Jul 01, 2023, at 06:08 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Leader of opposition in Maharashtra legislative assembly Ajit Pawar on Saturday expressed shock at the bus accident at Buldhana-Sindkhed Raja on the Samruddhi highway in which 25 bus passengers were killed.
Jul 01, 2023, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After being quizzed for 11 hours by the Enforcement Directorate, Trinamool Congress youth president and Bengali actress Saayoni Ghosh on Friday said she was ready for even a 12-hour questioning for the sake of a probe into the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam.
Maharashtra: Bus catches fire in Buldhana, 25 passengers charred to death
Jul 01, 2023, at 03:16 pm
Buldhana: As many as twenty-five bus passengers were charred to death after the vehicle caught fire on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district on Saturday, a senior police official told UNI.
Reduce age of consent for physical relationship from 18 to 16: Madhya Pradesh HC tells Centre
Jul 01, 2023, at 06:27 am
Gwalior/IBNS: The Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has requested the Centre to reduce the age of consensual physical relations between a man and a woman from 18 years to 16 years.
'Your letters require only outright disregard': MK Stalin's reply to TN Guv over minister dismissal
Jul 01, 2023, at 04:55 am
New Delhi: In a scathing reply to Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi's letter on Minister V Senthil Balaji's dismissal, Chief Minister MK Stalin Friday said that the communique requires "outright disregard" and shows that the governor acted in haste with "scant regard to the Constitution".
Jul 01, 2023, at 04:02 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The Enforcement Directorate's grilling of actress-turned-Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) state president Saayoni Ghosh at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake, in relation to the teachers' recruitment scam in the West Bengal Government- aided schools and purchase of a flat, still continues even after nine hours on Friday.
AAP supports Rahul Gandhi over being stopped by police in Manipur
Jul 01, 2023, at 03:31 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Friday slammed the Centre over stopping Rahul Gandhi's convoy by police in Manipur, calling the act "wrong" and an indication of "total failure" of law and order in the northeastern state.
PM Modi, President Vladimir Putin discuss Ukraine, failed armed mutiny in Russia over call
Jul 01, 2023, at 01:57 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which the two leaders discussed the "recent developments in Russia" in the wake of a failed armed mutiny by the Wagner group, as well as the situation in Ukraine.
Jun 30, 2023, at 11:17 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier today chaired the meeting of the 42nd edition of PRAGATI, the ICT-based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, involving Centre and State governments.
Andhra Pradesh: Youth's body found on railway track
Jun 30, 2023, at 11:16 pm
Kakinada: The body of a youth was found on the railway track near Chitrada village, 15 kms from here on Friday.
Jun 30, 2023, at 11:06 pm
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and visiting Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo co-chaired the 5th India-Philippines Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) where the two leaders discussed issues related to broad cooperation.
Maharashtra: Three killed, 7 injured as cruise car rams into stationary Eicher Vehicle
Jun 30, 2023, at 10:55 pm
Nashik: Three members of a family, including a 18-month-old baby, were killed and 7 others injured when a cruise car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary Eicher vehicle on the Samruddhi Express Highway at Kokamthan Shiwar in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra past midnight last night.
Mozambique: INS Sunayna enters Port Beira
Jun 30, 2023, at 10:52 pm
New Delhi: INS Sunayna, based at Southern Naval Command Kochi, entered Port Beira, Mozambique on June 28.
Jun 30, 2023, at 10:16 pm
New Delhi: The second edition of Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) meeting between India and Tanzania was held in Arusha on June 28 & 29, 2023.
Odisha: Absconding drug peddle held by STF
Jun 30, 2023, at 10:13 pm
Bhubaneswar: An absconding drug peddler was arrested by the STF of Odisha police on Friday.
Congress takes swipe at PM Modi on Manipur situation
Jun 30, 2023, at 07:48 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Friday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the current situation in Manipur by accusing him of not being sensitive over the matter.
Odisha: Three killed, one injured in road accident
Jun 30, 2023, at 07:18 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Three people were killed and one woman was admitted to a hospital with critical injuries after the vehicle in which they were travelling dashed against a tree near Basini square on Umerkote-Jharigaon road in Nabarangpur district on Thursday midnight.
Karnataka HC dismisses Twitter plea against Centre
Jun 30, 2023, at 07:15 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by Twitter challenging ten blocking orders issued by the central government between February 2021 and 2022 directing the social media giant to take down 39 URLs.
Manipur: 1 killed, many injured in firing; BJP office attacked by large mob
Jun 30, 2023, at 07:12 pm
Imphal/UNI: A person succumbed to bullet wounds and many persons including women were injured in firing on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday after a large mob attacked the office of BJP in Manipur's Imphal.
Rahul Gandhi meets displaced people in violence-hit Manipur's Moirang
Jun 30, 2023, at 05:46 pm
Imphal/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited Moirang in Bishnupur district and interacted with displaced people on Friday.
Jun 30, 2023, at 05:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: "I intend to cooperate to the best of my abilities," said Trinamool Congress youth state president and Bengali actress Saayoni Ghosh arriving at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office for questioning in connection with the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam on Friday.
ED quizzing of TMC leader Saayoni Ghosh in Bengal teacher recruitment scam today
Jun 30, 2023, at 04:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate will quiz Trinamool Congress (TMC) youth state president and Bengali actress Saayoni Ghosh in the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam on Friday.
Jun 30, 2023, at 04:00 pm
In what can only be described as good news for paddy growers, the prevailing weather conditions are proving to be highly beneficial this year.
Rajinder Pal Singh, aka Jaspal Gill, jailed for smuggling Indian citizens into US using Uber
Jun 30, 2023, at 03:56 pm
In a significant case of human smuggling, a 49-year-old man of Indian origin has been sentenced to over three years in prison for his involvement in smuggling more than 800 Indian citizens into the United States using the popular ride-hailing app Uber.
The urgent need to address anti-Sikh sentiment in North America
Jun 30, 2023, at 03:52 pm
The Sikh community has faced discrimination in various parts of the world, including in the United States and Canada. A recent report titled “Go Home, Terrorist!” reveals the bullying and harassment of Sikh American school children in the U.S.
Declining soil fertility and decreased wheat yield raise concerns for Punjab farmers
Jun 30, 2023, at 03:47 pm
Alarming trends are emerging in Punjab’s agricultural sector as soil fertility continues to decline, attributed to the excessive use of chemical fertilizers.
Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha flags off 1st batch of 3,488 Amarnath pilgrims from Jammu base camp
Jun 30, 2023, at 02:07 pm
Jammu: Amid the chants of 'Bam Bam Bhole', the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha early morning on Friday flagged off the first batch of 3,488 pilgrims for Shri Amarnath Cave Shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp here.
Jun 30, 2023, at 07:06 am
Chennai/IBNS: Hours after dismissing jailed Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji from the state cabinet without consulting Chief Minister MK Stalin, Governor RN Ravi put his order on hold on the advice of the Union Home Ministry, media reports said.
Jun 30, 2023, at 04:39 am
Imphal/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who took a helicopter to Manipur's Churachandpur district on Thursday after being stopped by local police, said he came to the violence-hit state to "listen to all my brothers and sisters".
Tamil Nadu Guv dismisses jailed minister V Senthil Balaji without consulting CM MK Stalin
Jun 30, 2023, at 03:04 am
Chennai/IBNS: In a controversial move, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has dismissed jailed Minister V Senthil Balaji from the Council of Ministers without consulting Chief Minister MK Stalin, adding more fuel to the already existing bitterness with the state's DMK government.