Australian High Commissioner to India thanks Mamata Banerjee for sending sweets on Vijaya Dashami
Oct 21, 2021, at 11:26 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O'Farrell has thanked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for sending sweets on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami, which marks the end of festival Durga Puja in the east Indian state.
IAF Mirage-2000 crashes in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind, pilot safe
Oct 21, 2021, at 11:04 pm
Bhind/Gwalior/UNI: An Indian Air Force Mirage-2000 crashed on Thursday at a farm at Bawedi village in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district following a technical snag during a training sortie but the pilot ejected safely.
Drug case: Ananya Panday reaches NCB office after receiving summons
Oct 21, 2021, at 10:54 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood actress Ananya Panday has reached the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office here after being summoned by the anti-drugs agency, which is probing a drug case.
Farmers have right to protest, but cannot block roads indefinitely: SC
Oct 21, 2021, at 10:12 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said farmers have the right to protest, but they cannot block roads indefinitely.
Rape accused cannot escape conviction citing victim's easy virtue, sex life: Kerala High Court
Oct 21, 2021, at 09:43 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: A woman or girl's easy virtue or habituation to sexual intercourse cannot be the ground to absolve a rapist of the crime, especially when her perpetrator is her father who is expected to be the “fortress and refuge” of his daughter, the Kerala High Court has said while convicting a man for repeatedly raping his daughter which also resulted in her becoming pregnant.
Assam Rifles conduct youth conclave in Nagaland’s Peren
Oct 21, 2021, at 07:36 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Jalukie Battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) conducted Youth Conclave in Nagaland’s Peren district on Wednesday.
Assam: 6-year-old girl murdered by three minors in Nagaon after she refused to watch porn clips
Oct 21, 2021, at 07:30 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Police arrested three minors aged between 8 and 11 years in connection with the alleged killing of a six-year-old girl, who refused to watch pornographic clips with them, in Assam.
Girl students will get smartphones, graduates scooty if Cong wins UP: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Oct 21, 2021, at 07:23 pm
Lucknow/UNI: After announcing 40 percent reservation for women in allotment of party tickets in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has announced a big sop for the girls students, if the party comes to power in the state .
Drug case: Bombay HC will hear Aryan Khan's bail plea on Oct 26
Oct 21, 2021, at 07:15 pm
Mumbai/UNI: The Bombay High Court Thursday fixed Oct 26 as the next date of hearing of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan's bail plea in the alleged seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast.
Drug case: NCB officials at residences of Ananya Panday and SRK
Oct 21, 2021, at 07:00 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: In a twist to the ongoing probe into the drug case, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials Thursday reached the residences of Bollywood's young actress Ananya Panday and superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
Oct 21, 2021, at 06:02 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India on Thursday morning achieved the historic feat of 100 crore vaccination against COVID-19.
Shah Rukh Khan meets son Aryan arrested in drug case
Oct 21, 2021, at 05:55 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Thursday met his son Aryan Khan, who is lodged in jail in connection with a drug case.
'Heard Yogi Adityanath upset on women cops for taking selfie with me': Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Oct 21, 2021, at 05:51 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is apparently upset with policewomen who posed for selfies with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra en route to meet the family of the man who died in police custody, the Congress leader on Wednesday tweeted urging that these hardworking cops should not be punished for this reason.
4 terrorists behind killing of migrant workers shot dead in J&K encounters, one soldier martyred
Oct 21, 2021, at 05:23 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Four terrorists belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba, who were involved in the recent killings of three migrant workers, have been eliminated in back-to-back encounters with security forces in Kashmir's Shopian and Kulgam districts, police said on Wednesday.
Jacqueline Fernandez appears at ED's Delhi office for questioning in money laundering case
Oct 21, 2021, at 04:03 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez was on Wednesday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a Rs. 200 crore money laundering case.
'WhatsApp chats reveal Aryan Khan regularly indulged in illicit drugs': Court says denying bail
Oct 21, 2021, at 03:20 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Rejecting Aryan Khan's bail plea, a special court in Mumbai on Wednesday said his WhatsApp chats appeared to reveal that he regularly indulged in "illicit drug activities", said reports.
BJP accepts Amarinder Singh's offer for alliance ahead of Punjab polls
Oct 21, 2021, at 01:56 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: A day after former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh announced that he will launch a new political party and is open for "seat arrangements" with the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the state assembly elections, the BJP accepted his "friend request".
Jammu and Kashmir: 2 militants killed in Kulgam
Oct 21, 2021, at 01:52 am
Srinagar/UNI: Two militants were killed in a brief gunfight in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said on Wednesday.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra allowed to visit family of UP man who died in police custody
Oct 21, 2021, at 01:17 am
Agra/IBNS: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was on Wednesday allowed to meet the family of the Uttar Pradesh man who died in police custody. She was earlier detained on her way to visit the family by the cops.
Oct 21, 2021, at 12:52 am
Kushinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in an event marking Abhidhamma Day at the Mahaparinirvana Temple in Kushinagar city of Uttar Pradesh.
SAD not to ally with BJP that backstabbed Punjab and defamed Punjabis: Harsimrat Badal
Oct 21, 2021, at 12:41 am
Jalandhar/UNI: Former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday said that Shiromani Akali Dal will not align with any party (indicating the Bharatiya Janata Party) which has backstabbed Punjab and defamed Punjabi besides endangering its agriculture and economy.
Oct 20, 2021, at 11:07 pm
Kushinagar: In the presence of a high-level Sri Lankan delegation, Indian PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the Kushinagar International Airport in Uttar Pradesh and described the initiative as a tribute to the devotion of Buddhist society across the globe.
Oct 20, 2021, at 11:01 pm
Kushinagar: Sri Lankan Minister for Youth and Sports Namal Rajapaksa, the son of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Wednesday handed over the first copy of the English Sinhala and Tamil translations of the Bhagavad Gita to Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
Facebook to rebrand itself with a new name: Report
Oct 20, 2021, at 10:04 pm
Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, The Verge reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
Drug case: Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan's bail plea rejected
Oct 20, 2021, at 08:54 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's 23-year-old son Aryan Khan, who was arrested in a drug case, will continue to remain in jail as his bail plea was once again rejected by a special Mumbai court Wednesday, media reports said.
Oct 20, 2021, at 08:37 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi government has decided to compensate all the farmers whose crops were destroyed in the unseasonal rains the national capital received this year.
Kashmir: 2 militants and a soldier killed in Shopian gunfight
Oct 20, 2021, at 08:27 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A soldier of the Army's counter-insurgency unit was killed Wednesday in Kashmir's Shopian as a joint operation team of the security forces gunned down two terrorists, including a top commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba, who was involved in the killing of a migrant worker in Pulwama, police said.
SC asks UP govt to stop dragging its feet in Lakhimpur violence case
Oct 20, 2021, at 08:21 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to stop dragging its feet in the probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case even as the state authorities sought time to furnish more details on record in the matter.
Oct 20, 2021, at 07:03 pm
Kushinagar/UNI: Inaugurating the Kushinagar International Airport here in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said the aviation sector will get the much needed shot in the arm due to the Centre's recent decisions that in turn will boost tourism, job opportunity and trade.
Congress' reservation for women in UP polls is an election drama: BSP supremo Mayawati
Oct 20, 2021, at 06:54 pm
Lucknow/UNI/IBNS: Terming the announcement of 40 percent seat reservation for women in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls by Congress as a poll gimmick, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has slammed the Congress saying in Punjab the party was trying to woo the Dalits and now women in UP.