Doors ajar but a Kolkata Metro train completes safe run
Aug 21, 2019, at 05:44 pm
Kolkata, Aug 21 (UNI) A Metro train today completed its full run from Dum Dum to Kabi Subhash safely despite the doors of a compartment remaining open.
Rajasthan: Three IAF personnel killed as truck falls from Rajasthan hill
Aug 21, 2019, at 05:41 pm
Jaipur, Aug 21 (UNI) Three Indian Air Force personnel were killed and as many injured when an IAF truck in which they were traveling, fell from a hill in Barmer district on Wednesday, police said.
India PM Naredra Modi holds bilateral talks with Zambian President
Aug 21, 2019, at 05:40 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (UNI) India and Zambia on Wednesday held wide ranging discussions on strengthening bilateral ties, especially in trade and investment, development cooperation and capacity building.
Maharashtra: MNS activist commits suicide
Aug 21, 2019, at 05:38 pm
Thane, Aug 21 (UNI) A 27-year-old MNS activist committed suicide at his residence in Vitava of Kalwa , the city police said.
Former Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram's pre-arrest bail plea listed for Friday by SC
Aug 21, 2019, at 05:35 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): Former Indian Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's urgent petition to seek pre-arrest bail has been listed for a hearing by the Supreme Court on Friday, media reports said.
LeT militant, SPO killed during Baramulla encounter
Aug 21, 2019, at 05:13 pm
Srinagar, Aug 21 (UNI) A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant and Special Police Officer (SPO) of state police were killed in an encounter in north Kashmir district of Baramulla on Wednesday.
Pakistan violates ceasefire on LoC in Rajouri
Aug 21, 2019, at 05:11 pm
Jammu, Aug 21 (UNI) Pakistan troops yet again violated the Ceasefire by firing unprovoked along the LoC in Sunderbani area of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
Three dies after chopper carrying relief material crashes in Uttarakhand
Aug 21, 2019, at 04:05 pm
Dehradun, Aug 21 (UNI) Three people were killed when a helicopter, carrying relief material for the flood victims, crashed in Uttarkashi district on Wednesday afternoon, sources here said.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approves decisions regarding re-organisation of Army Headquarters
Aug 21, 2019, at 04:02 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved certain decisions regarding re-organisation of Army Headquarters.
India and Pakistan should solve Kashmir issue through dialogue: France
Aug 21, 2019, at 04:00 pm
Paris, Aug 21 (IBNS): The French government has said that Kashmir issue is a bilateral matter and India and Pakistan should try to solve it through dialogue.
Aug 21, 2019, at 03:46 pm
Los Angeles/Islamabad/Mumbai, Aug 21 (IBNS): Days after Priyanka Chopra gracefully silenced a woman who accused that she was encouraging 'nuclear war' with Pakistan, the country's Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari has written a letter to UNICEF and urged it to remove the Indian actress as its goodwill ambassador for peace.
INX media case: Chidambaram faces jail as Supreme Court refuses to hear plea today
Aug 21, 2019, at 03:05 pm
New Delhi: In a massive setback for the former Union Finance Minister, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hear P Chidambaram's plea on a urgent basis making the senior Congress leader face arrest in connection with the INX media case.
BREAKING: Supreme Court refuses to hear Chidambaram's plea on urgent basis
Aug 21, 2019, at 02:28 pm
New Delhi: The Supreme Court refused to hear former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram's plea on an urgent basis as the Congress veteran is staring at an arrest in connection with INX media cases, media reports said.
Modi government trying to character assassinate Chidambaram: Rahul Gandhi
Aug 21, 2019, at 01:27 pm
New Delhi: After his sister Priyanka, now Congress leader Rahul Gandhi targeted the Narendra Modi government for trying to "character assassinate" former Union Finance Minister and senior politician P Chidambaram, who is an accused in the INX media case.
INX media case: All eyes on Supreme Court as Chidambaram stares at arrest
Aug 21, 2019, at 12:36 pm
New Delhi: Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who is reportedly missing, is certainly keeping an eye on the Supreme Court as the Congress veteran is staring at an arrest in connection with the INX media case.
Chidambaram is being shamefully hunted down: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Aug 21, 2019, at 11:41 am
New Delhi: Accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of conspiring against former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said her party colleague is being shamefully hunted down.
Kashmir: Security forces gun down terrorist during encounter
Aug 21, 2019, at 09:41 am
Srinagar, Aug 21 (IBNS): Security forces have killed a terrorist in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir during an overnight encounter, officials said on Wednesday.
INX Media case: CBI team visits P Chidambaram's Delhi residence
Aug 21, 2019, at 09:30 am
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): A day after Delhi HC denied anticipatory bail to him, a team of Central Bureau of Investigation once again reached the residence of former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday as he remained away, media reports said.
Kashmir is a complicated place, says Donald Trump offering to mediate again
Aug 21, 2019, at 09:11 am
Washington, Aug 21 (IBNS): Amid growing tension between India and Pakistan following the PM Narendra Modi-led government's recent move of scrapping Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday once again offered to mediate and solve the "explosive" situation in Kashmir.
Modi raises mob violence near Indian High Commission in London in telecon with Boris Johnson
Aug 21, 2019, at 12:10 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday speaking to new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson drew attention to the violent Pakistani and Khalistani mob attack at the Indian High Commission on the Independence Day last week in the wake of the Kashmir move by India.
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India will not allow outside interference in its internal affairs: Venkaiah Naidu on J&K development
Aug 20, 2019, at 10:39 pm
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday made it clear that the recent measures taken by the Indian Government in regard to the status of Jammu and Kashmir are purely internal administrative matters. “India would not allow any outside interference in its internal affairs," he said.
Assam citizenship register is India's internal matter: Jaishankar tells Bangladeshi media
Aug 20, 2019, at 10:27 pm
Dhaka, Aug 20 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday refused to comment on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam during his visit to Bangladesh and said the same is India's internal matter.
What will happen after NRC even God doesn’t know: Assam BJP unit president
Aug 20, 2019, at 09:19 pm
Guwahati, Aug 20 (IBNS): While less than 10 days are left for publication of the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), many questions are raised among the people of Assam that what will happen of those people whose names would not be included in the final list.
INX media case: P Chidambaram faces arrest after Delhi HC rejects bail plea
Aug 20, 2019, at 08:12 pm
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday denied anticipatory bail to former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, leading to a possibility of his arrest in connection with the INX Media case, media reports said. Soon after, the federal investigating agency CBI put up a notice outside his residence at Jor Bagh in New Delhi asking him to appear before it within two hours.
Mamata couldn't have become CM without BJP's help: Sovan Chatterjee
Aug 20, 2019, at 08:11 pm
Kolkata: Once a right-hand man and a close aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, ex-Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee on Tuesday said his former party chief couldn't have assumed power without the saffron party's assistance.
Assam Rifles troops apprehend five PREPAK militants in Nagaland
Aug 20, 2019, at 08:00 pm
Guwahati, Aug 20 (IBNS): Security personnel apprehended five militants of Manipur based outfit PREPAK with arms in Nagaland’s Mon district on Monday.
Narendra Modi to visit France to attend the G-7 Summit as Biarritz Partner
Aug 20, 2019, at 05:45 pm
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Biarritz, France at the invitation of President Macron for the 2019 G-7 Summit as ‘Biarritz Partner’ from 25-26 August 2019.
West Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar meets Narendra Modi
Aug 20, 2019, at 05:34 pm
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS): West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
Maharashtra: Two held for robbing computer professional
Aug 20, 2019, at 05:27 pm
Thane, Aug 20 (UNI) Two men have been arrested on charges of posing as policemen and robbing a computer professional off Rs 86,000 at gun point, police said on Tuesday.
Bengal govt promotes solar power & other sources of renewable energy: Mamata Banerjee
Aug 20, 2019, at 05:26 pm
Kolkata, Aug 20 (UNI) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the occasion of National Renewable Energy Day, today said, the Bengal government is drawing up major schemes for the promotion of solar power & other sources of renewable energy like tidal power in the state.