Jammu and Kashmir: Students take out rallies in Kupwara to pay tributes to Pulwama martys
Feb 15, 2022, at 01:33 am
Srinagar: Students in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district took out rallies in Krusan and Dherian areas on Monday to pay tributes to the martyrs of Pulwama attack.
60.44 per cent voter's turnout recorded in UP second phase polling
Feb 15, 2022, at 01:23 am
Lucknow/UNI/IBNS: More than 60 per cent of the 2.02 crore strong electorate voted by 5 pm on Monday in the second phase of the staggered assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh for 55 seats in nine districts.
Karnataka: Students asked to remove hijab before entering a school campus in Mandya
Feb 14, 2022, at 10:10 pm
Mandya: An argument broke out between a teacher and guardians as students were asked to enter a school campus after removing their hijab (a head scarf worn by Muslim girls) in Karnataka's Mandya region, media reports said on Monday.
Mamata sweeps four Bengal civic polls, breaches Siliguri hurdle
Feb 14, 2022, at 09:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) maintained its absolute dominance in the state politics sweeping four more chaos-ridden civic polls including one in Siliguri, which was always a sticky ground for her party.
Is this secularism? PM Modi attacks TMC's Mahua Moitra over 'Hindu consolidation' remark
Feb 14, 2022, at 08:12 pm
Kanpur/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, who in a recent interview said her party has prevented the consolidation of Hindu votes in Goa by tying up with Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) as the coastal state is polled on Monday.
TMC skipped UP polls to avoid making Akhilesh Yadav weak: Mamata Banerjee
Feb 14, 2022, at 07:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) skipped the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to help Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav to remain strong in his fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
CBI to probe suicide of Thanjavur girl student: Supreme Court
Feb 14, 2022, at 07:02 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue probing into the suicide by a girl student at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu.
India bans 54 Chinese apps over national security threat
Feb 14, 2022, at 06:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the hostile relationship between the two Asian giants, India on Monday banned 54 more Chinese applications or apps that allegedly pose threats to the country's national security, media reports said.
Feb 14, 2022, at 05:02 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Amid a heated debate over the hijab row in the country, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reminded that the country will be run as per the Constitution and not Sharia law (law forming a part of Islamic tradition) on a day his state went to polls in the second phase.
West Bengal: TMC set to sweep four civic polls; BJP, Left lose more grounds
Feb 14, 2022, at 04:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Further consolidating its hold in West Bengal, the state's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a sweeping victory in four municipal elections, which were held in Asansol, Bidhannagar, Chandernagore and Siliguri late last week, as the results are coming out on Monday.
Narendra Modi pays tribute to CRPF jawans who died during 2019 Pulwama attack
Feb 14, 2022, at 03:52 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to Indian Central Reserve Police Force jawans who were killed during a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama region in 2019.
Ex-Kenyan PM Raila Amolo Odiga meets Narendra Modi
Feb 14, 2022, at 03:43 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met former Prime Minister of Kenya Raila Amolo Odinga who is currently in India on a private visit.
Assembly Polls: Voting kicks off in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa
Feb 14, 2022, at 02:46 pm
Lucknow/Panaji: Voting began at 55 Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, spread across nine districts, for the second phase amid tight security.
Feb 14, 2022, at 07:24 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The historic River Devika project, built at the cost of over Rs 190 crore, will be complete by June this year, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said Sunday.
Restore water channels of Shahar-e-Khas for transportation: Kashmir Div Com to Officials
Feb 14, 2022, at 04:47 am
Srinagar: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandering K Pole Saturday chaired a meeting to review development of Jhelum River Front and Water Transport under Srinagar Smart City Limited Project, here.
JK: DC Srinagar chairs meeting of District Registering Authority
Feb 14, 2022, at 03:55 am
Srinagar: A meeting of District Registering Authority under ISM (AYUSH) was held on Saturday under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner/District Magistrate Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, here to ensure regulated operation of Ayush Clinical Establishments in the District.
Rejuvenation of Tawi river front will generate employment opportunities: LG Manoj Sinha
Feb 14, 2022, at 03:24 am
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday laid the foundation stone for the Tawi Riverfront development project.
JK: Lt Governor lays foundation stone for Tawi River front project
Feb 14, 2022, at 03:06 am
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday laid the foundation stone for the Tawi Riverfront development project.
Assam: One Bangladeshi cattle smuggler killed during BSF firing along Indo-Bangladesh border
Feb 14, 2022, at 02:58 am
Guwahati: One Bangladeshi cattle smuggler was shot dead by BSF personnel at Kukurmara area in Assam’s South Salmara Mankachar district along Indo-Bangladesh border on Sunday morning.
Jammu and Kashmir: Class 12 topper trolled for not wearing 'hijab'
Feb 14, 2022, at 02:05 am
Srinagar: A class 12 topper in the science stream from Jammu and Kashmir UT recently faced online trolls for not wearing a 'hijab'.
Feb 13, 2022, at 11:20 pm
Locals vandalised a school in West Bengal's Muslim-majority Murshidabad district on Saturday when the principal of the institution allegedly forbade girl students from wearing a hijab and burqa in the classroom.
Change in Punjab leadership as Amarinder govt was run by BJP from Centre: Priyanka
Feb 13, 2022, at 09:32 pm
Kotkapura/UNI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday launched a scathing attack on former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, saying that he was running the government under the directions of the "BJP from the Centre" under a tactical understanding.
Madhya Pradesh tunnel collapses, seven labourers rescued, two trapped
Feb 13, 2022, at 04:20 pm
Bhopal/IBNS: Nine labourers were trapped after an under-construction tunnel of the Bargi canal project collapsed at Sleemanabad in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district. Seven of them have been rescued so far while two are still trapped.
Only double engine govt can ensure UP's development: Modi
Feb 13, 2022, at 05:30 am
Kannauj (UP)/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday termed better coordination between the Centre and state government the main reason being the success of megaprojects like expressways and appealed to the people of Uttar Pradesh to vote for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) again.
Campaigning ends for second phase of UP polls, polling on Feb 14
Feb 13, 2022, at 04:58 am
Lucknow/UNI: Campaigning on 55 seats spread over nine districts for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections ended on Saturday.
Jammu Kashmir: Security forces bust Al-Badr nexus, 4 terrorists, 3 associates nabbed
Feb 13, 2022, at 04:32 am
New Delhi/UNI: Security forces busted a major Al-Badr terror nexus and apprehend four terrorists and three terror associates along with war-like stores in a series of coordinated joint operations on Friday night and Saturday morning in Kashmir.
Assembly polls: ECI allows pad yatras, increases campaigning time
Feb 13, 2022, at 04:14 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Election Commission on Saturday allowed political parties to hold 'pad yatras' in the poll-bound states, and also increased the daily time for campaigning after reviewing the Covid situation.
Congress cannot develop Devbhoomi, it is a party of appeasement: Shah
Feb 13, 2022, at 03:49 am
New Delhi/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Modi government has fulfilled the long pending demand of 'One Rank One Pension and alleged that the Congress government had delayed this decision.
Mamata Banerjee's TMC sets up new committee after rift caused by nephew's faction
Feb 13, 2022, at 02:16 am
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee on Saturday cracked the whip amid a raging rift in her Trinamool Congress by scrapping all party posts, except the chairperson's, and announcing a 20-member national working committee after a meeting was called to discuss the conflict within the party triggered by a faction led by her nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
Govt constitutes ‘Jammu & Kashmir Commission for Women’
Feb 13, 2022, at 12:42 am
Srinagar/IBNS: In a significant development and a major boost towards women empowerment, the Jammu and Kashmir government has accorded sanction for the constitution of ‘Jammu and Kashmir Commission for Women’ to investigate and examine all matters to safeguard women under the constitution and other laws in place.