Priyanka Gandhi cancels UP visit for Kisan Jan Jagran Abhiyan

Feb 20, 2020, at 03:55 pm

Lucknow/UNI:Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has cancelled her visit to Basti on February 23 for 'Kisan Jan Jagran Abhiyan' (Farmers Awareness Campaign) as she would be accompanying her mother and party president Sonia Gandhi for her treatment abroad.

PM condoles bus accident deaths in Tamil Nadu

Feb 20, 2020, at 03:35 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed his condolences over the deaths in the bus accident in Tamil Nadu.

Rajasthan: Man beaten, tortured, screwdriver dipped in petrol inserted for stealing money

Feb 20, 2020, at 03:23 pm

Jaipur/IBNS: In a shocking incident, a Dalit man was beaten, tortured and a screwdriver dipped in petro inserted for allegedly stealing Rs. 500 in Rajasthan's Nagaur as the video went viral on micro-blogging site Twitter.

China objects to Amit Shah's Arunachal Pradesh visit, claims the state as part of 'south Tibet'

Feb 20, 2020, at 02:05 pm

Beijing/Itanagar/IBNS: In a bizarre statement, China has raised its objections to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, claiming the state as a part of 'south Tibet', media reports said.

Maharashtra: CAA agitators organise blood donation camp

Feb 20, 2020, at 12:03 pm

Aurangabad/UNI: Agitators in Aurangabad, who sat here at Delhi Gate area on the lines of Delhi Shaheen Bagh to protest against CAA, NRC and NPR, have organised a blood donation camp on the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Amit Shah greets Arunachal, Mizoram on Statehood day, to attend function at Itanagar

Feb 20, 2020, at 12:01 pm

Itanagar/UNI/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday greeted the people of Arunachal Pradesh on the occasion of 34th Statehood day.

Tamil Nadu: Six Nepalese killed, 28 injured as 2 Omni buses collide

Feb 20, 2020, at 11:49 am

Salem/UNI: In a gruesome tragedy, six tourists from Nepal were killed and 28 others injured after two Omni buses collided each other at Naripallam near Omalur in this district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday midnight.

Uphaar fire tragedy: Supreme Court rejects curative plea, declines to reopen case

Feb 20, 2020, at 10:59 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Declining to reopen the case, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a curative plea filed against the Ansal brothers, the owners of Uphaar Cinema where 59 people had died in a fire two decades ago, media reports said.

Three killed, including Assistant Director, as crane crashes down in Kamal Haasan starrer Indian 2 movie shoot

Feb 20, 2020, at 10:50 am

Chennai/UNI: Three people, including an assistant director, were killed and 9 others injured when a crane used for the shooting of “actor Kamal Haasan starrer “Indian 2” film crashed down at Nazarathpet near Poonamallee here late on Wednesday night.

Tamil Nadu: 19 kiled as container lorry rams into KSRTC bus

Feb 20, 2020, at 10:23 am

Chennai/Tiruppur/UNI: At least 19 passengers were killed and more than 20 injured when a container lorry carrying tiles rammed into a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus on the Tiruppur-Avinashi six lane National highway at Avinashi in Tiruppur district, early on Thursday.

Modi government does not acknowledge word 'slowdown': Manmohan Singh on economy

Feb 19, 2020, at 11:57 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In an apparent dig at the present regime over the falling economy, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the Narendra Modi government does not acknowledge the word "slowdown", media reports said.

Land revenue receipts, PAN, bank documents no proof of citizenship: Gauhati High Court

Feb 19, 2020, at 11:27 pm

Guwahati/ IBNS: The Gauhati High Court has dismissed citizenship claim by a woman who produced as many as 15 documents including Land Revenue Paying Receipt, Bank Passbook, Voter list, Permanent Account Number (PAN).

PM Modi's former principal secretary Nripendra Misra appointed as Ram Temple construction panel head

Feb 19, 2020, at 11:09 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's former principal secretary Nripendra Misra was on Wednesday appointed as the head of the Ram Temple construction panel of Ram Janmabhoomi Trust, media reports said.

After Kuldeep Sengar, another BJP MLA from UP booked in rape case

Feb 19, 2020, at 10:23 pm

Lucknow/IBNS: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Uttar Pradesh has been booked in an alleged rape case along with six of his family members, media reports said.

21 trucks with illegal Burmese supari seized in Assam’s Dima Hasao

Feb 19, 2020, at 10:03 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam forest department has seized 21 trucks with illegal Burmese supari (betel nut) in Assam’s Dima Hasao district.

Keeping any portfolio distracts larger work: Kejriwal explains on refusing ministry for himself

Feb 19, 2020, at 09:55 pm

New Delhi/ IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the new government have started working in a full-fledged manner and that he did not keep any portfolio with himself for overall monitoring.

Arvind Kejriwal meets Amit Shah, discusses issues related to Delhi

Feb 19, 2020, at 08:37 pm

New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence here on Wednesday, in a 'courtesy call' after the Assembly polls in Delhi.

INX Media case: Delhi court grants bail to former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar and 5 others

Feb 19, 2020, at 07:18 pm

New Delhi/UNI: A Delhi Court on Wednesday granted bail to six person including Former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar in the INX Media corruption case in which former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram are also accused.

Business tycoon Kiran Mazumdar Shaw calls on Delhi CM, appreciates Delhi's Mohalla Clinics

Feb 19, 2020, at 05:51 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Business tycoon Kiran Mazumdar Shaw called on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the Delhi Secretariat on Wednesday.

PM Modi pays surprise visit to Hunar Haat at India Gate lawns, enjoys Litti Chokha and Kulhad Chai

Feb 19, 2020, at 05:24 pm

New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited the stalls of master artisans, craftsmen and culinary experts from across the country participating in Hunar Haat here.

Kejriwal meets Amit Shah, discusses issues related to Delhi

Feb 19, 2020, at 05:04 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence here on Wednesday, in a 'courtesy call' after the assembly polls in Delhi.

Passenger from Myanmar suspected with COVID-19 infection lands at Gaya airport in Bihar

Feb 19, 2020, at 04:35 pm

Gaya/UNI: A passenger from Myanmar suspected  to be infected  with COVID-19 or coronavirus was admitted at Anugrah Narayan Medical College Hospital (ANMCH) after he landed at the international airport of Gaya in Bihar.

JNU sedition case: Delhi Govt asked to file status report

Feb 19, 2020, at 04:25 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Purushottam Pathak on Wednesday directed Delhi Government to file a status report regarding the sanction to prosecute former president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union Kanhaiya Kumar and others allegedly involved in a sedition case.

Mass suicide case: 5 get 8 yrs in jail, DSP to serve 4 yrs

Feb 19, 2020, at 04:06 pm

Amritsar/UNI: A local court on Wednesday awarded eight years imprisonment to five accused, including a former DIG and two women, and four years sentence to the DSP in a mass suicide case.

Owaisi accuses UIDAI of bias for issuing Aadhar notices to 127 people

Feb 19, 2020, at 03:40 pm

Hyderabad/UNI/IBNS: After the Unique Identification Authority of India(UIDAI) sent notices to 127 people for obtaining Aadhaar on "false pretenses", Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi today questioned how many of them are "Muslims and Dalits".

Jadavpur University holds students' union election after 3 years, ABVP makes poll debut

Feb 19, 2020, at 03:02 pm

Kolkata: After a gap of over three years, students' union election is currently underway in Kolkata's prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) on Wednesday.

Uttar Pradesh: Two killed in road mishap

Feb 19, 2020, at 02:09 pm

Sonebhadra/UNI: Two bike-borne youths were killed in a road mishap in the Robertsganj Kotwali area of this district of Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here on Wednesday.

PM Modi pays tributes to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his Jayanti

Feb 19, 2020, at 02:05 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his Jayanti and said his life continues to motivate millions.

Mamata Banerjee blames BJP's 'vendetta politics' for Tapas Pal's death

Feb 19, 2020, at 01:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Hitting out at the country's ruling dispensation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s "vendetta politics" for the death of actor-turned politician Tapas Pal.

Saving big trade deal with India for later: Donald Trump ahead of his mega event at Ahmedabad

Feb 19, 2020, at 12:56 pm

Washington/New Delhi/IBNS: With just few days left for the mega "Namaste Trump" event at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, US President Donald Trump has hinted that Washington will have no trade deal with India during his two-day visit to the Asian country beginning on Feb 24.