Centre fails to achieve a breakthrough in talks with farmers, next meet on Dec 3
Dec 02, 2020, at 04:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The farmers' representatives have turned down the Centre's second pitch to form a committee for discussing the contentious farm laws, protests against which are intensifying with each passing day.
Disputes between Trinamool Congress, rebel Suvendu Adhikari 'resolved amicably'
Dec 02, 2020, at 04:00 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In an interesting turn of events on Monday night, the differences between the ruling Trinamool Congress and its rebel leader Suvendu Adhikari has been resolved, ending a week-long political drama in poll-bound West Bengal.
Calcutta High Court orders an inquiry into Cyclone Amphan relief corruption
Dec 02, 2020, at 03:59 am
Kolkata/UNI: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday asked the Comptroller and Auditor General of India to investigate into the alleged Cyclone Amphan’s relief corruption incident and submit a report in the next three months.
Rift between Trinamool Congress, rebel leader Suvendu Adhikari likely narrowed
Dec 02, 2020, at 03:44 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a significant political development in poll-bound West Bengal, the rift between the ruling Trinamool Congress and its rebel leader Suvendu Adhikari has likely narrowed.
BSF seizes 25,000 cattles, narcotics worth over Rs 62 crore along Indo-Bangladesh border this year
Dec 02, 2020, at 02:29 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The Guwahati Frontier of Border Security Force (BSF) have seized around 25,000 cattle heads and a huge quantity of narcotics worth more than Rs 62 crore along the Indo-Bangladesh border in three districts of Assam and West Bengal this year so far.
Assam government launches Orunodoi scheme to empower women
Dec 02, 2020, at 02:02 am
Guwahati/IBNS: In giving a thrust to State government’s commitment to empowering the women, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananada Sonowal launched ‘Orunodoi’, the biggest direct benefit transfer scheme of the state at a programme held at Numali Jalah Parade Ground in Amingaon on Tuesday.
48.62pc votes polled in 2nd phase of DDC elections in J&K
Dec 02, 2020, at 01:36 am
Srinagar/UNI: Around 48.62 per cent votes were polled on Tuesday in 43 constituencies during the second phase of District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir amid tight security arrangements.
SC quashes Chanda Kochhar's appeal against ouster as CEO of ICICI Bank
Dec 02, 2020, at 01:27 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the Bombay High Court's dismissal of a petition filed by former ICICI Bank Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) Chanda Kochhar, against her termination.
Centre holds meeting with farmers to find breakthrough in anti-farm laws protest
Dec 02, 2020, at 12:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A meeting between a three-member team of central ministers and the farmers, who are protesting against the Narendra Modi government's newly enacted farm laws, is underway on Tuesday.
'BJP only wants to take credit': Mamata Banerjee hits back at PM Modi over farmers' scheme
Dec 01, 2020, at 11:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a counter attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has slammed West Bengal for not allowing Centre's scheme for farmers, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just wants to take credit by paying only 20 per cent of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi.
Kolkata's Majerhat bridge, renamed as Jai Hind bridge, to be reopened on Dec 3: Mamata Banerjee
Dec 01, 2020, at 10:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will reopen the reconstructed Majerhat bridge, which had collapsed in Sept 2018, in south Kolkata on Thursday.
Justin Trudeau's remarks on farmers protest unwarranted: India
Dec 01, 2020, at 09:22 pm
New Delhi: India on Tuesday reacted strongly against Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's remark on the ongoing farmer protest in New Delhi and said such remarks are 'unwarranted'.
Actor-politician Urmila Matondkar joins Shiv Sena
Dec 01, 2020, at 08:10 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Actor-politician Urmila Matondkar took a plunge in politics for the second time by joining Maharashtra's ruling party, Shiv Sena.
'Shehla Rashid gets fund from foreign agencies': Activist's father makes sensational claim
Dec 01, 2020, at 06:21 pm
Jammu/IBNS: Student activist Shehla Rashid's father Abdul Rashid Shora made a sensational claim that her daughter was used to get funds from foreign agencies in alleged anti-India activities.
Dec 01, 2020, at 05:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Thousands of farmers, who are protesting against the new farm laws in and around the national capital for the sixth straight days, cleared that the government will have to call all 500 organisations, which have joined the massive agitation, in the talks scheduled to be held at 3 pm on Tuesday.
Modi targets Bengal from Varanasi over PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, Trinamool hits back
Dec 01, 2020, at 04:49 pm
Varanasi/Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday targeted West Bengal, the next state his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is aiming to assume power, over a farmers' scheme which has not been allowed by the ruling Trinamool Congress to be implemented in the state.
Oppositions spreading lies to instigate farmers: PM Modi in Varanasi
Dec 01, 2020, at 05:38 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid continuous protests by the farmers in and around Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday defended the Centre's farm laws and accused the oppositions of spreading lies and falsehoods.
Amid row over 'Love Jihad', couples in Assam have to declare religion, income before marriage
Dec 01, 2020, at 05:35 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Amid row over laws against alleged religious conversions due to marriage or 'Love Jihad', Assam government is mulling a law that would require the bride and the groom to declare their income and religion a month before their marriage.
MiG-29K crash: Wreckage indicates missing pilot did eject, says report
Dec 01, 2020, at 03:51 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The missing pilot of the Indian Navy MiG-29K trainer aircraft that crashed in the Arabian Sea last Thursday evening managed to eject moments before it went down, media reports said.
Country giving befitting reply to expansionist forces: PM Modi
Dec 01, 2020, at 02:54 am
Varanasi/UNI: Without taking any names, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at China, saying that the country is giving a befitting reply to the expansionist forces.
NDA ally Hanuman Beniwal threatens to quit over new farm laws
Dec 01, 2020, at 02:52 am
Jaipur/IBNS: Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) chief Hanuman Beniwal has threatened to quit NDA if the new farm laws are not scrapped, becoming the second ally after Shiromani Akali Dal to disapprove the decision of the BJP-led coalition at the Centre.
Sarbananda Sonowal lays foundation stone of cricket stadium in Assam's Majuli district
Dec 01, 2020, at 01:22 am
Guwahati/IBNS: In a significant step in strengthening the sports infrastructure of Majuli and bringing the island district in the cricket map of the nation, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation for a cricket ground along with a pavilion at Kamalabari in Majuli on Monday.
Amid 'love jihad' row, late Wajid Khan's wife reveals pressure from her in-laws for conversion
Dec 01, 2020, at 12:39 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Amid the heated 'love jihad' debate in the country, late music composer Wajid Khan's wife has alleged she was forced by her in-laws to convert to Islam religion.
Assam: Three people killed in bus-oil tanker collision
Nov 30, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: At least three people were killed and few others injured following a head on collision between a passenger bus and an oil tanker in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir: JeM militant associate arrested, cash to 'purchase weapons' seized in Kupwara
Nov 30, 2020, at 10:49 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Police on Monday arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant associate along with a grenade and cash, meant to purchase weapons, in frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara, official sources said.
Two Kashmir based narcotic smugglers arrested with cannabis in Udhampur
Nov 30, 2020, at 10:48 pm
Jammu/UNI: Police on Monday arrested two Kashmir based narcotic smugglers with contraband of cannabis in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.
BJP tries to get support from indigenous Muslims ahead of Assam assembly polls
Nov 30, 2020, at 10:44 pm
Guwahati/IBNS : Keeping in view of the assembly poll in Assam which is scheduled in 2021, the Assam state BJP is making strategy to get support from the indigenous Muslim people in the state.
Assam Rifles conduct COVID-19 awareness campaign in Nagaland
Nov 30, 2020, at 10:42 pm
Guwahati, Nov 30 : Shamator Assam Rifles battalion under the aegis of HQ IGAR(N) carried out a focussed awareness drive and campaign targeting the remote villages in Nagaland's Tuensang and Noklak district.
Bengaluru: Software engineer arrested for sharing child pornography
Nov 30, 2020, at 10:34 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Cybercrime police here have booked a case against a software engineer for allegedly accessing and sharing child pornography.
PM Narendra Modi dedicates six-lane Varanasi-Prayagraj highway to nation
Nov 30, 2020, at 10:32 pm
Varanasi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the six-lane highway project from Prayagraj to Varanasi on Monday during a visit to his parliamentary constituency on the occasion of Dev Deepawali.