'No problem in the family': NCP chief Sharad Pawar after nephew Ajit's mutiny
Jul 03, 2023, at 05:11 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday denied any "problem in the family" after his nephew Ajit Pawar led a mutiny within the outfit and joined the Shinde government with eight other MLAs.
Parliamentary panel to hold meeting over UCC in Delhi today
Jul 03, 2023, at 04:39 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law, and Justice will hold a meeting on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) here on Monday.
Maharashtra politics: NCP stands firmly with Sharad Pawar
Jul 03, 2023, at 02:13 pm
Mumbai: Reacting to sudden political developments of Sunday in the state, Maharashtra NCP president and former state minister Jayant Patil said that the party has extended its full support to party supremo Sharad Pawar.
Ajit Pawar splits NCP in Maharashtra, joins Shinde ministry as Deputy CM
Jul 03, 2023, at 02:18 am
Mumbai: In a sudden political development in Maharashtra, senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar - the nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar - on Sunday split the legislative party and joined the state's NDA ministry with eight other MLAs.
Maldives govt issues condemnation after 'India Out' protests
Jul 03, 2023, at 01:19 am
Male: The Maldives government has condemned the opposition's action of staging an anti-India demonstration in Maldives.
BSP not against Uniform Civil Code: Former UP CM Mayawati
Jul 03, 2023, at 12:38 am
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Sunday asserted that her party was not against the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), instead it was against the modalities of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its government in implementing it, as it should not be forced on the people of the country.
VP Jagdeep Dhankar to visit Assam on July 4
Jul 02, 2023, at 11:27 pm
New Delhi: Vice-President of IndiaJagdeep Dhankhar will visit Assam on July 4, 2023 where he will be the Chief Guest at the 25th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati.
Ajit Pawar has always done politics of development: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde
Jul 02, 2023, at 11:21 pm
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Sunday that Ajit Pawar, who has joined his ministry as Deputy Chief Minister, has always done politics of development.
NCP splits: Ajit Pawar takes oath as Maharashtra's second Deputy CM
Jul 02, 2023, at 08:53 pm
Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) split in Maharashtra, as several of its top leaders including Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath Shinde ministry on Sunday.
Uttar Pradesh: Man kills son, injures wife, daughter, commits suicide
Jul 02, 2023, at 08:42 pm
Farrukhabad: A businessman killed his son, injured his wife and daughter with a sharp-edged weapon and later committed suicide allegedly due to financial crisis in Jahanganj area of Farrukhabad district here in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, police sources said here.
Ajit Pawar takes oath as Maharashtra Deputy CM
Jul 02, 2023, at 08:22 pm
Mumbai: The Maharashtrian political scenario witnessed yet another major change on Sunday when NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oath as the Deputy CM of the state.
Three killed in fresh firing in violence-hit Manipur
Jul 02, 2023, at 05:32 pm
Imphal/IBNS/UNI: Three people were shot dead by armed miscreants in Manipur's Bishnupur district on Sunday, police said.
Tripura: Freshwater prawn cultivation flourishes at Agartala's College Tilla facility
Jul 02, 2023, at 06:02 am
Agartala's College Tilla facility, a government-owned fish production center, is spearheading scientific breeding of freshwater prawns to meet the high demand in Tripura's local market.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma unveils urban development projects in Tezpur
Jul 02, 2023, at 05:43 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, unveiled a series of urban development projects in Tezpur on Friday.
Meghalaya police sniffer dogs retrieve heroin worth Rs. 5 crore
Jul 02, 2023, at 04:55 am
Shillong, July 1 (UNI) Two sniffer dogs Hammer (Labrador) and Safi (Cocker Spaniel), part of Meghalaya police’s K9 unit, on Saturday helped the police to retrieve heroin worth Rs. 5 crore from a farm house in Ri-Bhoi district.
Opposition blames collective failure for June 28 chariot tragedy in Tripura
Jul 02, 2023, at 03:04 am
Agartala, July 1 (UNI) The opposition CPI-M and Congress blamed the collective failure on the part of management and the administration in the chariot tragedy on June 28 last at Kumarghat in Unokoti district of North Tripura, in which as many as seven people, including three children, were killed and at least 20 injured.
SC refers Teesta Setalvad's interim bail plea to a larger bench after two judges differ
Jul 02, 2023, at 02:04 am
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Saturday referred to the CJI for the constitution of a larger (3-judge) bench to hear the plea of activist Teesta Setalvad, after Gujarat HC rejected her bail plea in a case of fabrication of documents related to 2002 post-Godhra riot cases.
NIA files 1st supplementary chargesheet against 9 in ISIS Shivamogga case
Jul 02, 2023, at 12:57 am
New Delhi/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed its first supplementary chargesheet against nine persons in the ISIS conspiracy case of Shivamogga district in Karnataka.
Govt working to bring uniformity in cooperative law under constitutional framework : Amit Shah
Jul 02, 2023, at 12:54 am
New Delhi/UNI: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Saturday said the Central government has tried to bring equality in cooperative law under the constitutional framework without interfering with the rights of the states and the Centre.
Do not fall for the ruse of Oppn's anti-nationalism, dynasticism: Modi in Madhya Pradesh
Jul 02, 2023, at 12:51 am
Shahdol (MP), July 1 (UNI) Raining fire on opposition parties for their "anti-nationalism, dynasticism and corruption", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged that the former simply cannot guarantee liberation from terrorism and so-called dishonesty.
Four youths arrested for attack on Bhim Party chief Chandrashekhar
Jul 02, 2023, at 12:16 am
Saharanpur: Four youths were arrested by a team of Saharanpur police from Ambala in Haryana in connection with the attack on Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, police sources said here on Saturday.
Uttar Pradesh: Body of girl recovered under mysterious circumstances
Jul 01, 2023, at 11:45 pm
Hardoi: A class eighth student was killed by slitting her throat with a sharp-edged weapon and later her body was thrown in the field in Pachdeora area of Hardoi district here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here on Saturday.
Maharashtra: Tyre burst suspected to have caused Buldhana mishap
Jul 01, 2023, at 11:40 pm
Mumbai: A suspected tyre burst may have caused the ghastly accident on the Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway that claimed the lives of 26 passengers, including three children, officials said here on Saturday.
Hijab demand by medicos: Operation theatre is a secular place, says Dr Naresh Purohit
Jul 01, 2023, at 11:38 pm
Thiruvananthapuram: The demand by women medicos of Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, seeking permission to wear surgical hoods and long-sleeve scrubs inside the operation theatre as a substitute for their ‘hijab’, is absurd and should not be considered at all as patient safety and sterile protocols in operation theatres (OT) cannot be compromised, according to Dr Naresh Purohit, Executive Member Federation of Hospital Administrators, here on Saturday.
India is doing its best to reduce carbon footprint: Lesotho envoy Thabang Linus Kholumo
Jul 01, 2023, at 11:14 pm
Thabang Linus Kholumo, the High Commission of the Kingdom of Lesotho, said India is working hard to promote its own technology and largely contributing to bringing down the carbon footprint.
India, Pakistan exchange list of prisoners
Jul 01, 2023, at 11:09 pm
New Delhi: India and Pakistan on Saturday exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody.
Monsoon session of Parliament to commence from July 20
Jul 01, 2023, at 08:00 pm
New Delhi: Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Saturday said the Monsoon session of the Parliament will begin on July 20 and continue till August 11.
Bengal teacher recruitment scam: ED summons TMC youth president Saayoni Ghosh again
Jul 01, 2023, at 07:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Trinamool Congress youth president and Bengali actress Saayoni Ghosh to quiz for the second time in connection with the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, media reports said.
Amarnath Yatra begins amid tight security
Jul 01, 2023, at 07:09 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Amid tight security, the first batch of Amarnath pilgrims were flagged off Saturday morning to the Holy Cave simultaneously from both routes — the Pahalgam track in the Anantnag district and Baltal in the Ganderbal district, officials said.
Bihar: One killed, 14 injured in a road accident
Jul 01, 2023, at 07:07 pm
Munger/UNI: A funeral processionist was killed and fourteen were injured, six of them seriously, when the tractor carrying them collided with a sand-laden truck near Singhia Chowk on Munger-Lakhisarai main road in Munger district in the wee hours on Saturday.