Oct 03, 2020, at 06:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to lead the war on rape and end the crisis of justice for the women and children of the country amid widespread outrage over the Hathras incident.
PM Modi Modi to inaugurate Atal Tunnel in Manali tomorrow
Oct 03, 2020, at 05:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the long-awaited Atal Tunnel, Rohtang at 10 AM on Saturday, that will connect Manali to Lahaul-Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh throughout the year.
India aims to eliminate tuberculosis from the country by 2025: PM Modi at VAIBHAV Summit
Oct 03, 2020, at 05:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the need of the hour is to ensure more youngsters develop interests in science while inaugurating the Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit, a global virtual summit of overseas and resident Indian researchers and academicians.
'Will continue stir till Adityanath resigns': Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad on Hathras
Oct 03, 2020, at 04:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, who joined a protest against the Hathras incident in Delhi's Jantar Mantar, questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the horrific assault on the 19-year-old Dalit girl and said his agitation would continue till Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath resigned.
Five UP cops suspended over 'allegations of mismanagement' in Hathras case
Oct 03, 2020, at 04:30 am
Lucknow/IBNS: Five policemen, including the Superintendent of Police, of Hathras district have been suspended in connection with the fatal gangrape case in Uttar Pradesh amid nationwide outrage and protests.
Oct 03, 2020, at 02:42 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti has urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to allow politicians and the media to meet the kin of the 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was allegedly raped two weeks ago and succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday last.
Oct 03, 2020, at 02:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and their supporters on Friday evening joined the protest at the national capital's Jantar Mantar demanding justice for the 19-year-old Hathras victim, who died two weeks after a brutal gangrape by four men in Uttar Pradesh.
Sonia Gandhi cautions people from those unleashing an era of psychological fear and confusion
Oct 03, 2020, at 01:40 am
Patna/UNI: Describing Mahatma Gandhi's' ideology as the soul and spirit of Congress, president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said that her party's work plan was formulated in the interest of common people whereas the opposition with vested interest was vociferously speaking about the Father of Nation to take mileage of his works but on the other has unleashed an era of psychological fear and confusion.
J&K: NIA files charge sheet against 3 in Kulgam LeT terror recruitment case
Oct 02, 2020, at 11:20 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed a charge sheet against three accused persons in a special court, Jammu under sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act - UAPA and Ranbir Penal Code for their alleged involvement in recruiting terrorists for Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in Kulgam district of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), the agency said here on Friday.
Oct 02, 2020, at 10:56 pm
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said 820 international flights have been scheduled from 19 countries under the seventh phase of the Vande Bharat mission which commenced from Oct 1.
Yogi Adityanath govt failed to maintain law and oprder in UP: Siddaramaiah
Oct 02, 2020, at 10:23 pm
Belagavi/UNI: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah on Friday alleged that there is no Law and Order in Uttar Pradesh and Chief Minister Yogi Aditiyanath is running a 'Jungle Raj.'
UP: Woman gang-raped in Lucknow for a week, 2 arrested
Oct 02, 2020, at 10:19 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Amid protest over rapes in Hathras, Balrampur and other places in Uttar Pradesh, now the state capital Lucknow has been rocked by an incident of gang-rape.
Uttar Pradesh: Youth accused of raping cousin held
Oct 02, 2020, at 10:18 pm
Rai Bareli/UNI: A youth, who allegedly raped his minor, cousin sister was arrested by the police in the Mill area here on Friday.
Oct 02, 2020, at 10:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: BJP's newly appointed national secretary from West Bengal, Anupam Hazra, who had threatened to hug Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee if he ever contracted Covid-19, tested positive for the contagious virus on Friday.
UP government is committed to ensuring safety of women: Yogi Adityanath
Oct 02, 2020, at 09:53 pm
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth on Friday said his government is committed to ensure women's safety in the state where recent incidents of atrocities against women in Hathras and Balrampur have triggered countrywide outrage.
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap denies charges of sexual harassment
Oct 02, 2020, at 09:41 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Friday denied all the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by TV actor Payal Ghosh.
Villagers kill two people on suspicion for practicing witchcraft in Assam’s Karbi Anglong
Oct 02, 2020, at 09:37 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: In a shocking incident, a group of villagers have allegedly killed and burnt the bodies of two people in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district after the local villagers suspected them for practicing witchcraft and a kangaroo court decided to kill them.
India's freedom icon Mahatma Gandhi likely to feature on British currency
Oct 02, 2020, at 09:36 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Indians, cutting across political affiliations, are awaiting with 'bated breath' the approval of a proposal in the United Kingdom (UK) to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi on it's currency.
Central African Republic: Elections are ‘unique opportunity’ for peace: Guterres
Oct 02, 2020, at 09:34 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General has called for parties in the Central African Republic (CAR) to prioritize national dialogue and consensus-building ahead of elections scheduled to begin in December.
Madhya Pradesh: Ex-UP CM Mayawati condemns gang-rape of tribal girl
Oct 02, 2020, at 09:32 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Friday condemned the gang-rape of a tribal girl in Madhya Pradesh's Khargaur and demanded strict action against the culprits.
Jammu and Kashmir: Indian Army jawan kills self in Uri
Oct 02, 2020, at 09:25 pm
Srinagar/UNI: An Army soldier died shot himself dead with his service rifle in the border town of Uri in north Kashmir district of Baramulla.
Maharashtra: Two farmers die by suicide in Nashik dist
Oct 02, 2020, at 08:57 pm
Nashik/UNI: Two persons, including a farmer, allegedly died by suicide in the district, police said on Friday.
Proud to be born in India of Gandhi: Mir Junaid on Gandhi Jayanti
Oct 02, 2020, at 08:26 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party president Mir Junaid on Friday said he was proud to be born in the country of Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of the 151st birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation.
PM Modi wishes speedy recovery of Donald Trump, Melania Trump from Covid-19
Oct 02, 2020, at 07:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished speedy recovery of US President Donald Trump and the First Lady of the country Melania Trump from Covid-19.
Air Marshal Vikram Singh takes charge as WAC Senior Air Staff Officer
Oct 02, 2020, at 07:23 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Air Marshal Vikram Singh has taken over as Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters Western Air Command (WAC).
Farmers will emerge victorious in their struggle against the farm sector bills: Sonia Gandhi
Oct 02, 2020, at 07:19 pm
New Delhi/UNI: On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Friday attacked the Centre over the farm sector laws and said that the government brought these farm laws without consulting anyone.
TMC delegation on way to Hathras stopped by UP Police
Oct 02, 2020, at 06:50 pm
Kolkata/Hathras/IBNS: A four-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation, which was on their way to Uttar Pradesh's Hathras where a 19-year old woman was brutally gangraped and later died, was stopped by the police on Friday.
Maharashtra: Fire at shopping complex in Thane, no casualty
Oct 02, 2020, at 05:21 pm
Thane/UNI: At least six shops were gutted in a fire in a shopping complex of a housing colony at G B Road on Friday morning, the civic official said.
Shocked our conscience: Allahabad HC takes suo moto cognisance of Hathras case
Oct 02, 2020, at 04:07 pm
Prayagraj/IBNS: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has taken suo moto cognisance of the case pertaining to the fatal gangrape of a 19-year old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras that has sparked a widespread outrage across the country.
Maharastra: Five of family commit suicide by jumping into waterfall in Yavatmal
Oct 02, 2020, at 03:19 pm
Nanded/UNI: Five members of a family have allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Sahastrakund waterfall near Murli village in Yavatmal district of Vidarbha.