Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma formally hands over Rs 10,000 each to Covid-hit priests
Dec 21, 2022, at 02:10 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday at a ceremony held at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati formally granted one-time financial assistance of Rs 10,000 each to 6,124 Namghoriyas and 2,148 Purohits (priests) of the state as part of the Assam government's promise of financial support to Covid-hit population of the state.
After hijab, Karnataka to now propose ban on halal meat
Dec 21, 2022, at 01:49 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After the hijab row, Karnataka is likely to be headed for another huge controversy with a leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) planning to bring a bill to ban halal meat a year before the state elections, media reports said.
Government of India strikes den of misinformation on YouTube
Dec 21, 2022, at 01:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a series of over 40 fact-checks, the government busted three YouTube channels spreading false information in India.
If needed, govt would make law against love jihad: Devendra Fadnavis
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:46 am
Nagpur/UNI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said if needed, his government is prepared to make a law against love jihad.
Indigenous peoples and digital rights: The future of India’s northeast borderlands
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:42 am
Ravi Shankar Prasad argues that “The Digital India Programme (Digital Northeast vision 2022) is designed to transform India into a knowledge-based economy and a digitally empowered society by ensuring digital services, digital access, digital inclusion, digital empowerment and by bridging the digital divide.”
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:18 am
From collecting seeds of fruits thrown away by the shopkeepers & planting them on his farmland, to living his dream of becoming a farmer with a difference, today he has three thriving nurseries of different varieties of fruit trees and spices, honey, and ever-evolving fish ponds and nurseries which cater to markets across the border in Myanmar and also local buyers.
Borders and Borderlands: Integration vs Assimilation
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:12 am
Borders are artificial constructs drawn on paper by the powers that be to serve their interests under the Westphalian State system and have been further legitimised by the excesses of colonialism from the fifteenth to the twentieth century C.E., as well as the subsequent decolonisation process.
India likely to host QUAD Foreign Minister’s meet next year
Dec 20, 2022, at 11:38 pm
New Delhi: India is all set to host Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) Foreign Minister’s meeting next year, media reports said.
Jammu and Kashmir: Seminar hosted in Pooch to spread message of peace among youth
Dec 20, 2022, at 11:21 pm
In a recent seminar organized in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch region, speakers conveyed the message of peace to youth and even urged them to leave the path of violence.
Delhi Court issues notice to ED on Jacqueline Fernandez's application
Dec 20, 2022, at 11:16 pm
New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate(ED) on the application moved by actress Jacqueline Fernandez requesting permission to go abroad.
'We aren't children..135-cr people laughing at us': VicePresident admonishes Rajya Sabha
Dec 20, 2022, at 10:22 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar Tuesday reprimanded the Rajya Sabha members for creating a ruckus in the house again and again and presenting a “very, very bad example” with their unruly behaviour.
NIA files chargesheet against five for recruitment of youth to CPI (Maoist) cadres
Dec 20, 2022, at 07:22 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a chargesheet before the NIA special Court at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh against five accused persons in a case related to the radicalisation and recruitment of innocent youth to the CPI (Maoist) cadres, a proscribed organisation.
BJP demands apology from Mallikarjun Kharge over 'Dog' remark, Cong chief refuses
Dec 20, 2022, at 06:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his controversial "Dog" remark, media reports said.
NIA arrests nine inmates of Trichy Spl Camp in illegal drugs, arms case
Dec 20, 2022, at 05:41 pm
Chennai/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested nine inmates of Trichy Special camp in connection with an illegal drugs and arms trade case.
India-Pakistan should engage in constructive dialogue for betterment of people: US
Dec 20, 2022, at 04:28 pm
Washington: The US said it does not want to see India and Pakistan getting involved in 'war of words' but engaging in 'constructive dialogue' for the betterment of the people of both the nations.
Jammu and Kashmir: 3 LeT militants, including Kashmiri Pandit killer, shot dead in Shopian
Dec 20, 2022, at 02:56 pm
Srinagar: Security forces shot dead three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants including an alleged killer of a Kashmiri Pandit in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Tuesday, officials said.
Delhi court to hear Nora Fatehi's defamation case against Jacqueline Fernandez on Jan 21
Dec 20, 2022, at 05:07 am
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: A Delhi court has listed for Jan 21 the hearing of a defamation complaint filed by Nora Fatehi against Jacqueline Fernandez on the allegation of defaming her name into an Rs. 200 crore money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekar.
'Mysoginistic goons': Smriti Irani after Congress leader's 'latkas jhatkas' comment
Dec 20, 2022, at 04:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Ajai Rai on Monday sparked a fresh controversy stating Union Minister Smriti Irani only comes to her constituency Amethi to show "latkas" and "jhatkas", an unflattering reference to dance moves.
Karnataka Class 4 student dies after teacher beats and pushes him off first-floor balcony: Police
Dec 20, 2022, at 02:05 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: A 10-year-old boy died in Karnataka on Monday after his teacher beat him and pushed him off the first-floor balcony of the government-run school at Hagli village in the northern part of the state.
All parties should stand together in support of border residents: Eknath Shinde
Dec 20, 2022, at 01:15 am
Nagpur/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday appealed that all parties should stand together in support of border residents.
Dalai Lama says India is best place for him, won't return to China
Dec 20, 2022, at 12:49 am
Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, while talking to media persons Monday at Kangra airport before leaving for Delhi on way to Bodhgaya, said he prefers India as best place for him and Kangra is Pandit Nehru 's best choice for him and there was no point in returning to China.
Dec 19, 2022, at 08:52 pm
New Delhi: The policy focus of Government of India is ‘Zero Tolerance Against Terrorism’, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir: LeT militant associate arrested in Baramulla
Dec 19, 2022, at 07:34 pm
Srinagar: Security forces arrested an alleged militant associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.
'Shah Rukh Khan should watch this film with his daughter': MP Speaker amid Pathaan row
Dec 19, 2022, at 05:37 pm
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Girish Gautam is the latest from the state to oppose Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming Hindi film Pathaan after its Besharam Rang song drew objections from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in view of actor Deepika Padukone's bikini.
Dec 19, 2022, at 06:39 am
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Sunday described the FIFA World Cup final match between Argentina and France as 'the most thrilling' encounter played on the turf.
India-Bangladesh relations scaling new heights
Dec 19, 2022, at 05:37 am
Bangladesh has a special place in the Indian foreign policy matrix, and India-Bangladesh relations are rooted in tradition, culture, language, and mutual values such as secularism, democracy, and a plethora of other similarities.
The Islamization of Bangladesh by General Ziaur Rahman
Dec 19, 2022, at 05:23 am
The creation of Bangladesh delegitimized the “two nation theory,” and soon after its emergence, new country Bangladesh adopted the four-pronged state ideology of nationalism, democracy, socialism and secularism.
Jammu and Kashmir: 80 AMRUT projects worth Rs 406 cr completed in Mission cities
Dec 19, 2022, at 01:41 am
Srinagar: A total of 80 projects worth Rs 406 crore have been completed under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) across three cities in Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said on Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Lok Adalat settles around 30,925 cases
Dec 19, 2022, at 12:41 am
Srinagar: A General Lok Adalat,which was planned for this year by the J-K Legal Services Authority, has settled around 30,925 cases, media reports said quoting officials on Sunday.
Dec 19, 2022, at 12:27 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone, and inaugurated and dedicated to the nation multiple projects worth over Rs. 2450 crores in Shillong, Meghalaya on Sunday.