'Will resign if PM Modi or BJP asks me to do so': Brij Bhushan as wrestlers' protest intensifies
May 03, 2023, at 05:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is accused of sexually harassing women athletes, on Wednesday said he would resign only if Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks him to.
Jammu and Kashmir: Srinagar to host key G20 meeting soon
May 03, 2023, at 04:07 pm
India will soon host a tourism working group meeting in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city in May, as a part of the several G20 meetings occurring in various regions of the nation.
Operation Kaveri: 3,195 Indians evacuated from Sudan, using 5 naval ships, 13 IAF aircraft
May 03, 2023, at 02:19 pm
New Delhi/Khartoum: India has so far evacuated 3,195 Indians from violence-torn Sudan, ferrying them over 850 km from Khartoum to the Port of Sudan in over 60 buses.
I thank my friend Bill Gates for his words of appreciation on Mann Ki Baat: Narendra Modi
May 03, 2023, at 01:41 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates for his words of appreciation on his monthly radio address "Mann Ki Baat".
May 03, 2023, at 05:25 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India Tuesday slammed the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for continuing to “regurgitate biased and motivated comments about India” in its annual report and rejected the “misrepresentation of facts”.
ECI warns parties over plummeting level of campaign discourse
May 03, 2023, at 05:13 am
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India, taking serious note of the plummeting level of campaign discourse for the upcoming Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections, has issued an advisory to all national and state parties and candidates to exercise caution and restraint in their utterances during campaigning and not to vitiate the election atmosphere.
NIA searches 12 J&K locations over Pak-backed terror conspiracy case
May 03, 2023, at 05:09 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday swooped down on multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir in the Pakistan-backed terrorist conspiracy case, the anti-terror agency said.
May 03, 2023, at 02:42 am
New Delhi: The Centre and the Gujarat government on Tuesday said they will submit the papers regarding the release of the Bilkis Bano rape convicts after which the Supreme Court postponed the hearing to the second week of July, media reports said.
Sharad Pawar will 'rethink' his decision to step down as NCP president: Ajit Pawar
May 03, 2023, at 02:21 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra strongman and four-time chief minister Sharad Pawar, who announced to step down as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has agreed to 'rethink' his decision that left many shocked, his nephew Ajit Pawar told reporters Tuesday evening.
May 03, 2023, at 02:17 am
Mumbai: Cash-strapped carrier Go First airline has decided to stop flights on Wednesday and Thursday. At present, 50 percent of the carrier’s fleet is working in the absence of a supply of spare engines from US firm Pratt & Whitney (P&W), the carrier said in a statement.
May 03, 2023, at 01:33 am
Bengaluru/IBNS/UNI: The Congress poll manifesto, which was released on Tuesday ahead of the Karnataka elections, promises to ban Bajrang Dal and the radical Islamist outfit Popular Front of India, arguing that these organisations promote enmity or hatred, among the majority or minority communities.
May 03, 2023, at 12:22 am
Kyiv: Ukraine on Tuesday expressed "regret" after a picture resembling Goddess Kali tweeted by the country's defence ministry elicited outrage on social media.
Tibetan Youth Congress begins month-long march to flag human rights violations in Tibet
May 02, 2023, at 11:01 pm
The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has launched a month-long "Tibet Matters March" from Gangtok (Sikkim) to Tezpur (Assam) recently to bring to the notice of the world the human rights violations in Tibet under China.
SC declines plea seeking immediate hearing to stay release of 'The Kerala Story' film
May 02, 2023, at 10:55 pm
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to immediately hear a plea to stay the release of the controversial movie "The Kerala Story."
Mysterious blast at fuel station triggers panic in Jammu
May 02, 2023, at 10:12 pm
Jammu: A mysterious explosion at a fuel station, believed to be caused by a short circuit in the Narwal area, has caused tremendous panic among the people.
May 02, 2023, at 10:09 pm
Chitradurga (Karnataka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the history of Congress is of terror and appeasement of terrorists, and it had left Karnataka at the mercy of terrorists, citing how then topmost Congress leader Sonia Gandhi had shed tears over the killings of terrorists in the 2008 Batla House encounter.
NSA Doval in Tehran, calls on President Raisi, FM Amirabdollahian
May 02, 2023, at 09:23 pm
New Delhi/Tehran: India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who is visiting Tehran, called on Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.
Sharad Pawar quits as chief of Nationalist Congress Party
May 02, 2023, at 07:38 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra strongman and four time chief minister Sharad Pawar Tuesday announced that he has stepped down as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
BJP audio clips : Not willing to give publicity to those indulging in cheap politics, says Stalin
May 02, 2023, at 07:19 pm
Chennai/UNI: Reacting for the first time on the two audio clips released by BJP Tamil Nadu Unit President K.Annamalai purportedly containing the voice of Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan alleging corruption, Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin today said he did not want to give publicity to those indulging in cheap politics on the issue.
May 02, 2023, at 06:31 pm
Satinderjit Singh ‘Goldy’ Brar, an accused in the murder case of singer Sidhu Moosewala, has been named in the list of Canada's 25 most wanted fugitives, the Canadian High Commission in India said in a media release on Tuesday.
Moosewala murder accused Satinderjit Singh 'Goldy' Brar among Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives
May 02, 2023, at 05:29 pm
Satinderjit Singh ‘Goldy’ Brar, an accused in the murder case of singer Sidhu Moosewala, has been named in the list of Canada's 25 most wanted fugitives, according to the Canadian High Commission in India. Goldy Brar is a key member of a gang run by Lawrence Bishnoi.The BOLO Program in Canada has announced an update to its list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives on May 1, featuring Brar as one of the wanted.
AIME-2023: Indian Naval Ships Satpura, Delhi arrive in Singapore
May 02, 2023, at 03:01 pm
New Delhi: Indian Naval Ships Satpura and Delhi with RAdm Gurcharan Singh, the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet embarked onboard arrived at Singapore on 1 May 2023 to participate in the Inaugural ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023) scheduled from May 2 to 8 May.
Operation Kaveri: 231 Indian evacuees, who were rescued from Sudan, leave Jeddah in Ahmedabad flight
May 02, 2023, at 02:33 pm
The 10th flight carrying Indian nationals, who were stranded in Sudan, has been evacuated from Jeddah, officials said.
May 02, 2023, at 02:19 pm
New Delhi: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Maldives on May 1, 2023, on a 3-day official visit at the invitation of his Maldivian counterpart Mariya Ahmed Didi.
May 02, 2023, at 03:30 am
Auckland/IBNS: The leaders of Indian minority communities living in New Zealand, while participating in the launch ceremony of the New Zealand chapter of the Indian Minorities Foundation (IMF), renounced the false propaganda of Western media about the persecution of minorities in India.
Shivaji statue unveiled in Mauritius, PM Modi praises occasion
May 02, 2023, at 03:21 am
New Delhi/Port Louis/IBNS: Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth inaugurated an event in Mauritius where a 12-feet high statue of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was unveiled, amid the presence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. PM Narendra Modi said the event makes every Indian feel proud.
'Karnataka polls not about you': Rahul Gandhi on PM Modi's 'abused 91 times' allegation
May 02, 2023, at 02:09 am
Turuvekere/IBNS: In his response to the Prime Minister's charge that he was "abused 91 times", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday said Narendra Modi should understand that the Karnataka election was not about him.
'BJP is driving a wedge between religions': Abhishek Banerjee during Jono Sanjog Yatra in Bengal
May 02, 2023, at 01:00 am
Kolkata/Siliguri/IBNS: Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of "driving a wedge between religions and creating unrest".
Jammu and Kashmir: Security measures tightened ahead of G20 meet in Srinagar
May 01, 2023, at 10:58 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: As India is gearing up to host a tourism working group meeting in Srinagar - the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir - in May, the country is tightening its security measures across the place.
PM Modi greets people of Gujarat and Maharashtra on Statehood day
May 01, 2023, at 08:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended his greeting to the people of Gujarat and Maharashtra on their statehood day.