Kerala: Two killed, 3 hurt as car hit by lorry

Apr 09, 2019, at 10:04 am

Malappuram, Apr 9 (UNI) Two persons were killed and three others seriously injured when the car in which they were travelling was hit by a lorry in Panangagara near Tirurkad in this district late on Monday night.

Maharashtra: Couple commits suicide in Nashik

Apr 09, 2019, at 09:18 am

Nashik, Apr 8 (UNI) Young lovers alleged committed suicide by hanging themselves to tree at Lakhampur village in Baglan taluka of the district on Monday.

BJP manifesto reflected the voice of an isolated man: Rahul Gandhi

Apr 09, 2019, at 09:10 am

New Delhi, Apr 9 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday tried to corner the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its manifesto and said it was created in a 'closed room' and reflected the 'voice' of an 'isolated man'.

281-crore cash collection scam found in Madhya Pradesh: Income Tax Department

Apr 09, 2019, at 08:23 am

New Delhi/Bhopal, Apr 9 (IBNS); The Income Tax Department on Tuesday said during raids conducted in Madhya Pradesh officials have detected wide spread and well-organized racket of collection of unaccounted cash of about Rs. 281 crore.

Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala will open on April 10

Apr 08, 2019, at 10:07 pm

Sabarimala, Apr 8 (UNI): The Lord Ayyappa temple here will be opened on April 10 in connection with Vishu festival, the beginning of the Malayalee New Year.

Rajnath: Will have to abolish Art 370, 35A if anyone demands separate PM for J&K

Apr 08, 2019, at 09:47 pm

Jammu, Apr 8 (UNI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said if anybody raised the bogey of separate PM in the state, then there will be no option with the government other than abolishing articles 370 and 35A related to special status to Jammu and Kashmir in the Constitution.

Old promises not fulfilled by NDA govt feature in BJP manifesto: Mallikarjuna Kharge

Apr 08, 2019, at 09:42 pm

Kalaburagi, Apr 8 (UNI): Congress party group leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge said on Monday that the BJP manifesto had nothing new to offer to the people of the country but a rehashed version of promises made during the previous elections that remained unfulfilled.

Mayawati only wants Muslim votes: Yogi Adityanath

Apr 08, 2019, at 09:17 pm

Bijnor/Muzaffarnagar Apr 8 (UNI): Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has hit out at BSP president Mayawati for seeking Muslim votes during her rally in Deoband on Sunday.

IAF releases radar images to rebut Pakistan's claim of not losing F-16 jet

Apr 08, 2019, at 09:03 pm

New Delhi, Apr 8 (UNI): Stating that it has credible information and evidence with regard to shooting down of Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) F-16 fighter jet, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday released radar images and rebuted Pakistan’s claim that it hadn’t lost a US-manufactured F-16 fighter jet in the February 27 aerial dogfight.

Indo-Myanmar border sealed ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Apr 08, 2019, at 08:57 pm

Guwahati, April 8 (IBNS): To prevent any untoward incident during the Lok Sabha election in Manipur, 43 Assam Rifles has sealed the Indo-Myanmar border from Border pillar 74 to 81.

Conducting, publishing, publicising exit polls banned between April 11 and May 19

Apr 08, 2019, at 08:52 pm

New Delhi, Apr 8 (UNI): Election Commission on Monday prohibited conducting, publishing or publicising the results of exit polls between April 11 and May 19, during which the Lok Sabha polls will be held.

Congress manifesto for Lok Sabha election 2019 raises more questions than hope

Apr 08, 2019, at 08:44 pm

With less than a week left for the elections, the largest opposition party Congress finally released its much awaited manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections describing it as the ‘voice of the people’ which seeks to sharply differentiate the grand-old-part party from the BJP by promising to scrap the sedition law, dilute AFSPA and withdraw the citizenship amendment bill, alongside offering populist pledges on minimum income support for all poor families, improved healthcare, jobs and education.

CPM's Yechury calls BJP poll manifesto 'another round of jumlas'

Apr 08, 2019, at 07:49 pm

New Delhi, Apr 8 (UNI): Calling it another round of 'jumlas', CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury has slammed the BJP for the promises in their election manifesto and said the saffron party was silent on their 2014 promises.

Amit Shah meets disgruntled BJP veterans Advani and Joshi

Apr 08, 2019, at 07:39 pm

New Delhi, Apr 8 (IBNS): BJP president Amit Shah today met party veterans L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, who have not been given tickets this time.

PM Modi makes congratulatory telephone call to Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

Apr 08, 2019, at 07:23 pm

New Delhi, Apr 8 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Republic of Maldives and complimented him on the victory of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) in the recent Parliamentary elections.  

Calcutta HC stays the Customs summon to TMC MP Abhisekh's wife Ruchika

Apr 08, 2019, at 06:43 pm

Kolkata, Apr 8 (UNI) A two-judge bench of Calcutta High Court today stayed the summon the Customs issued to Ruchika Naroola, wife of TMC MP Abhisekh Banerjee and asked her to file her appeal before a trial bench of the high court.

Indian Air Force shows radar images of Pak F-16 encounter

Apr 08, 2019, at 06:32 pm

New Delhi, Apr 8 (IBNS): In a major development, the Indian Air Force on Monday released radar images to negate Pakistan's claims that it did not lose a US-manufactured F-16 fighter jet in the Feb 27 air-fight.

Send a copy of manifesto to J&K Governor: Omar Abdullah to BJP

Apr 08, 2019, at 06:11 pm

New Delhi, Apr 8 (UNI) Attacking the BJP after it reiterated its position on Article 370 and annulment of Article 35A in Jammu and Kashmir in the party manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Jammu and Kashmir-based National Conference on Monday asked the party to send a copy of manifesto to the state Governor.

Will offer employment rather than 'notes' to youth: BSP chief Mayawati

Apr 08, 2019, at 06:08 pm

Meerut, Apr 8 (UNI) Launching a scathing attack on Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday said that if her party comes to power at the Centre, she will offer employment rather than notes to the unemployed youth.

Dhanush guns handed over to Army

Apr 08, 2019, at 05:32 pm

Kolkata, Apr 8 (IBNS): The first six “Dhanush” Guns were handed over to the Indian Army at a ceremony organized at  Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur on Monday.

Assam: Cash, liquor seized

Apr 08, 2019, at 05:28 pm

Guwahati, Apr 8 (UNI) With the first phase polling in Assam three days away, efforts for free and fair elections are at its optimum, resulting in seizure of large amounts of cash and liquor in the state.

Article 370 permanent and irrevocable, J&K PCC chief G A Mir

Apr 08, 2019, at 05:27 pm

Srinagar, Apr 8 (UNI) Stating that Special Status granted to Jammu and Kashmir was permanent and irrevocable and cannot be diluted, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president G A Mir has accused BJP of misleading people over Abrogation of Article 370 and 35 A and other sensitive issues for electoral gains.

No anti-incumbency against BJP in LS elections: Goa CM Pramod Sawant

Apr 08, 2019, at 05:25 pm

Panaji, Apr 8 (UNI) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday claimed that there was no incumbency factor in the Lok Sabha elections in spite of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) being in power at the Centre.

Maharashtra: Unaccounted cash of Rs 62.68 lakh seized, one detained in Kolhapur

Apr 08, 2019, at 05:23 pm

Kolhapur, April 8 (UNI) A 28-year-old man was detained after Rs 62.68 lakh in cash was allegedly recovered when the car he was driving was stopped for security check along Pune-Kolhapur National Highway at Shiroli Checknaka in Hatkanangale tehsil here on Monday.

Rahul Gandhi is a burden on opposition: Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das

Apr 08, 2019, at 05:20 pm

Ranchi, Apr 8 (UNI) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today hit back on Congress president Rahul Gandhi and said he was not only a burden for his own party but now has become a burden for the opposition also.

Minority community & majority of voters are with BJP: Goa CM Pramod Sawant

Apr 08, 2019, at 05:18 pm

Panaji, Apr 8 (UNI) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday claimed that all the five candidates of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including two contesting Lok Sabha election, are getting good response from the voters, including from minority community, who are well aware about the vision of Narendra Modi-led government.

Gangster joining Congress neither deliberate nor condonable: Preneet Kaur

Apr 08, 2019, at 05:16 pm

Patiala, Apr 8 (UNI) Asserting zero tolerance to criminalisation of politics, the Congress candidate from Patiala Preneet Kaur, on Monday clarified that the joining of an alleged gangster in the party was neither deliberate nor condonable.

'Ache Din' seen only by rich people of India: Siddaramaiah

Apr 08, 2019, at 05:11 pm

Bengaluru, Apr 8 (UNI) Criticising that in the last five years of BJP rule at the Center only people belonging to Rich were benefited and the poor left on the lurch in the country, former Chief minister and Chairman of the JD(S)-Congress Co-Ordination committee, Siddaramaiah has charged that Prime minister Narendra Modi had waived bank loan of the Industrialists to the tune of over Rs 3.5 lakh crore but refused to write off farm loans to help farmers who are in distress.

Puducherry: Man arrested under POCSO Act

Apr 08, 2019, at 05:09 pm

Puducherry, Apr 8 (UNI) A 57-year-old man was arrested under POCSO Act on charges of sexually harassing a 16-year-old girl at Muthialpet here.

Change imminent at Centre: Mamata Banerjee

Apr 08, 2019, at 05:07 pm

Nagrakata, Apr 8 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the BJP has failed to keep its promises in the last five years and a change is imminent at the Centre.