RLD joins SP-BSP alliance, terms it as 'Sangam' of opposition

Mar 05, 2019, at 06:09 pm

Lucknow, Mar 5(UNI): Terming the SP-BSP -RLD alliance as a Sangam of the opposition against BJP, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Tuesday officially joined the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party (SP-BSP) mahagathbandhan in Uttar Pradesh for of the Lok Sabha election.

Air strike: Narendra Modi attacks opposition leaders in MP

Mar 05, 2019, at 05:52 pm

Bhopal, Mar 5 (IBNS): Visiting Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday once again targeted the opposition parties over the air strikes conducted by the Indian Air Force across the Line of Control recently.

Pakistan: JEM chief Maulana Masood Azhar's brother arrested

Mar 05, 2019, at 05:31 pm

Islamabad, Mar 5 (IBNS): Pakistan has arrested  brother of Jaish-i-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar, media reports said.

PM Narendra Modi to visit Kalaburagi in Karnataka and Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu tomorrow

Mar 05, 2019, at 04:39 pm

New Delhi, Mar 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kalaburagi in Karnataka and Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.

PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of Shikshan Bhavan and Vidhyarthi Bhavan

Mar 05, 2019, at 04:30 pm

New Delhi, Mar 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of Shikshan Bhavan and Vidhyarthi Bhavan at Annapurna Dham Trust in Adalaj, Gujarat.

Congress has secret understanding with BJP: Arvind Kejriwal

Mar 05, 2019, at 04:27 pm

New Delhi, Mar 5 (IBNS): Amid reports that the Congress party announced that there will be no alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal targeted Rahul Gandhi's party of helping the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by splitting 'anti-BJP votes'.

BJP claims Congress leader Belur Gopalakrishna wants PM Modi assassinated, shares video

Mar 05, 2019, at 04:19 pm

Bangalore, Mar 5 (IBNS): The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday made a sensational claim on its Twitter page where it posted a video of a Congress leader who called for the assassination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  

PM Modi launches Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) Yojana

Mar 05, 2019, at 03:53 pm

New Delhi, Mar 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) Yojana at Vastral in Gujarat.

No alliance with AAP in Delhi: Congress

Mar 05, 2019, at 02:47 pm

New Delhi, Mar 5 (IBNS): Despite giving a call for a grand alliance to defeat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Congress on Tuesday turned down any possibility of a tie-up with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi, media reports said.

CPI-M suspends Maharashtra state secretary for praising PM Modi

Mar 05, 2019, at 02:07 pm

Mumbai, Mar 5 (IBNS): The CPI-M has suspended its Maharashtra state secretary, Narasayya Adam, from the central committee for three months for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public event, which was held in Solapur, media reports said.

RLD to join SP-BSP alliance formally on Tuesday

Mar 05, 2019, at 01:42 pm

Lucknow, Mar 5 (UNI) The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) will on Tuesday officially join the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party (SP-BSP) mahagathbandhan in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha election.

Cash worth over Rs 1.12 cr seized from buses in Bihar

Mar 05, 2019, at 01:11 pm

Muzaffarpur, Mar 05 (UNI) Police seized cash worth more than Rs 1.12 crore from three buses at Chandani roundabout under Ahiyapur police station area in the district late last night when it was being smuggled to Raxaul near Indo-Nepal border.

BJP website gets hacked, now down for 'maintenance'

Mar 05, 2019, at 01:01 pm

New Delhi, Mar 5 (IBNS): The website of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was reportedly hacked and an inappropriate video was posted on Tuesday.

Lanba's veiled attack on Pakistan, says it is sponsoring terrorism to destabilise India

Mar 05, 2019, at 12:25 pm

New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) In an indirect reference to Pakistan over sponsoring terrorism and attack in Pulwama of Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Tuesday said that the state (Pakistan) wants to destabilise India with continued violence in the bordering state.

Rahul to meet leaders of Delhi Cong to discuss possible tie-up with AAP

Mar 05, 2019, at 12:22 pm

New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi will on Tuesday hold a meeting with leaders of the Delhi Congress to discuss possibility of a tie-up with the Aam Aadmi Party for the Lok Sabha elections.

Rajnath Singh to inaugurate smart border system in Assam today

Mar 05, 2019, at 10:40 am

New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) With an aim to check infiltration on a particular 61 Km patch on eastern international border with Bangladesh at Dhubari in Assam, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the Border Electronically Dominated QRT Interception Technique (BOLD-QIT) project, under the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management system (CIBMS) on India-Bangladesh border on Tuesday.

Donald Trump says US to terminate India's duty-free status for failing to provide market access

Mar 05, 2019, at 09:27 am

Washington, Mar 5 (Sputnik/UNI): The United States will terminate India's duty-free status after it failed to provide the United States access to its markets, US President Donald Trump said in a letter to Congress.

CPI names MLA C Divakaran for Thiruvananthapuram LS seat

Mar 05, 2019, at 09:24 am

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 5 (UNI) Communist Party of India (CPI), the second largest ally of Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, has decided to field former state minister and MLA C Divakaran to contest from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat here.

EC team in J&K to review preparedness, schedule for LS polls soon

Mar 05, 2019, at 09:09 am

New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) The Election Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora is on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to review poll preparedness in view of the Lok Sabha elections.

Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces, terrorists exchange gunfire in Tral

Mar 05, 2019, at 08:49 am

Srinagar, Mar 5 (IBNS): A gunfight is currently going on between security forces and suspected terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Tral area on Tuesday, media reports said.

Indian naval ship INS Sharda rescues five fishermen

Mar 04, 2019, at 11:02 pm

Kochi, Mar 4 (UNI): Indian Naval Ship Sharda, based at Kochi, rescued five fishermen at sea who were floating in the water after their fishing vessel, FV Omkaram, sank, some 35 km North West of Azhikal port, on Monday.

CPI(M) for electoral tie-up with Congress in West Bengal Lok Sabha polls

Mar 04, 2019, at 10:58 pm

New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) The CPI (M) on Monday favoured pooling of anti-BJP, anti-Trinamool votes by having a "no mutual contest" in the present six sitting Lok Sabha seats, currently held by Congress and the Left Front in West Bengal.

Five dead in Uttar Pradesh road accident

Mar 04, 2019, at 10:54 pm

Fatehpur, Mar 4 (UNI) Five people including three minor girls died on the spot while ten others sustained injuries when a jeep carrying more than 15 passengers rammed into roadside tree in Hussainganj area on Monday.

Encounter ensues between militants and security forces in Tral, Kashmir

Mar 04, 2019, at 10:20 pm

Srinagar, Mar 4 (UNI): An encounter has ensued between militants and security forces at Tral in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, official sources said here on Monday.

BSP leaders join Congress in Uttar Pradesh

Mar 04, 2019, at 10:17 pm

Lucknow, Mar 4 (UNI): The Uttar Pradesh Congress received another shot in the arm, when former Bahujan Samaj Party Member of Parliament (MP) from Sitapur, Kaiser Jahan and her two times MLA husband, Jasmir Ansari joined the party, along with their supporters, here on Monday.

Odisha: Medical student drowns in Hirakud reservoir

Mar 04, 2019, at 09:32 pm

Sambalpur, Mar 4 (UNI) In a tragic incident, a 3rd year medical student of VSSIMSAR drowned in Hirakud reservoir today.

Politics in name of air strikes not good for the morale of armed forces: Hemant Soren

Mar 04, 2019, at 09:23 pm

Giridih, Mar 4 (UNI): Jharkhand leader of the Opposition and JMM's executive president Hemant Soren today refuted talks of any problems in Mahagathbandhan in the state for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand.

Nitish Kumar's JD (U) to contest election outside Bihar to acquire status of national party

Mar 04, 2019, at 09:13 pm

Patna, Mar 4 (UNI) A day after NDA`s ‘Sankalp Rally’, JD(U) today decided to contest Lok Sabha election outside Bihar to acquire status of national party and also took a resolve to ensure victory of NDA candidates in all 40 seats in Bihar.

Mainstream political parties urge EC to hold J&K Assembly, LS polls together

Mar 04, 2019, at 09:06 pm

Srinagar, Mar 4 (UNI): Majority of the mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to hold Assembly polls in the state along with forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

1634 Bangladeshi families illegally living in district, claims Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council

Mar 04, 2019, at 08:57 pm

Guwahati, Mar 4 (IBNS): Over 1,600 Bangladeshi Muslim families are illegally staying in Assam's Karbi Anglong district at a time the National Register of Citizens is being updated to detect illegal foreigners here.