Aug 25, 2021, at 01:25 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Five women teachers agitating against alleged punishment transfer by the state government attempted suicide by consuming poison in presence of police personnel outside state school education headquarter, Bikash Bhavan, in Kolkata's Salt Lake on Tuesday evening, reports said.
Jammu and Kashmir: Man from across PoK detained by Army in Poonch
Aug 25, 2021, at 12:09 am
Jammu/UNI: The Army apprehended a person of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Tuesday after he crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and entered into Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
Union Cabinet Minister Narayan Rane arrested for 'slap' remark against Uddhav Thckeray
Aug 24, 2021, at 11:29 pm
New Delhi: Union Minister Narayan Rane was arrested on Tuesday for his 'slap' remark against Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thakceray.
Aug 24, 2021, at 10:51 pm
Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday received three of the last six Swaroops of Guru Granth Sahib from Kabul.
Jammu and Kashmir: Three terrorists die during Sopore encounter
Aug 24, 2021, at 09:25 pm
Sopore: At least three terrorists died during an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town of Baramulla district on Tuesday, officials said.
Devi Shakti is name of India's Afghanistan evacuation process
Aug 24, 2021, at 08:15 pm
New Delhi/UNI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday gave a name to India's evacuation process from Afghanistan, calling it ‘Operation Devi Shakti”.
Assam: 50 villagers fall ill after consuming prasad in Charaideo
Aug 24, 2021, at 07:32 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: At least 50 people fell ill after consuming prasad at a religious function in Assam’s Charaideo district.
Assam: Two arms smugglers nabbed with weapons in Karimganj
Aug 24, 2021, at 07:28 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Police and Border Security Force (BSF) in a joint operation have seized four 7.65 mm pistols along with magazines and a pen pistol and nabbed two arms smugglers in Assam’s Karimganj district.
Slap Uddhav remark: Sena, BJP supporters clash after FIR lodged against Narayan Rane
Aug 24, 2021, at 05:48 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The supporters of the ruling Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed here Tuesday morning after a case was filed against Union Minister Narayan Rane, who has passed a controversial comment on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Aug 24, 2021, at 05:05 pm
Tension may once again be heightened between Beijing and New Delhi as satellite imagery of alleged Chinese roads and other infrastructure leading to the Depsang Plains have surfaced online, media reports said.
World just stood and watched Afghanistan burn, now they are silent on our exploitation: Afghan women
Aug 24, 2021, at 04:29 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Scores of refugees hit the street here on Monday to protest against the takeover of their country Afghanistan by Taliban.
Sopore encounter: Train services suspended between Budgam, Baramulla
Aug 24, 2021, at 03:53 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Train service between Budgam in central and Baramulla in north Kashmir was on Tuesday suspended as a precautionary measure in view of an encounter between militants and security forces in the apple township of Sopore.
Navjot Sidhu's advisors are Pakistan agents who should be booked for treason: Chugh
Aug 24, 2021, at 03:41 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Monday said that Punjab Congress president Navjot Sidhu's advisors were reciting the script that has come to them from Pakistan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel discuss Afghanistan issue
Aug 24, 2021, at 02:44 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on phone on Monday with his German counterpart Federal Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel when they discussed the current crisis in Afghanistan.
Jammu and Kashmir: Unidentified terrorist killed during encounter in Sopore
Aug 24, 2021, at 02:37 pm
Baramulla/UNI: An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in apple township of Sopore in this north Kashmir district on Tuesday, official sources said.
Top Lashkar terrorist and aide gunned down by J&K cops in plainclothes
Aug 24, 2021, at 06:35 am
Srinagar/IBNS: In a Bollywood-style operation, two of Jammu and Kashmir's most wanted terrorists were killed in Srinagar on Monday.
Amarnathji Yatra concludes as Mahant Deependra Giri performs 'Samapan Pooja'
Aug 24, 2021, at 03:52 am
Srinagar: The 'Samapan Pooja' to mark the closing of the annual pilgrimage to the Shri Amarnathji cave shrine on Shravan Poornima was performed Sunday amid chanting of religious hymns and mantras.
DDC Srinagar inspects restoration works of Vicharnag
Aug 24, 2021, at 03:37 am
Srinagar/IBNS: In order to review the pace of the ongoing rejuvenation and restoration works of historical water bodies in Srinagar, the District Development Commissioner (DDC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad visited Vicharnag, Gilsar, Khushalsar and other water springs to take stock of ongoing restoration works on Monday.
Recent developments in Afghanistan necessitates CAA enactment: Hardeep Singh Puri
Aug 24, 2021, at 02:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the ongoing evacuation process by the Indian government from the war-torn Afghanistan, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri justified the necessary enactment of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) citing the "harrowing" conditions of Hindus and Sikhs in the "volatile neighbourhood".
'Can't go back': Afghans demonstrate in Delhi seeking refugee status, financial security
Aug 24, 2021, at 02:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS: As the world is witnessing a massive crisis unfold in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the south Asian country, Afghan nationals in India are seeking refugee status and financial security for which they demonstrated outside the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Delhi on Monday.
Army selection board clears Colonel rank for five women officers
Aug 24, 2021, at 01:04 am
New Delhi/UNI: In a first, Selection Board of the Indian Army cleared promotion of five women officers to Colonel rank on time scale basis after they completed 26 years of service in Signals, Electronic and Mechanical Engineers Corps, an official statement said.
Aug 23, 2021, at 11:50 pm
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), facing losses across India, is trying to rebuild its cadre strength. With voluntary recruitment drying up, the group has started focusing increasingly on forced recruitment of children.
Meghalaya: HNLC: Seeking Attention
Aug 23, 2021, at 11:48 pm
On August 13, 2021, a combined Police team of East Khasi Hills and East Jaintia Hills had gone to Mawlai-Kynton Massar locality in Shillong (East Khasi Hills District) to arrest former Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) ‘general secretary’ from his home. However, the former militant resisted and held a knife forcing the police to shot in self-defense leading to his death.
Indian govt releases three Pakistani fishermen as 'goodwill gesture'
Aug 23, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Lahore: India recently released three Pakistani fishermen as a 'goodwill gesture'.
Bengaluru: Two die, three injured in blast at food-making unit
Aug 23, 2021, at 11:22 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Two persons died and three others, including a partner of a firm, were injured in a major cylinder blast at a food factory here on Monday.
MEA to brief floor leaders of political parties on Afghanistan developments: EAM Jaishankar
Aug 23, 2021, at 08:29 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed the Ministry of External Affairs to brief floor leaders of political parties on the developments in Afghanistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Monday.
Forty-six Afghan Sikhs and Hindus being evacuated by IAF from Taliban-invaded Kabul
Aug 23, 2021, at 07:20 pm
Kabul/New Delhi/UNI: Forty-six Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, along with some Indian nationals, are being evacuated from Taliban-invaded Kabul by an Indian Air Force plane, Puneet Singh Chandhok, president of Indian World Forum, said on Monday.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar terms meeting with PM Modi on caste-based census 'positive'
Aug 23, 2021, at 06:57 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday termed his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on caste-based census ''positive''.
Former Uttar Pradesh CM late Kalyan Singh to be cremated in Bulandshahr today
Aug 23, 2021, at 04:40 pm
Aligarh/UNI: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, who passed away on August 21, will be cremated at the Bansighat on the banks of holy Ganga river in Narora in Bulandshahr district on Monday.
Afghanistan Crisis: Second batch of 146 Indians evacuated to Qatar repatriated to India
Aug 23, 2021, at 04:34 am
Doha: The second batch of 146 Indian nationals, who were evacuated from Afghanistan to Doha, are on the way to India.