Dec 28, 2020, at 09:02 pm
New Delhi: Advising people to stay fit and healthy, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday shared a video on Twitter where he could be seen jogging on a sea beach in Diu.
Kerala: 21-year old Arya Rajendran becomes Thiruvananthapuram Mayor, youngest in India
Dec 28, 2020, at 08:49 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: A 21-year old Communist leader, named Arya Rajendran, was on Monday appointed as the Mayor of Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram becoming the youngest person to assume the post of any Indian city ever.
Amit Shah unveils late Arun Jaitley's statue in Feroz Shah Kotla
Dec 28, 2020, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India's Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday unveiled a statue of former Union Finance Minister late Arun Jaitley at the Feroz Shah Kotla here.
Words being used for farmers are a sin, govt must hear them out: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Dec 28, 2020, at 06:01 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said that terming the farmers' movement a 'political conspiracy' is incorrect and the words being used for them are a 'sin'.
PM Modi flags off India's first 'Driverless' metro train in Delhi
Dec 28, 2020, at 05:50 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the country's first ever driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line from Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden, via video conferencing at 11 am.
Turkish NGOs' presence in Jammu and Kashmir concerns Indian security agencies
Dec 28, 2020, at 05:10 pm
Turkey-based Islamist charity organisations and Turkish NGOs have made their presence felt in Jammu and Kashmir, especially after the scrapping of Article 370, hinting that a stance has been taken by country's Recep Tayyip Erdogan giving a strong fuel to his anti-Kashmir rhetoric.
Sourav Ganguly, Amit Shah may share stage in Feroz Shah Kotla today
Dec 28, 2020, at 04:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after meeting West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, Indian cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly is likely to share the stage with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, at a programme in Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Monday, fuelling speculations over his joining in politics.
Indian Army General Naravane leaves for South Korea for strong military ties
Dec 28, 2020, at 04:15 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Indian Army chief General MM Naravane on Monday left for South Korea in an effort to enhance military ties between two forces.
Winter session of Assam assembly begins, Madrassa repeal bill to be tabled today
Dec 28, 2020, at 04:08 pm
Guwahati: The three-day winter session of Assam assembly began from Monday with heated arguments from the opposition and by following COVID-19 protocols.
IT department conducts search ops in Guwahati and other places
Dec 28, 2020, at 03:52 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Income Tax department has conducted search and survey action in the cases of three leading contractors of north-eastern India on Dec 22.
Narendra Modi remembers Arun Jaitley on birth anniversary
Dec 28, 2020, at 02:56 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi remembered late Union Minister Arun Jaitley on his birth anniversary.
Congress to observe 136th anniversary without Rahul Gandhi
Dec 28, 2020, at 07:25 am
New Delhi/IBNS: On Congress's 136th anniversary on Monday the party has made elaborate plans to connect with the youth and project itself as a nationalist party while focusing on farmers' protest though Rahul Gandhi will not be present.
DDC elections show the strength of our democracy: PM Modi
Dec 28, 2020, at 05:10 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appreciated the recently conducted District Development Council polls in Jammu and Kashmir and said it wrote a new chapter in the region.
India, Vietnam navies conclude Passex exercise in South China Sea
Dec 28, 2020, at 04:24 am
New Delhi/UNI: Aiming to further deepen the maritime ties between two countries, navies of India and Vietnam on Sunday concluded their two-day Passex exercise in the South China Sea.
Nitish Kumar appoints close aide RCP Singh as JD(U) chief
Dec 28, 2020, at 04:17 am
Patna/IBNS: Rajya Sabha member Ramchandra Prasad Singh was elected the Janata Dal (United) chief by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the national executive meeting chaired by him here.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal visits Singhu Border, urges Centre to repeal farm laws
Dec 28, 2020, at 03:39 am
New Delhi/UNI: As the farmers' protest against the Centre's three new farm laws at Delhi's periphery entered the 32nd day on Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed to the Union Government to repeal the new farm laws as soon as possible.
Enforcement Directorate summons Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's wife in PMC Bank fraud case
Dec 28, 2020, at 02:52 am
Mumbai/UNI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's wife, Varsha Raut, for an ongoing investigation in the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank scam case.
Maoist related violences decline significantly in Odisha, says DGP
Dec 28, 2020, at 02:41 am
Cuttack/UNI: The number of Maoist related violence has declined significantly in Odisha, state DGP Abhay said here on Sunday.
Assam: 7 killed, 20 others injured in bus-truck collision in Dhubri
Dec 28, 2020, at 01:43 am
Guwahati/IBNS : At least seven people were killed and 20 others sustained injuries after a passenger bus collided with a truck in Assam’s Dhubri district on Sunday.
Fund misuse: MHA starts probe against two NGOs of Badruddin Ajmal
Dec 28, 2020, at 01:07 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has started investigation against Ajmal Foundation for receiving foreign funds and alleged terror link.
Sovan Chatterjee appointed as BJP's Kolkata zone's observer
Dec 28, 2020, at 12:21 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Months before the West Bengal Assembly polls, the BJP has taken former Kolkata Mayor, Sovan Chatterjee, back to active politics by appointing him as the observer of the party's Kolkata zone.
Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's close aide arrested from Jamshedpur
Dec 28, 2020, at 12:00 am
Jamshedpur/UNI: A team of Gujarat ATS has arrested Abdul Majid Kutty, who is a close aide of underworld Don Dawood Ibrahim.
PM Narendra Modi releases next instalment of financial benefit under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi
Dec 27, 2020, at 09:44 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released the next instalment of financial benefit under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi through video conference.
India aspiring to be the number one country in the world : Amit Shah
Dec 27, 2020, at 09:43 pm
Imphal/UNI: India is aspiring to become the number one nation in the world under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi and no part of the nation, especially the north east, will be left behind in any aspect in India's journey to the top spot in the comity of nations, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public reception at Hapta Kangjeibung there today.
India aspiring to be number one country in the world: Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Dec 27, 2020, at 09:25 pm
Imphal/UNI: India is aspiring to become the number one nation in the world under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public reception at Hapta Kangjeibung there today.
All eyes on JD (U) national exec meet after 6 MLAs join BJP in Arunachal Pradesh
Dec 27, 2020, at 08:06 pm
Patna/UNI: As national executive meeting of the JD(U) chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar commenced here today, all eyes are now set on its next move after the six of its seven MLAs switched over to BJP in Arunachal Pradesh.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah offers prayer at Kamakhya temple in Guwahati
Dec 27, 2020, at 06:15 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday visited the historic Kamakhya temple in Guwahati and offered his prayer to Goddess Kamakhya.
We saw the spirit of Aatmanirbhar Bharat in 2020: PM Modi on Mann Ki Baat
Dec 27, 2020, at 06:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made the year's last 'Mann Ki Baat' address to the nation where he highlighted on efforts to make self-reliant India among a host of other things.
India's task force on COVID-19 prepares strategy to detect new variant found in UK
Dec 27, 2020, at 03:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The National Task Force (NTF) on COVID-19 met on Saturday to discuss evidence-based modifications in testing, treatment and surveillance strategies for SARS-CoV-2 in view of the recent reports of emergence of the new variant strain of the virus from the UK.
TMC now run like a company, ashamed that I was part of it for 21 yrs : Shuvendu Adhikari
Dec 27, 2020, at 02:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Trinamool Congress strongman and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has said he is ashamed of his 21 years in Mamata Banerjee's party as it has now lost discipline and is being run like a "company", adding that his new objective is to help BJP win the 2021 Bengal assembly elections.