Bangladesh tour: Narendra Modi to visit Orakandi temples on March 27
Mar 12, 2021, at 03:04 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting two temples in Gopalgonj and Satkhira during his visit to Bangladesh in March as part of Bangladesh’s Golden jubilee celebrations of independence.
Mar 12, 2021, at 06:21 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday, officials said.
Delhi man killed in firing at brother's birthday party in farmhouse
Mar 12, 2021, at 05:57 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A 36-year-old man was killed in Southwest Delhi on Wednesday night when a stray bullet from a gun fired amidst celebration struck him in the chest, said reports.
'Full of insinuations': Poll body on TMC's letter over Mamata Banerjee protection
Mar 12, 2021, at 02:54 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission on Thursday reacted sharply to the allegations by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party that it had failed to provide protection to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was injured on Wednesday while campaigning in Nandigram.
Congress launches its 5 guarantee yatra in Assam
Mar 12, 2021, at 12:22 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The Congress on Thursday launched its ‘Congressor 5 Guarantee’ Yatra in poll-bound Assam.
Bengal: At least 7 dead, 15 injured in collision between SUV and auto-rickshaw in Murshidabad
Mar 12, 2021, at 12:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: At least seven people were killed and 15 others were seriously injured as a speeding SUV reportedly collided with an auto-rickshaw on National Highway 34 near Dhola More area under Suti Police Station limits in Murshidabad district of West Bengal at around 1 pm. on Thursday.
Mamata Injury: Trinamool Parliamentary delegation to meet EC in Delhi tomorrow
Mar 12, 2021, at 12:09 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress Parliamentary delegation comprising six MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet the Election Commission Friday over the alleged attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Birulia in Nandigram.
Ravneet Singh Bittu becomes new leader of opposition in Parliament
Mar 11, 2021, at 11:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader and Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu has been appointed the leader of opposition for the ongoing budget session in place of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Bengal polls: Modi, Amit Shah to campaign for BJP next week, Mithun Chakraborty may join too
Mar 11, 2021, at 11:12 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are expected to campaign the entire next week in West Bengal to boost the prospects of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates, while actor-turned politician Mithun Chakraborty may participate in a roadshow at poll epicentre Nandigram.
Jammu and Kashmir: KU VC urges active involvement of students in pro-environment campaigns
Mar 11, 2021, at 10:52 pm
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad Wednesday urged students to be at the forefront of environment protection campaigns for better outcomes and greater impact on the ground.
CUK holds seminar on 'Women in Leadership'
Mar 11, 2021, at 10:50 pm
Srinagar: Department of Students Welfare (DSW) in collaboration with the Women Empowerment Cell (WEC) of the Central University of Kashmir (CUK) Wednesday organised a seminar “Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future In A Covid-19 World,” at the Green Campus here.
Nitishwar reviews progress on Smart City projects of Srinagar, Jammu cities
Mar 11, 2021, at 10:48 pm
Srinagar: Principal Secretary to Lt Governor, Nitishwar Kumar today reviewed the progress on various projects of Jammu Smart City limited (JSCL) and Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL) here at Raj Bhavan.
Jammu and Kashmir: GAD orders digitization of move office records
Mar 11, 2021, at 10:42 pm
Srinagar: General Administration Department (GAD) today ordered digitization of records and files of move offices outside the Civil Secretariat.
Jammu and Kashmir: 2400 PCBs distributed among entrepreneurs
Mar 11, 2021, at 10:40 pm
Srinagar: The Department of Agriculture Kashmir today distributed Pasteurised Compost Bags (PCBs) to the mushroom growers/entrepreneurs of district Srinagar and Budgam at Integrated Mushroom Development Centre (IMDC) Lalmandi, here.
Maharashtra: Nagpur to go under Covid-19 lockdown for 7 days as cases jump
Mar 11, 2021, at 10:36 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Maharashtra government has decided to clamp a week-long lockdown Nagpur from March 15 to March 21 to arrest the rise in coronavirus cases.
India supplies 10 state-of-the-art railway passenger coaches to Sri Lanka
Mar 11, 2021, at 10:32 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka recently received ten state-of-the-art railway passenger coaches from India.
Deputy Chief of Indian Embassy inaugurates new building of Co-operative Promotion Center in Lalitpur
Mar 11, 2021, at 10:26 pm
Kathmandu: The new Co-operative Promotion Center building for District Co-operative Union Limited Lalitpur, built with Government of India’s financial assistance of NRs. 35 Million was inaugurated by Namgya C. Khampa, Deputy Chief the Embassy of India to Nepal.
Nepal: Work starts on reconstruction of reconstruction of Budhanilkantha Dharmashala
Mar 11, 2021, at 10:09 pm
Kathmandu: Deputy Chief of the Embassy of India to Nepal Namgya C. Khampa and Sushil Gyawali, Chief Executive Officer of National Reconstruction Authority of Government of Nepal jointly laid foundation stone for the reconstruction of Dharmashala at Budhanilkantha Temple, Kathmandu.
India builds Shree Himalaya Secondary School in Nepal
Mar 11, 2021, at 09:54 pm
Kathmandu: The building of a Nepai school, which was built with Indian assistance, was inaugurated recently.
Mar 11, 2021, at 09:52 pm
Dhaka: Seamless transport connectivity between India and Bangladesh has the potential to increase national income by as much as 17 percent in Bangladesh and 8 percent in India, says a new World Bank report.
Will return to campaign in 2-3 days in wheelchair: Mamata Banerjee's message to people
Mar 11, 2021, at 08:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Injured West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is undergoing a treatment in SSKM Hospital, Thursday said she would "manage" to return to political action within a few days but in a wheelchair.
Trinamool Congress, BJP move EC over Nandigram 'attack' on Mamata Banerjee
Mar 11, 2021, at 08:21 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Both the ruling Trinamool Congress and its adversary Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday moved the Election Commission (EC) after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suffered injuries at Birulia in Nandigram a day ago.
Mamata Injury: Tension runs high between TMC and BJP supporters at Birulia bazar in Nandigram
Mar 11, 2021, at 06:29 pm
Nandigram/IBNS-UNI: Tension ran high today at Birulia bazar in Nandigram, the epicentre of West Bengal polls, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sustained wounds a day ago, as the rival supporters of TMC and BJP assembled in hundreds blaming each other for Wednesday's incident.
Assam : Denied party tickets, two BJP MLAs resign from the party
Mar 11, 2021, at 05:54 pm
Guwahati/ibns: After they were denied party tickets to contest in the upcoming assembly polls in the state, two BJP MLAs in Assam resigned from the party.
Mar 11, 2021, at 05:48 pm
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar has sought update from the Director, security and state chief secretary about the Nandigram incident where chief minister Mamata Banerjee sustained wounds while electioneering on Wednesday afternoon.
Kashmir: Encounter resumes between SF & militants in Anantnag, internet suspended
Mar 11, 2021, at 05:42 pm
Anantnag, Mar 11 (UNI) With the first light Thursday morning, security forces resumed search operation which was launched on Wednesday evening against militants hiding in a village in this south Kashmir district of Anantnag, where mobile internet has been suspended as a precautionary measure.
BJP, brace yourself for the power of Bengal on May 2: Abhishek Banerjee
Mar 11, 2021, at 03:09 pm
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday warned the Bharatiya Janata Party to get ready to see the power of people of Bengal on Sunday (May 2), the day of counting of votes of the Assembly elections.
Priyanka slams Yogi over women's security in UP, questions 'Mission Shakti' campaign
Mar 11, 2021, at 06:07 am
Lucknow/UNI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government over the issue of women’s safety and questioned Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's ‘Mission Shakti’ as several incidents of crime against women have surfaced in the state while their relatives were threatened, bullied and killed.
UP: Rape victim's father killed in road accident two days after filing FIR
Mar 11, 2021, at 05:03 am
Kanpur/IBNS: The father of a 13-year-old girl, who was allegedly gangraped by three men in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur two days ago, died in a road accident near the hospital where she was taken for medical examination, said media reports.
Jagdeep Dhankar visits injured Mamata Banerjee at Kolkata's SSKM hospital
Mar 11, 2021, at 04:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar visited Mamata Banerjee at Kolkata's SSKM hospital after the later was injured as she was allegedly manhandled by four-five people in 'complete absence' of her security guards at Nandigram in East Medinipur district of poll-bound West Bengal.