Ex-Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu arrested on corruption charges
Aug 23, 2022, at 03:41 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Punjab minister and Congress leader Bharat Bhushan Ashu has been arrested by the vigilance bureau over charges of corruption against him.
Mamata Banerjee hikes Durga Puja grant, clubs to get Rs. 60K this year
Aug 23, 2022, at 03:05 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday announced an increase in the yearly grant to Durga Puja organising committees in the state from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 60,000 after the festival found a place in the UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Sri Lanka Navy arrests 10 Indian fishermen, seizes trawler
Aug 23, 2022, at 01:35 am
Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu)/UNI: The Sri Lankan Navy on Monday arrested 10 Indian fishermen and confiscated their mechanized fishing trawler on charges of violating the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and indulging in unlawful poaching in their territorial waters.
Narendra Modi to visit Punjab, Haryana on Aug 24
Aug 23, 2022, at 12:52 am
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will visit Haryana and Punjab on Aug 24.
Jharkhand: PLFI: Rankling Irritant
Aug 22, 2022, at 11:00 pm
On August 18, 2022, Police arrested Badal Oraon, a cadre of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), from Badchorgai under Bagdu Police Station limits in Lohardaga District.
IS-KP - Taliban: Puritanical Killings
Aug 22, 2022, at 10:57 pm
On August 17, 2022, a suicide attack killed at least 21 civilians, including a prominent Sufi cleric Mullah Amir Mohammad Kabuli, and injured at least 27, in the Siddiquiya Mosque located in the Kher Khanna neighborhood in Police District (PD) 17 of Kabul city. No group has claimed responsibility, but the role of the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-KP) is strongly suspected.
Aug 22, 2022, at 09:58 pm
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday backed his Deputy Manish Sisodia and said he should get Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the nation, for improving the standard of education in the national capital but instead of that he is facing CBI raids.
Russia detains ISIS member who was planning to carry out attack in India
Aug 22, 2022, at 09:50 pm
Moscow: The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained an Islamic State suicide bomber who was allegedly planning to carry out an attack in India, media reports said.
Aug 22, 2022, at 08:18 pm
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Kashmir: One killed in Kathua accident
Aug 22, 2022, at 07:32 pm
Jammu/UNI: A woman was killed and three others were injured when a car in which they were traveling skidded and plunged into a gorge on Monday in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Security raised as farmers head for Delhi Mahapanchayat
Aug 22, 2022, at 07:30 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi Police Monday beefed up the security arrangements across the national capital especially Tikri, Ghazipur and Singhu borders and the New Delhi district area following farmers Mahapanchayat call by some groups.
Ties with China in very difficult phase: EAM S Jaishankar
Aug 22, 2022, at 07:20 pm
Sao Paulo: The relationship with China is going through a very difficult phase and Beijing has disregarded the 1990s pact that prohibits amassing of troops in border areas, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said here in Brazil during his interaction with the Indian community.
Aug 22, 2022, at 07:17 pm
Bolpur/Kolkata: The CBI, probing the cattle trafficking case across the Indian borders in West Bengal, on Monday raided a rice mill in Birbhum district, which allegedly has stakes of the relatives of arrested Anubrata Mondal, official sources said.
'Come to BJP, will get cases closed': Manish Sisodia claims this message he received from BJP
Aug 22, 2022, at 06:51 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In an explosive statement, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Monday morning said he was reached out by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with a message urging him to join the saffron wing to get his cases closed, amid the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s action against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader in connection with the Delhi liquor policy.
Security beefed up in Delhi ahead of farmers Mahapanchayat
Aug 22, 2022, at 05:56 pm
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday beefed up the security arrangements across the national capital, especially Tikri, Ghazipur and Singhu borders and the New Delhi district area, following farmers' Mahapanchayat called by some groups.
S Jaishankar unveils bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Paraguay
Aug 22, 2022, at 05:43 pm
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Paraguay calling it a "statement of solidarity".
Bodies of three members of a family found in a pond in Assam’s Nagaon district
Aug 22, 2022, at 04:12 pm
Guwahati: Bodies of three persons of a family, including two minors, were recovered from a pond near their house in Assam’s Nagaon district on Sunday, police said on Monday.
Assam-Meghalaya Chief Ministers’ level meeting for boundary disputes held
Aug 22, 2022, at 04:31 am
Guwahati: The Chief Ministers’ level meeting on Assam-Meghalaya border was held in Janata Bhawan here on Sunday.
Aug 22, 2022, at 04:00 am
Delhi Police has busted a Rs 500 crore extortion-cum-instant loan racket operated by Chinese nationals and arrested 22 people from across India, media reports said.
Noida: Woman misbehaves with security, arrested
Aug 22, 2022, at 02:24 am
Noida: A woman was detained by sector-126 police on Sunday after her video of abusing security guards and dragging them with their collars in JP Wish Town society went viral on social media, a Noida police spokesman said.
Two suspected terrorists linked with Al-Qaeda arrested in Assam’s Goalpara
Aug 22, 2022, at 12:25 am
Guwahati: Two suspected terrorists linked with Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) were arrested by police in Assam’s Goalpara district.
Jolt for Congress ahead of Himachal polls as veteran leader Anand Sharma quits key post
Aug 21, 2022, at 09:36 pm
Shimla: Veteran Congress leader Anand Sharma has quit as chairman of the steering committee for the Himachal Pradesh assembly election, saying that he felt left out of the party's decision-making at a crucial time when Congress was focussing on wresting power from BJP in the state.
India supplies tenth batch of medical assistance to Afghanistan
Aug 21, 2022, at 07:26 pm
Kabul/New Delhi: India has supplied the tenth batch of medical assistance to Afghanistan as part of the country's ongoing humanitarian assistance, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Sunday.
Sarbananda Sonowal visits Chabahar Port in Iran to review work progress
Aug 21, 2022, at 06:34 pm
Chabahar: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal paid a visit to the Shahid Behestti port at Chabahar in Iran to review the progress in the development of the port on Saturday.
CBI issues lookout notice against me: Manish Sisodia
Aug 21, 2022, at 06:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Days after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at his office and residence in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in implementing the Delhi Excise Policy, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday said a look out notice has been issued by the agency against him.
Congress set for non-Gandhi president after Rahul Gandhi says no: Report
Aug 21, 2022, at 05:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Even as the Congress is gearing up for the party election this week, the stalemate over who will be the next chief continues with no signs of a breakthrough.
Aug 21, 2022, at 05:12 pm
Srinagar/IBNS/UNI: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday claimed that she has been put under house arrest.
33 dead as heavy rains trigger landslides in several states including Himachal Pradesh
Aug 21, 2022, at 04:08 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: At least 33 deaths were reported on Saturday as heavy rains lashed several states, including Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Uttarakhand, triggering flash floods and landslides.
Was told to keep mum on farmers' issue, will get Prez post: Meghalaya Guv Satya Pal Malik
Aug 21, 2022, at 02:23 pm
Baghpat (UP)/UNI: Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday once again attacked the Narendra Modi government on the issue of farmers and said that he was asked to keep quiet on the subject and he would be made the President if he remained silent.
J&K Police busts hawala network routing money from South Africa to aid terror activities
Aug 21, 2022, at 06:33 am
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s State Investigation Agency Saturday conducted raids in the Poonch district looking for terrorists suspected of funding terrorist activities, media reports said.