Amarnath: Pilgrimage progressing smoothly, 2.72 lakh pay obeisance so far

Jul 22, 2019, at 11:24 am

Srinagar, July 22 (UNI): Fresh batches of pilgrims on Monday left base camps to undertake annual pilgrimage to holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, where so far 2.72 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance since the commencement of the yatra from July 1.

Road accident in UP kills 9 people

Jul 22, 2019, at 11:17 am

Hapur, July 22 (UNI): As many as nine people died on the spot and 18 injured, when a pick up van colluded with a truck in Hafizpur area of the district on Bulandshahr road, police sources said here on Monday.

Assam: 187 wild animals including 16 rhinos die in Kaziranga flood

Jul 22, 2019, at 10:35 am

Guwahati, July 22 (IBNS): The wild animals including one-horned rhinoceros in Assam’s Kaziranga National park have suffered majorly following the devastating flood submerged over 95 per cent areas of the park.

Kill those who have looted Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik tells terrorists

Jul 22, 2019, at 09:38 am

Srinagar, July 22 (IBNS):  Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik triggered a controversy on Sunday when he asked terrorists to  target those who have "looted the entire wealth" of the state.

Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition government to face trust vote today

Jul 22, 2019, at 09:15 am

Bangalore, July 22 (IBNS): The missing last two deadlines, Karnataka's Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition government will face the floor test on Monday.

WB BJP president challenges Mamata to name the CBI officers who threatened TMC leaders

Jul 21, 2019, at 10:20 pm

Kolkata, July 21 (UNI): West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh today challenged Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee to name the CBI officers, who had allegedly threatened TMC leaders to join the saffron camp.

Two poachers with leopard skin arrested in Darjeeling

Jul 21, 2019, at 09:19 pm

Siliguri, Jul 21 (UNI): Two poachers carrying the skin of an adult leopard have been arrested from Sukiapokahri on the Indo-Nepal border of West Bengal's Darjeeling district, forest department officials said today.

Haj flights from Telangana, Andhra from July 26

Jul 21, 2019, at 09:09 pm

Hyderabad, Jul 21 (UNI): Telangana State Haj Committee Chairman (TSHCC) Mohammed Masiullah Khan on Sunday said that the Haj flights of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will start from July 26 and continue till August 4.

UP government fully sympathises with Sonbhadra firing victims, says Yogi

Jul 21, 2019, at 07:54 pm

Sonbhadra, Jul 21 (UNI) Alleging that previous opposition governments were part and parcel of massacre in Umbhaa village over land dispute, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath here on Sunday said state government expresses condolences to grieving families and will extend every possible support to them.

D Raja takes over as CPI General Secretary

Jul 21, 2019, at 07:48 pm

New Delhi, Jul 21(UNI) Rajya Sabha member D Raja took over as party general secretary on Sunday with Sudhakar Reddy stepping down from the incumbent post due to ill-health.

Student commits suicide in Bhagalpur

Jul 21, 2019, at 07:46 pm

Bhagalpur, Jul 21 (UNI) A student committed suicide in Bhola Tola locality under Budhuchak police station area in the district in wee hours today.

Huge quantity of liquor seized, five arrested

Jul 21, 2019, at 07:44 pm

Khagaria/Bhabhua, Jul 21 (UNI) Huge quantity of liquor was seized and five people were arrested in this connection from various places in Khagaria and Kaimur district late last night.

Mamata Banerjee's Shahid Divas programme in Kolkata remained flop: BJP

Jul 21, 2019, at 06:28 pm

New Delhi, July 21 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday described West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 21 July programme in Kolkata as a 'flop'.

After Parno Mitra, now Rimjhim Mitra joins BJP

Jul 21, 2019, at 05:39 pm

Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS): Bengali actress Rimjim Mitra joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday.

Don't worry about Congress, think about TMC: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury tells Mamata Banerjee

Jul 21, 2019, at 04:57 pm

New Delhi, July 21 (IBNS):  Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday targeted the Trinamool Congress and its supremo Mamata Banerjee and said she should think about the future of her own party and not about any other issue.

Sheila Dikshit cremated in Delhi with state honours

Jul 21, 2019, at 04:35 pm

New Delhi, July 21 (IBNS): Congress leader and three-time Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit was cremated with state honours on Sunday here.

Black money against cut money: Highlights of Mamata Banerjee's Martyrs' Day speech

Jul 21, 2019, at 04:06 pm

Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS): Sensing her "cut money" return call to party men in the districts has backfired, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief  Mamata Banerjee on Sunday once again challenged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to bring back black money, a promise which was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014. 

Let Mamata form commission to probe cut money allegation during Left rule: Sujan Chakraborty slams CM

Jul 21, 2019, at 03:58 pm

Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS) With Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleging on Sunday that there was cut money culture even during the Left rule in the state, senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sujan Chakraborty said the CM would have to take three more births to prove such charges against communists. 

Taslima Nasreen gets one-year residence permit in India

Jul 21, 2019, at 03:07 pm

New Delhi, Jul 21 (IBNS): Controversial Bangladeshi author Talima Nasreen's residence in India has been extended up to a year.

Return black money, ballot paper voting in elections: Mamata Banerjee at July 21 rally

Jul 21, 2019, at 02:55 pm

Kolkata, Jul 21 (IBNS): In her annual martyrdom observance programme 'Shahid Dibas', West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee launched a fierce campaign against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) where she asked the BJP to return to people the country's black money while demanding the comeback of ballot paper during elections discarding the EVM machines.

BJP won elections in Bengal by misusing poll machinery, EVMs: Mamata at July 21 rally

Jul 21, 2019, at 01:16 pm

Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the BJP won the polls in the state by using fraudulent methods and by misusing the Election Commission and the voting machinery. She said the elections that brought BJP to power is not history but a mystery and it was owing to the fixing of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). 

Sheila Dikshit's last rites today, politicians pay last respects

Jul 21, 2019, at 12:53 pm

New Delhi, Jul 21 (IBNS): Several political leaders and others are paying their last tributes to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who breathed her last on Saturday, at her home in South Delhi before the last rites on Sunday.

Fifteen wanted timber smugglers arrested in Kashmir's Sopore

Jul 21, 2019, at 12:18 pm

Srinagar, Jul 21 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir police arrested 15 wanted timber smugglers in Sopore in north Kashmir district of Baramulla during nocturnal raids, official sources said here on Sunday.

Fresh batch of 4158 pilgrims leave for Amarnath shrine from Jammu

Jul 21, 2019, at 11:50 am

Jammu, Jul 21 (UNI): A fresh batch of 4158 pilgrims on Sunday left for the Shri Amarnath Cave Shrine in South of Himalayas amid "Bam Bam Bhole" chants and rains from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp here.

Mamata Banerjee pays 'heartfelt' tribute to 'martyrs killed during Left rule'

Jul 21, 2019, at 11:32 am

Kolkata, Jul 21 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday paid 'heartfelt' tributes to all the "martyrs who were killed during the 34 years of Left rule."

Kargil 'victory run' flagged off in Delhi

Jul 21, 2019, at 10:48 am

New Delhi, Jul 21 (UNI/IBNS): In commemoration of Kargil War martyrs, a Kargil 'victory run' was flagged off from Vijay Chowk to India Gate here, on Sunday.

All roads lead to Esplanade in Kolkata for Mamata's 'Shahid Dibas' rally

Jul 21, 2019, at 10:21 am

Kolkata, Jul 21 (UNI/IBNS) All roads lead to Esplanade in Kolkata on Sunday as the Trinamool Congress Party gears up to observe 'Shahid Dibas' here.

After slide in Lok Sabha polls, Mamata to hold first Trinamool Martyrs' Day rally today

Jul 21, 2019, at 02:42 am

Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS): After failing to oust Narendra Modi from power and losing ground in her own state to the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will address a big audience for the first time on her party Trinamool Congress' Martyrs Day rally on Sunday under the shadow of the rising saffron force.

Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy, Arundhati Katju who fought for Section 377 confess they are a lesbian couple

Jul 21, 2019, at 12:50 am

New Delhi, July 21 (IBNS): Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju, who fought and won the battle to make homosexuality as legal in India, have recently confessed to international media about their relationship.

PM Narendra Modi pays tribute to Sheila Dikshit

Jul 20, 2019, at 10:14 pm

New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid his last tributes to former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit who passed away earlier in the day at a city hospital.