PM Modi to chair meeting on COVID situation amid concerns of new variant
Nov 27, 2021, at 04:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will chair a high-level meeting, to be attended by top government officials, on the present COVID-19 situation and vaccination status in the country.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav admitted to Delhi's AIIMS with complaints of fever
Nov 27, 2021, at 03:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi with complaints of fever, media reports said.
Muslims offering namaz in Gurgaon interrupted again, faces 'Jai Shri Ram' chants
Nov 27, 2021, at 06:18 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Muslims offering namaz at a designated open site in Gurgaon's Sector 37 was interrupted once again by Hindu groups, with tensions escalating as they performed a 'prayer' that claimed to commemorate the 26/11 terror attacks.
'Colonial mentality must go': PM Modi slams pressures on India over climate goals
Nov 27, 2021, at 05:08 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for erasing the "colonial mindset" that exists even today in the name of "environment" and puts obstacles in the development of "our own country".
Assam: Truck turned turtle at Kolia Bhomora bridge, two injured
Nov 27, 2021, at 04:08 am
Guwahati/IBNS: At least two people were injured after a 10 wheel truck and pickup truck collided at Kolia Bhomora bridge in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Friday morning.
Four members of family in UP's Prayagraj killed, teen allegedly gangraped
Nov 27, 2021, at 03:55 am
Lucknow/IBNS: Four members of a family in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, including a 16-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, were found murdered at their home on Thursday morning, media reports said.
Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh faces setback in first faceoff with Congress
Nov 27, 2021, at 01:16 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's first outing in his battle with ex-party Congress met with disappointment after he failed to successfully back his loyalist and Patiala Mayor, Sanjiv Sharma Bittu.
Constitution Day: CJI calls for protection of judiciary from motivated attacks
Nov 27, 2021, at 01:07 am
New Delhi/UNI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana on Friday called for saving the judiciary from motivated and targeted attacks.
India's 'missing women' are back, NFHS finds the country has more females than males
Nov 27, 2021, at 12:43 am
New Delhi: India has more women than men -- 1020 women per 1000 men -- for the first time in recorded history, the fifth National Family and Health Survey (NFHS) has revealed, asserting the fact that advocacy for gender equality and women's empowerment has started to deliver results.
India to resume international flights from Dec 15
Nov 27, 2021, at 12:01 am
New Delhi/UNI: India is set to allow scheduled commercial international flights from Dec 15, after almost 20 months of suspension in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supreme Court issues notices to Centre and Delhi top cop Asthana
Nov 26, 2021, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the union government and Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana during hearing a petition challenging a Delhi High Court decision upholding Asthan's appointment as police chief.
Constitution Day celebrations: PM Modi lashes out at Opposition over 'dynasty politics'
Nov 26, 2021, at 08:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress and others saying, "dynastic parties are a cause of concern for a healthy democracy to continue" as all the rival parties boycotted the Constitution Day celebrations in Parliament.
Nov 26, 2021, at 07:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has supported the selection of Jewar for Uttar Pradesh's next international airport, saying it will bring development to the area.
Nov 26, 2021, at 07:26 pm
New Delhi/UNI: President Ram Nath Kovind and other leaders on Friday paid their tributes to the martyrs and victims on the 13th anniversary of (26/11) Mumbai terror attacks.
Kashmir leader Mir Junaid to commemorate 26/11 martyrs in Mumbai today
Nov 26, 2021, at 06:38 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Jammu Kashmir Workers Party president Mir Junaid will commemorate the 26/11 terrorist attack martyrs Girgaon Chowpatty and Gateway of India here on Friday.
Nov 26, 2021, at 05:35 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee’s unprecedented coup in Meghalaya – with joining of 12 out of 17 Congress MLAs including former Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma in Trinamool Congress (TMC) just ahead of the assembly polls in the state, was started from the meeting between Mukul Sangma and political strategist Prashant Kishor just two and half months ago.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to meet family members of murdered labourer and his family in Prayagraj today
Nov 26, 2021, at 04:42 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Congress general secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, will be reaching Prayagraj on Friday to meet a family of a labourer, whose four members were murdered recently.
Kashmir: Infiltration bid foiled in Rajouri, one terrorist gunned down, says Army
Nov 26, 2021, at 04:29 pm
Jammu/UNI: The Indian Army on Friday said that they have successfully foiled an infiltration attempt and have neutralised one terrorist along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Bhimber Gali sector of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes India-Myanmar border region: National Centre for Seismology
Nov 26, 2021, at 12:09 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale jolted India-Myanmar border region in the early hours of Friday, according to National Centre for Seismology (NCS), which is the nodal agency of the Indian government for monitoring of earthquake activity in and around the country.
Navjot Singh Sidhu threatens to go into 'hunger strike' against Punjab govt
Nov 26, 2021, at 05:27 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu continued his campaign against the Charanjit Singh Channi government on Thursday, threatening that he will go on a hunger strike if the reports on drugs menace and the 2015 sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib were not made public.
Ex-Meghalaya CM, 11 other Congress MLAs officially join Trinamool Congress
Nov 26, 2021, at 04:30 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and 11 other Congress MLAs of the state, formally joined the Trinamool Congress, on Thursday.
Congress pitches for united opposition after Meghalaya coup
Nov 26, 2021, at 02:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress on Thursday held a strategy meeting for the party where it pledged for a united opposition even as it lost 12 of 17 MLAs in Meghalaya to Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.
Connectivity initiatives should respect sovereignty, territorial integrity: S Jaishankar at SCO meet
Nov 26, 2021, at 01:52 am
New Delhi/UNI: India believes that greater connectivity is important, especially in the post-Covid world, but any connectivity initiative must be consultative, transparent and participatory and must have respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said at the SCO meeting on Thursday.
No model other than 'Channi model' can ensure holistic growth of Punjab: Charanjit Singh Channi
Nov 26, 2021, at 01:14 am
Moga/UNI: Outrightly rejecting any sort of Delhi Model, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday said the state is witnessing Channi model, which stands for equal opportunities for all.
Kashmir: NIA conducts raid to probe Al-Qaeda links
Nov 25, 2021, at 11:46 pm
Srinagar/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted raids at multiple locations in Kashmir into the alleged Al-Qaeda linked terror module that was busted in Uttar Pradesh in July.
Indian Navy commissions 4th Scorpene-class submarine INS Vela
Nov 25, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Mumbai/UNI: The Indian Navy commissioned the Scorpene-class submarine INS Vela on Thursday at the naval dockyard in Mumbai, in the presence of Chief of Naval staff Admiral Karambir Singh.
Day after meeting Mamata, Subramanian Swamy finds Modi govt failure
Nov 25, 2021, at 11:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday slammed the Modi government for its supposed failure in all aspects, a day after he called on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here.
Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik accuses Sameer Wankhede of forging death certificates of mother
Nov 25, 2021, at 11:29 pm
Aurangabad/UNI/IBNS: Maharashtra Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik Thursday alleged that the NCB officer Sameer Wankhede had forged death certificates of his mother.
Param Bir Singh arrives in Mumbai
Nov 25, 2021, at 10:50 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh, who is facing charges of extortion and corruption in Maharashtra, on Thursday morning arrived in the city here.
Bombay HC reduces death penalty to life in Shakti Mills gang-rape case
Nov 25, 2021, at 10:29 pm
Mumbai/UNI: In a major development in the infamous 2013 Shakti Mills gang-rape case, the Bombay High Court on Thursday set aside the death sentences awarded to the three convicts observing that public outcry should not guide the judgment of the court.