BJP will shrink to 50 seats in 2024 LS polls if Opposition unites: Nitish Kumar
Sep 04, 2022, at 05:23 am
BJP will shrink to 50 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections if all the opposition unites, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Saturday. "I am working for that," he added but dodged questions on his likely national role.
West Bengal STF arrests terrorists with suspected jihadi links
Sep 04, 2022, at 02:53 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) has arrested two persons suspected to have jihadi links who were in touch with terror operatives and involved in highly radicalised covert activities.
NSA Ajit Doval reviews security in Mumbai
Sep 03, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Mumbai: In the wake of threat messages to Mumbai Police from a Pakistani number threatening a 26/11-like attack in the city and recently, a boat carrying three AK-47 rifles and live cartridges was found in Raigad, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Saturday held a series of meetings here and reportedly discussed the state’s preparedness to face any eventuality.
Indian High Commissioner to SL hands over Maitri Buddha statue to President Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sep 03, 2022, at 11:13 pm
Colombo: Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay has handed over a statue of Maitri Buddha brought from India to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, officials said on Saturday.
Abu Dhabi hosts 14th India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting, S Jaishankar attends
Sep 03, 2022, at 11:11 pm
New Delhi: The 14th India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and Foreign Minister of UAE Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
Sheikh Hasina to visit India on Sept 5, scheduled to meet President Murmu, PM Modi
Sep 03, 2022, at 11:02 pm
Dhaka/New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit India on Sept 5 after a gap of three years.
Sep 03, 2022, at 10:22 pm
Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov has appreciated India's move of commissioning INS Vikrant and said the country is moving fastly towards becoming a self-reliant and major global power.
Nitish Kumar to leave for New Delhi on Sep 5, slams BJP for Manipur defection of JD(U)
Sep 03, 2022, at 10:18 pm
Patna: In a bid to forge opposition unity to counter BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will leave for New Delhi on Sept 5 and sharply criticised the saffron party for engineering defection in JD(U) MLAs of Manipur.
Sep 03, 2022, at 06:54 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Three members of a family were killed in a road accident in Assam’s Sootea.
Thousands of people in the country are capable of becoming PM: Sushil Kumar Modi
Sep 03, 2022, at 06:37 pm
Patna/UNI: Brushing aside the claims for making Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar the next Prime Minister of the country, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi Friday said that thousands of people in the country of 130 crore population are capable of becoming PM.
Jolt to Nitish as five JD(U) members join BJP in Manipur
Sep 03, 2022, at 06:34 pm
Imphal/UNI: In a jolt to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, five JD(U) members have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday.
Sep 03, 2022, at 04:53 pm
Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi was Friday quizzed by the economic offences wing of the Delhi Police in a Rs. 200-crore extortion case involving jailed conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, media reports said.
Jammu and Kashmir: LeT's 'hybrid' militant arrested in Sopore
Sep 03, 2022, at 03:18 pm
Srinagar: Security forces arrested a “hybrid” militant of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Sopore sub-district of Jammu and Kashmir on late Friday, police said.
Sep 03, 2022, at 04:54 am
Kolkata/IBNS: As Abhishek Banerjee faced questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the coal scam case Friday, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary targeted Union Home Minister Amit Shah claiming it to be a "home minister" created one.
Reports reveal nine Indian firms fell prey to Chinese hackers in 2021
Sep 03, 2022, at 02:57 am
New Delhi: A recent research has revealed that at least nine Indian organisations fell prey to persistent cyber attacks by a state-sponsored Chinese hacker group in 2021.
Karnataka seer Shivamurthy Sharanaru, accused of rape, gets 4-day police custody
Sep 03, 2022, at 02:47 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: The chief of Karanataka's Murugha Math, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, accused of rape charges and arrested Thursday, has been sent to police custody for four days by a local court.
Double-engine govt has benefitted Karnataka: PM Modi in Mangaluru
Sep 03, 2022, at 01:56 am
Mangaluru/UNI: Spelling out the benefits accruing to Karnataka due to the double-engine government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Rs 3800 crore proposed projects that were inaugurated will increase the ease of living and employment in the state.
Haryana: Woman thrown out of running train for resisting sex assualt; child found alone in coach
Sep 03, 2022, at 01:32 am
Fatehabad: A 30-year-old woman was killed after being thrown out of a running train for resisting a sex assault by a copassenger in Haryana's Fatehabad, media reports said.
Bengal: CBI arrests TMC-ruled Halisahar Municipality chairman in chit fund case, recovers huge cash
Sep 03, 2022, at 01:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday carried out a raid at the premise of TMC leader and Halisahar Municipality's chairman, Raju Sahani, in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas in connection with its ongoing probe into a chit fund scam, and recovered a huge amount of cash from the location, officials said.
Sep 02, 2022, at 11:02 pm
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of mechanization and industrialisation projects worth around Rs 3800 crores in Mangaluru on Friday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Situation remains normal on first death anniversary of Syed Ali Shah Geelani
Sep 02, 2022, at 10:35 pm
Srinagar: Situation in Jammu and Kashmir remained normal on Thursday on the first death anniversary of Kashmiri separatist leader and former president of All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
Lufthansa strike triggers protest in Delhi
Sep 02, 2022, at 10:21 pm
New Delhi: A global strike by Lufthansa pilots on Friday sparked a noisy demonstration at the Indira Gandhi International Airport after two flights of the German airline were cancelled without prior notice, police said on Friday.
Supreme Court grants interim bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad
Sep 02, 2022, at 10:17 pm
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad in a case in which she was arrested for forgery and criminal conspiracy pertaining to the 2002 Gujarat riots.
INS Vikrant is a symbol of indigenous potential: Narendra Modi
Sep 02, 2022, at 08:42 pm
Kochi: Indian PM Narendra Modi commissioned the first indigenous aircraft carrier as INS Vikrant on Friday and said India is witnessing the sunrise of a new future.
Viral video shows AAP Punjab MLA slapped by husband
Sep 02, 2022, at 07:17 pm
Jalandha/UNI: A day prior to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s visit to Talwandi Sabo, a video on social media showing party MLA Baljinder Kaur being slapped by her husband after an altercation has gone viral.
Maharashtra CM Shinde visits Uddhav aide's home ahead of SC verdict on Shiv Sena
Sep 02, 2022, at 06:15 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Ahead of the Supreme court verdict on the leadership and faction issue in the bifurcated Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde paid a surprise visit at the residence of Milind Narvekar, personal secretary to Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, on the occasion of Ganesh festival.
PM Modi commissions INS Vikrant, says 'our security concerns Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific'
Sep 02, 2022, at 05:48 pm
Kochi/UNI: Commissioning the first indigenously designed and built warship INS Vikrant Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared India's security interests to the world and hailed the momentous occasion as the country did away with yet another mark of her colonial past with the Navy unveiling a "Bharatiya nishaan".
Kashmir: Bengal labourer injured in Pulwama attack
Sep 02, 2022, at 05:04 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A non-Kashmiri was shot and injured in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir Friday morning, police said.
Coal scam case: ED quizzing of Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee today
Sep 02, 2022, at 04:23 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate will quiz West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the coal scam case here Friday.
PM Narendra Modi to commission INS Vikrant in Kochi today
Sep 02, 2022, at 02:28 pm
Kochi: In what will mark a significant step towards self-reliance in the defence sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will commission the first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier as INS Vikrant in Kochi on Friday.