmiri Pandits burn effigy of Bitta Karate in Srinagar

Mar 27, 2022, at 12:06 am

Srinagar: A group of Kashmiri Pandits on Saturday burnt the effigy of Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate in Srinagar.

Narendra Modi to attend 5th BIMSTEC Summit next week

Mar 26, 2022, at 11:14 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the 5th BIMSTEC Summit on Mar 30.

Indian High Commission in Bangladesh observes symbolic blackout to mark genocide day

Mar 26, 2022, at 11:04 pm

Dhaka: The Indian High Commission in Bangladesh on Friday paid tribute by observing a symbolic blackout of the Chancery complex to honour the sacrifice of untold millions of Bangladeshi people killed and women assaulted during ‘Operation Searchlight’ 51 years ago.

Spend Kashmir Files revenue on Pandits, says Arvind Kejriwal

Mar 26, 2022, at 11:01 pm

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Centre of doing politics over the suffering of Kashmiri Pandits and said all revenue earned from the film "The Kashmir Files" should be spent on rehabilitating the community.

S Jaishankar to visit Maldives, Sri Lanka

Mar 26, 2022, at 10:36 pm

New Delhi: At the respective invitations of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Prof. G.L.Peiris, External Affairs Minister (EAM), Dr. S Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka from Mar 26-30.

360.85 million kg of tea sold at Guwahati Tea Auction Centre in last two years

Mar 26, 2022, at 09:03 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Despite COVID-19 pandemic, the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre has witnessed a sharp rise in tea selling in the last two years.

Three persons injured in black panther attack in Assam's Mangaldoi

Mar 26, 2022, at 09:00 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: At least three people including a forest personnel were injured after a rare black panther strayed into Mangaldoi town in Assam's Darrang district, attacking them.

Yogi govt 2.0 extends free ration scheme till June

Mar 26, 2022, at 07:40 pm

Lucknow/UNI: The Yogi Adityanath government beginning its second term on Saturday announced extension of Uttar Pradesh government's free ration scheme covering 15 crore people for three months up to June.

Manish Sisodia presents Delhi's 'employment budget'

Mar 26, 2022, at 07:31 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi Budget for 2022-23 will be an "employment budget", Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia said on Saturday, adding it will try to create 20 lakh new jobs in the national capital.

PM Modi to attend virtual BIMSTEC summit on Mar 30

Mar 26, 2022, at 07:15 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the 5th BIMSTEC Summit on Mar 30 that is being hosted by Sri Lanka in virtual mode.

Talk about people's issues, not the Hindu-Muslim discourse: Left's Ballygunge bypoll candidate Saira Shah Halim

Mar 26, 2022, at 06:42 pm

Countering the charge that it feeds only an ageing party organisation, the Left, much like the 2021 assembly elections, has fielded Saira Shah Halim as a young CPI-M candidate from Ballygunge seat in south Kolkata. Halim also happens to be the niece of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah and daughter-in-law of late politician Hashim Abdul Halim. In the middle of her campaigning amid the soaring temperature in Kolkata, Saira, who fought against the CAA-NRC and very recently the hijab ban, exclusively speaks to India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh ahead of the Apr 12 bypoll to the seat, which fell vacant by the demise of Mamata Banerjee's senior colleague Subrata Mukherjee

Odisha: Youth beheads minor girl in rural Sambalpur, roams around village with severed head

Mar 26, 2022, at 02:26 pm

Sambalpur: In a shocking incident, a youth beheaded an eight-year-old girl on Friday when she went to attend nature's call in her village.

'Unsatisfactory but unsurprising': US over India's stand on Russia-Ukraine war

Mar 26, 2022, at 06:16 am

Washington/IBNS: A senior White House official on Friday said India's position at the United Nations over the Ukraine crisis has been "unsatisfactory", reports said.

Sons of mechanic, weaver part of Yogi Adityanath 2.0 govt

Mar 26, 2022, at 04:51 am

Lucknow/UNI: The Yogi Adityanath cabinet that was sworn in at a mega gala event here on Friday, made every effort to reflect an all-inclusive spirit, claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday.

'Don't harras family; if you want me jailed, come to power': Uddhav Thackeray to BJP on ED raids

Mar 26, 2022, at 03:05 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), three days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) froze assets worth Rs. 6.45 crores of his brother-in-law in a money laundering case.

Don't allow other relationships to influence Beijing's foreign policy towards India: EAM Jaishankar to Wang

Mar 25, 2022, at 11:56 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Two days after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described Pakistan as his "second home", he was told by India that Beijing should follow an independent foreign policy towards New Delhi and not be influenced by other countries and relationships - in reference to China's close ties with Pakistan.

Yogi Adityanath takes oath as UP CM for second term

Mar 25, 2022, at 10:08 pm

Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party strongman Yogi Adityanath on Friday took oath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second consecutive term at a grand ceremony held at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Jammu and Kashmir: Tulip garden thrown open

Mar 25, 2022, at 09:30 pm

Srinagar: Asia's largest Tulip Garden, housing over one million tulips, was opened to the public on Wednesday.

Kansal launches ‘Centre for Essential Skills’ at IIT Jammu

Mar 25, 2022, at 09:12 pm

 Jammu: Principal Secretary, Higher Education & Information Department, Rohit Kansal today launched the Centre for Essential Skills (CES) here at IIT Jammu.

Jammu and Kashmir: Awareness programme for women farmers held

Mar 25, 2022, at 09:11 pm

Kupwara: As part of the Kisan First Project being run by the Indian Society of Agribusiness Professional and Sponsored by HDFC bank, an awareness programme was conducted at the Sogam village in Kupwara on Tuesday.

School Education Deptt to provide digital health cards to all students: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary

Mar 25, 2022, at 09:06 pm

 Jammu: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting of Steering-Cum-Monitoring Committee for Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) and reviewed the achievements registered during the year.

India, China talk early, complete disengagement

Mar 25, 2022, at 08:44 pm

New Delhi: Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday discussed the need to take forward "early and complete disengagement in remaining areas" and said that "continuation of the present situation is not in mutual interest."

Birbhum Violence: Roopa Ganguly breaks down, demands implementation of President's Rule in West Bengal

Mar 25, 2022, at 06:58 pm

New Delhi: BJP MP Roopa Ganguly on Friday burst into tears in the Rajya Sabha while raising the issue of killings in Birbhum and demanded President's Rule in West Bengal.

S Jaishankar meets Wang Yi, first after Galwan border clash

Mar 25, 2022, at 05:47 pm

New Delhi:  Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held delegation level talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Hyderabad House on Friday, the first meeting between the two leaders here ever since the border clashes took place between the soldiers of the neighbouring nations.

Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into Birbhum arson

Mar 25, 2022, at 04:32 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the arson, which killed at least eight people at Bogtui village in West Bengal's Birbhum district.