Vehicles leave Jammu for Srinagar on Kashmir highway
Feb 09, 2020, at 04:55 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Hundreds of vehicles, including trucks carrying essential commodities and oil tankers, left Jammu for Kashmir early in the morning as only one-way traffic continue to ply on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the road connecting the valley with the rest of the country.
Delhi Election: AAP says EVMs being tampered to alter election results, posts videos
Feb 09, 2020, at 04:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Aam Admi Party(AAP) has claimed that efforts are being made to tamper with Electric Voting Machines(EVMs) after the Delhi Assembly polls concluded yesterday evening and also cited videos in support.
'Quotas for promotion in government jobs not a fundamental right':SC
Feb 09, 2020, at 03:46 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court has said quotas and reservations for promotion in government jobs is not a fundamental right, overturning a 2012 judgment by the Uttarakhand High Court that directed the state to provide quotas to specified communities, according to media reports.
Normal life hit in Kashmir due to strike on 7th death anniv of Afzal Guru
Feb 09, 2020, at 03:44 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Life was on Sunday crippled due to a strike called by separatists in this summer capital and other parts of Kashmir valley on the seventh death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who was hanged in Delhi's Tihar jail on this day in 2013.
RSS veteran P Parameswaran passes away
Feb 09, 2020, at 11:41 am
Palakad/UNI: Veteran leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and director of Bharatiya Vichar Kendra P Parameswaran passed here on Saturday night. He was 93.
AAP to form govt for third time in Delhi: Exit Polls
Feb 09, 2020, at 10:25 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set for a hattrick with the party likely to form government in Delhi again by bagging around 56 of 70 assembly seats, NDTV's Exit Polls claimed.
Bengal CID quizzes BJP MP in TMC MLA murder case
Feb 08, 2020, at 10:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Saturday interrogated BJP Lok Sabha MP from Ranaghat constituency, Jagannath Sarkar, in connection with its ongoing probe into TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas murder case, officials said.
Vice President M Venkaiaha Naidu visits Eastern Naval Command
Feb 08, 2020, at 10:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited the Eastern Naval Command (ENC), in Vishakhapatnam on Saturday.
Jammu Court denies bail of alleged JeM terrorist
Feb 08, 2020, at 10:27 pm
Jammu/UNI: A Jammu Court on Saturday rejected the bail of an alleged militant of Jaish-e-Mohammad.
Delhi Assembly polls: 60 pc turnout recorded
Feb 08, 2020, at 10:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: As polling for 70 seats of the Delhi assembly came to a close on Saturday, with 60 per cent voters of the Delhi turning up to perform their democratic duty , exit polls by various television channels indicated that the ruling Aam Aadmi Party is set to return to power in Delhi for a third consecutive terms with a sweeping majority.
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa calls on President Kovind
Feb 08, 2020, at 09:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka called on the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Saturday.
Eastern Railway to cancel more than 300 EMU trains from Sealdah in next eight days
Feb 08, 2020, at 09:30 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Due to non-interlock works with commissioning automatic signalling system between Ichhapur and Naihati stations, the Eastern Railway has announced to cancel more than 300 EMU suburban trains from Sealadh and Naihati stations from Sunday (Feb 9) 12 pm till 10 am. on next Sunday (Feb 16), reports said.
Punjab: 15 die as firecrackers explode during Nagar Kirtan
Feb 08, 2020, at 08:25 pm
Amritsar/UNI: About 15 people reportedly died, when firecrackers caught fire near Palasaur village in Tarm Taran district, during a religious procession on Saturday afternoon.
Exit Polls indicate AAP's clean sweep in Delhi assembly polls, BJP rejects prediction
Feb 08, 2020, at 08:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After the conclusion of Delhi assembly elections on Saturday, several exit polls are predicting a clean sweep by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) paving way for Arvind Kejriwal to become the Chief Minister for the third term.
Delhi assembly elections: Voter turnout 54.65% till 6 pm as AAP, BJP in contest
Feb 08, 2020, at 07:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: 54.65% of the total people of Delhi cast their votes as the Delhi assembly elections 2020 were held on Saturday.
Uber cab driver who handed over passenger to cop over 'anti-CAA conversation' awarded by Mumbai BJP
Feb 08, 2020, at 06:26 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Mumbai unit of the BJP on Saturday awarded a cab driver who gained national attention by reporting a passenger to cops assuming from the phone conversation that the person was planning something against the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
Delhi Assembly Polls: Voting percentage remains low at 42.29 pc
Feb 08, 2020, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Polling in Delhi Assembly elections remained significantly low with 42.29% voter turnout recorded till 4pm.
Rahul Gandhi meant it metaphorically: Shashi Tharoor on 'Modi will be beaten with sticks' remark
Feb 08, 2020, at 04:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after Narendra Modi wittily replied to Rahul Gandhi's statement where he had said the Prime Minister "will be beaten by youth with sticks", Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday defending his party colleague saying the remark was just a metaphor.
Punjab: Three-storey building collapses in Mohali, several feared trapped
Feb 08, 2020, at 04:21 pm
Mohali/IBNS: Several people are feared to be trapped under the debris as a three-storey building that collapsed in Punjab's Mohali district on Saturday, media reports said.
Kolkata: Four held for allegedly gang-raping minor girl
Feb 08, 2020, at 03:26 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Police on Friday night arrested four persons for allegedly gang-raping a seventh standard student in west Kolkata's Mominpore area, reports said on Saturday.
Feb 08, 2020, at 03:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Casting his vote in the Delhi assembly elections which is underway, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said she hoped people will vote for development without getting distracted by non-issues.
Amid slow voting, high profile voters urge Delhites to come out and vote
Feb 08, 2020, at 02:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid sluggish start, high profile voters in the national capital urged the Delhites to come out and vote. Till 1:30 pm an average voter turnout of 27.04% was recorded.
Delhi Assembly Polls: Voting picks up, many political leaders exercise their franchise
Feb 08, 2020, at 01:08 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After a slow start, voting in Delhi is gradually picking up with 15.57% voter turnout recorded at 12 noon for the 70-member Delhi assembly.
Assembly polls: Sonia, Priyanka, Rahul, Manmohan cast their vote
Feb 08, 2020, at 12:52 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (UNI) Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi, party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, leader Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Saturday exercised their franchise for the 2020 Delhi Assembly polls.
Delhi Polls: Taapsee Pannu votes with family
Feb 08, 2020, at 12:34 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu on Saturday cast her vote for the Delhi Assembly elections 2020 along with her family, and said that every vote counts.
Delhi Assembly Polls: 6.43 pc voter turnout recorded till 1100 hrs
Feb 08, 2020, at 12:19 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (UNI) An estimated voter turnout of 6.43 per cent was recorded till 1100 hrs in Delhi Assembly elections on Saturday as balloting continued with a fight between the ruling AAP and the BJP with Congress playing a third fiddle.
Delhi Polling Day: Capital's elites lead from front
Feb 08, 2020, at 11:53 am
New Delhi, Feb 8 (UNI) As the polling for the 70-member Delhi Assembly got underway on Saturday morning, the high and mighty of the national capital led the people from the front.
Sharp shooter involved in Hindutva leader murder arrested in UP
Feb 08, 2020, at 11:51 am
Lucknow, Feb 8 (UNI) A sharp shooter, who allegedly killed the Hindutva leader Ranjeet Bachchan in the state capital on Sunday last, was arrested in the wee hours of Saturday, police said here.
Sixth sense says BJP will form govt in Delhi: state BJP chief Manoj Tiwari
Feb 08, 2020, at 11:50 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The people of Delhi will bless the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and elect a BJP government according to my sixth sense, said BJP state chief Manoj Tiwari near a polling booth on Saturday as the national capital continued to vote in the 70-seat Delhi Assembly polls.
Fire in Navi Mumbai building, none injured
Feb 08, 2020, at 11:19 am
Thane, Feb 8 (UNI) A fire broke out in the residential flats of a high-rise at Seawood of Navi Mumbai on Saturday.