Assam hooch tragedy: State government bans molasses, will look after kids who lost parents
Mar 04, 2019, at 08:46 pm
Guwahati, Mar 4 (IBNS): Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has ordered a ban on molasses in the state that has lately witnessed around 150 deaths due to consumption of spurious liquor.
Ahmed Patel asks if Election Commission is waiting for PM's travel programmes to end
Mar 04, 2019, at 08:37 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (IBNS): Congress leader Ahmed Patel has said it appears the Election Commission was waiting for Prime Minister schedule to be clear before announcing the date for the Lok Sabha elections.
Yashwant Sinha makes modest climb down, hails Sushma's attending OIC meet
Mar 04, 2019, at 07:44 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Former External Affairs and Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who has been one of the harshest critics of the Modi government, has lauded India's decision to accept invitation from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as a "huge diplomatic win" and also said that he was wrong in trying to argue against attending the meet.
Jharkhand CM distributes Rs 1 lakh each among Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims
Mar 04, 2019, at 07:33 pm
Ranchi, Mar 4 (UNI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said India was a spiritual and religious land and according importance to all the religions.
Baijayant Jay Panda, once a trusted aide of BJD's Naveen Patnaik, joins BJP
Mar 04, 2019, at 07:13 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI): Ending months of speculation, former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lawmaker Baijayant Jay Panda on Monday joined BJP in presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and senior party leader Arun Singh.
Differently-abled girl gang raped in Assam’s Nagaon district
Mar 04, 2019, at 07:07 pm
Guwahati, Mar 4 (IBNS): A differently-abled girl was allegedly gang raped in Assam’s Nagaon district on Sunday night.
PM Modi inaugurates first phase of Ahmedabad metro; Cong not happy
Mar 04, 2019, at 06:33 pm
Ahmedabad, Mar 4 (IBNS): With the General Elections round the corner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the first phase of Ahmedabad metro project here.
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:35 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Reacting to BJP president Amit Shah claiming that "more than 250" terrorists were killed in the Balakot air strike, Aam Aadmi party leadr and Delhi Chief minister Arvind kejriwal on Monday asked if Amit Shah and BJP did not trust the army.
Maliwal issues notice to sanitary pad companies for not giving benefit of 0 pc GST on pads to women
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:34 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Monday began the ninth day of her 13-day 'Mahila Suraksha Padyatra' with sanitary pads in hands and issued notice to sanitary pad manufactures for failing to pass on benefit of zero per cent GST to consumers by not reducing the MRP.
Rahul charges PM of lying on Amethi ordinance factory
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:32 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying on the Amethi ordinance factory, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he had himself laid the foundation stone of the factory in 2010.
DUJ for Delhi Media Commission and Delhi Media Council
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:30 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Monday called upon the Delhi Government to take the lead in setting up a Delhi Media Commission (DMC) for the print, digital and electronic media, in the lines of the First And Second Press Commissions.
Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express completes glorious 50 yrs in passenger service
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:28 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) The Indian Railways on Monday celebrated the golden jubilee of Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, India's first Rajdhani Express, which completed its glorious 50 years as the train arrived here after leaving Howrah station on March 3.
We should trust armed forces, says PM Modi, taking a Rafale jibe at Congress
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:25 pm
Jamnagar (Gujarat), Mar 4 (UNI/IBNS) For the third consecutive time in three days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a veiled attack on opposition parties for questioning the authenticity of February 26 aerial strike while he slammed Congress for twisting his remarks on Rafale advising the party to apply common sense.
DRI busts syndicate effecting fake exports to Bangladesh
Mar 04, 2019, at 04:02 pm
Kolkata, Mar 4 (IBNS): On the basis of specific input, DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) has unraveled a major fraud wherein, a group of persons based in Kolkata belonging to a particular syndicate had prepared false export documents like forged purchase orders, forged export invoices and procurement papers and used them for filing the shipping bills in Petrapole Land Customs Station to earn undue export benefits.
Speaker to take decision on Karnataka MLA Umesh Jadhav's resignation in a day or two
Mar 04, 2019, at 03:05 pm
Bengaluru, Mar 4 (UNI) The Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker K Ramesh Kumar will decide on the resignation letter submitted by Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav in a day or two, after going through it in detail.
Mar 04, 2019, at 03:03 pm
Bengaluru, Mar 4 (UNI) The seat sharing issue for the General Election between coalition partners in Karnataka-JDS-Congress- continued to remain unsolved as the leaders of both the parties failed to take a final decision on the issue on Monday and decided to meet again.
Indian Airstrike on Jaish camp: What we know so far from IAF, Italian journalist, et al.
Mar 04, 2019, at 02:10 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (IBNS): Days after India's post-Pulwama surgical strike in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), the political and Indo-Pak row continues over how many actually were killed in the IAF bombings. While unconfirmed reports claimed zero to very heavy casualty with ruling party politicians in India claiming credits and opposition questioning their claims, here is what we know so far from some seemingly credible sources.
We hit the target, we can't count casualties: IAF chief on Balakot strike
Mar 04, 2019, at 01:29 pm
Coimbatore, Mar 4 (IBNS): The Indian Air Force (IAF) head, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, on Monday said the IAF had hit the target but cannot count how many people died in the Indian airstrike on Jaish-e-Mohammad base in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on Feb 26, triggering a series of incidents that heightened the border tension with the hostile neighbour.
Rahul charges PM of lying on Amethi ordinance factory
Mar 04, 2019, at 12:47 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying on the Amethi ordinance factory, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he had himself laid the foundation stone of the factory in 2010.
More than 250 terrorists killed in airstrike: Amit Shah
Mar 04, 2019, at 11:47 am
New Delhi, Mar 4 (IBNS): Though the government is yet to confirm the number of terrorists killed in the airstrike which was carried out by India post-Pulwama attack, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah has stated the figure is above 250.
President Kovind, PM Modi wish people on Maha Shivaratri
Mar 04, 2019, at 11:15 am
New Delhi, Mar 4 (IBNS): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished all countrymen on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri.
Kashmir highway reopens partially, only stranded vehicles allowed to ply
Mar 04, 2019, at 10:55 am
Srinagar, Mar 4 (UNI) The national highway, the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, reopened partially and only Kashmir-bound stranded vehicles were allowed to ply on Monday, official sources said.
Fashion designer commits suicide in Hyderabad
Mar 03, 2019, at 10:25 pm
Hyderabad, Mar 3 (UNI) A 29-year-old fashion designer allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the terrace from her five-storey apartment at Vanasthalipuram, which comes under Rachakonda Commissionerate police limited, here on Sunday morning.
Arun Jaitley urges Opposition to revisit stand on Balakot strike
Mar 03, 2019, at 08:59 pm
New Delhi, Mar 3 (UNI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday urged Opposition parties to revisit their stand vis-a-vis the authenticity of February 26 aerial strike carried out by the Air Force.
West Bengal: 3 teens hurt in Malda blast
Mar 03, 2019, at 08:53 pm
Malda, Mar 3 (UNI): Three teenagers were injured in a blast at Malda, and roofs of two adjoining houses in Birbhum district were blown off in another explosion, police investing the double blasts said today.
Karbi Socio Political Convention held in Guwahati
Mar 03, 2019, at 08:44 pm
Guwahati, March 3 (IBNS): Aiming to unite the all Karbi community people in Assam All Assam Karbi Students Association in association with Karbi Arloso Asem, All Assam Karbi Youth Association, Karbi Bangthe Asem on Sunday had organised the 1st Karbi Socio Political Convention held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalashetra in Guwahati.
India-Bangladesh joint military exercise Sampriti begins
Mar 03, 2019, at 08:17 pm
New Delhi, Mar 3 (UNI) The eighth edition of 'Sampriti', a joint military exercise by India and Bangladesh forces, began at the Bongobondhu Cantonment, Tangail, Bangladesh, with an impressive opening ceremony on Sunday.
Swachhta Abhiyan has reached Pakistan to cleanse terrorists: Yogi Adityanath
Mar 03, 2019, at 08:11 pm
Amethi, Mar 3 (UNI) Raising the slogan 'Modi hai to Mumkin Hai,' Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday claimed that the Swachhta Abhiyan, which had cleaned the country, has now reached Pakistan, to wipe out terrorists from there.
Delhi Commission for Women chairperson urges President to intervene in Nirbhaya case
Mar 03, 2019, at 07:47 pm
New Delhi, Mar 3 (UNI) Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal on Sunday urged President Ram Nath Kovind to intervene in Nirbhaya case and direct the Union Government to immediately introduce an ordinance in the country that ensures that in the cases of rape, the trial is completed within three months of the crime.
Indian Army can thwart enemy's nefarious designs: General Bipin Rawat
Mar 03, 2019, at 07:33 pm
Jammu, Mar 3 (UNI) Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat on Sunday said that Indian Army was capable of thwarting nefarious designs of the enemy.