Bhoomipujan: Light spell of rain makes Ayodhya's weather pleasant
Aug 05, 2020, at 05:37 pm
Ayodhya/UNI: Weather in Ayodhya turned pleasant after light spells of rain on Wednesday morning as the fortress city awaits Ram Temple bhoomipujan with invitees pouring in from all around the country to witness foundation stone laying ceremony by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this afternoon.
Accept SC ruling on Ayodhya, urges BSP chief Mayawati
Aug 05, 2020, at 05:33 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has appealed all political parties and leaders to be at peace with Supreme Court's ruling over Ayodhya matter and said that the apex court should be given all the credit to end this decades-long dispute.
Aug 05, 2020, at 05:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday posted a cryptic tweet highlighting the country's "unity in diversity", on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the "Bhoomi Pujan" ceremony of Ram Mandir in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya.
Ayodhya: Bhoomi pujan ceremony to be held today amid tight security
Aug 05, 2020, at 03:48 pm
Ayodhya/New Delhi: Marking the end of a long religious conflict in country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Pakistan's new political map including entire J&K is 'political absurdity': India
Aug 05, 2020, at 04:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled a new political map of his country which included the entire Jammu and Kashmir, India has called it a 'political absurdity.'
Bihar govt can't recommend Sushant's death probe to CBI: Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer
Aug 05, 2020, at 01:57 am
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: The lawyer of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's actress girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty on Tuesday said that Bihar government cannot recommend the actor's death probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as it is out of their jurisdiction.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tests positive for Covid-19, hospitalised
Aug 05, 2020, at 01:47 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India's Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tested positive for Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19 on Tuesday.
Karnataka govt orders special poojas in temples during Ram temple 'bhoomi pujan'
Aug 05, 2020, at 01:29 am
Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka Government on Tuesday issued a circular asking the temples to organise the special puja and prayers following the COVID-19 guidelines for the successful ‘bhoomi pujan’ at Ayodhya for the completion of the Ram temple and the well being of the people of the country.
Kashmiri youth develops app alternative to China's ShareIt
Aug 05, 2020, at 01:08 am
Srinagar/IBNS: A youth of Jammu and Kashmir developed a file-sharing application which will work as an alternative to Chinese app ShareIt, media reports said.
Aug 05, 2020, at 12:30 am
Islamabad/IBNS: In yet another attempt to unjustifiably claim Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday unveiled a new political map of his country which included the entire valley.
Kolkata: Rain brings much-needed relief to city
Aug 05, 2020, at 12:02 am
Kolkata/UNI: After days of scorching heat and humidity, the city and the rest of south Bengal woke up to blinding rain and a dark sky early this morning.
India successfully gains allies while confronting China, feels expert
Aug 04, 2020, at 11:56 pm
India's own strong response and the support it received from other countries over the recent Galwan clash 'rattled' China, an expert said.
Century old Ayodhya dispute now a history: How the saga unfolded since 1857
Aug 04, 2020, at 11:37 pm
Ayodhya: The century old Ayodhya land dispute would be put on a back burner and will be a history from August 5 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of the grand Ram temple here.
Farooq Abdullah, Mir demand probe into Pandit exodus
Aug 04, 2020, at 11:33 pm
Srinagar: Realising that Kashmir is incomplete without Pandits, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah demanded a probe by retired Supreme Court judges into the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley in early 1990s.
Kashmir: Editor detained under 107 CrPC, shifted to central Jail, Srinagar
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:56 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Editor of a south Kashmir news website “ Kashmiriyat” Qazi Shibli was booked under Section 107 of Criminal Procedure Code ( CrPC) and shifted to Central Jail, Srinagar, official sources said.
Pakistan-sponsored narco-terror modules posing major security concern in J&K: Security agencies
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:55 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Amid fresh security threats from across the western borders ahead of the Independence Day, senior officials in the security establishment have indicated that that Pakistani drug syndicates’ activities in Jammu and Kashmir has become a matter of major concern.
No flight operations from Kolkata Airport on revised lockdown days
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Kolkata: Flight operations in Kolkata Airport will remain suspended on the revised dates of state-wide lockdown announced by the West Bengal government on Monday.
JKWP President Mir Junaid wishes country on first anniversary of abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:37 pm
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Workers Party President Mir Junaid extended his wishes to the whole nation on the first anniversary of the constitutional amendments that were made on Aug 5 last year which led to the scrapping of Article 370 that granted special status to the region.
UP: Road mishap claims two lives
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:24 pm
Rai Bareli/UNI: A man and his son were killed when a speeding vehicle rammed into them in the Harchandpur area of this Uttar Pradesh district on Tuesday.
Puduchery Crime: Man stabs house owner to death
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Puducherry, Aug 4 (UNI)A man allegedly stabbed his house owner to death in a dispute over the payment of house rent at Airport road here, police said on Tuesday.
Two Indian nationals, released from captivity in Afghanistan, return home
Aug 04, 2020, at 09:54 pm
New Delhi: Two Indian nationals, who were released from captivity in Afghanistan on July 31, returned to India on Tuesday, officials said.
Aug 04, 2020, at 09:01 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Budget carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday said it has secured slots at the London Heathrow airport to operate flights under the bubble arrangement between India and UK, the airline said in a filing with Bombay Stock Exchange.
Karnataka: BJP MLA tests positive for Covid-19
Aug 04, 2020, at 08:45 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Former minister and senior BJP MLA, Haratal Halappa, representing Sagar Assembly seat in Shivamogga district, tested positive for the Covid-19 on Tuesday.
Kashmir: High-level meeting reviews security situation ahead of anniversary of Art 370 abrogation
Aug 04, 2020, at 08:37 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A high-level core group meeting reviewed overall security situation and coordinated measures for the month of August ahead of the one-year anniversary of the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, official sources said on Tuesday.
SC defers hearing of plea to bring back stranded Indians from Kuwait
Aug 04, 2020, at 08:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred, till next week, the hearing of a petition to bring back Indians stranded in Kuwait.
Bihar Govt orders CBI probe in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case
Aug 04, 2020, at 07:40 pm
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered a CBI probe into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput on Tuesday, soon after his father demanded for it over a phone call, said media reports.
Ram Mandir's 'Bhoomi Pujan' should become occasion for national unity: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Aug 04, 2020, at 07:01 pm
New Delhi/Ayodhya/IBNS: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said the much-awaited "Bhoomi Pujan" of Ram Mandir (Ram Temple) in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya must become an occasion for "national unity, friendship and cultural congregation", prompting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to take a jibe at the grand old party.
Aug 04, 2020, at 05:23 pm
Srinagar: It seems that Kashmir is shining following the Aug 5 move by the Centre in 2019 to scrap Article 370 as it has benefited people who are attempting to prosper in self-employment.
Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces defuse IED on Srinagar-Baramulla highway
Aug 04, 2020, at 03:30 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A major tragedy was averted after security forces detected and defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Srinagar-Baramulla highway in north Kashmir on Tuesday.
Karnataka: Former CM Siddaramaiah tests COVID-19 positive
Aug 04, 2020, at 03:16 pm
Bangalore: After Karnataka CM Yediyurappa testing Covid-19 positive, former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday confirmed he has tested positive for the contagion.