Sep 11, 2020, at 03:40 pm
New Delhi: India and the US have issued a joint statement where the nations have urged Pakistan to take necessary measures to end terror activities emanating from its soil.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, border situation discussed
Sep 11, 2020, at 03:15 pm
New York: External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow on the side-lines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting where the leaders discussed the current tension at the border in recent times, officials said.
Russia, India, China discuss ways to strengthen trilateral ties
Sep 11, 2020, at 03:07 pm
New Delhi/Moscow/UNI: Russia, India and China on Thursday discussed the ways to further strengthen their trilateral cooperation as well as topical issues of international and regional importance.
Kangana Ranaut feels humiliated, wants compensation for demolition, Minister says after meeting her
Sep 11, 2020, at 05:47 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Kangana Ranaut, whose production company Manikarnika Films Pvt Ltd’s office in Mumbai was demolished by the civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over alleged illegal construction, wants compensation, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said on Thursday after meeting with the actress here.
13.74 lakh Indians have been repatriated so far: MEA
Sep 11, 2020, at 04:33 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday informed that 13.74 lakh Indians have been repatriated so far through different modes of the Vande Bharat Mission viz. Air India, private and foreign carriers, chartered flights, naval ships and land border crossings.
Bombay HC adjourns Kangana Ranaut's plea against office demolition by BMC
Sep 11, 2020, at 04:25 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it will hear actor Kangana Ranaut’s petition against the demolition of her Pali Hill office by Brihannamumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on September 22.
Sep 11, 2020, at 03:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephone conversation with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on Thursday during which they reviewed the status of ongoing cooperation between the two countries.
Kolkata Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma tests positive for Covid-19
Sep 11, 2020, at 02:49 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Commissioner of the Kolkata Police force, Anuj Sharma, on Thursday tested positive for novel coronavirus and he is currently in home quarantine with mild symptoms, city police officials said.
S Jaishankar meets Chinese counterpart in Moscow amid LAC tension
Sep 11, 2020, at 02:38 am
Moscow/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is meeting his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow as an attempt to defuse the rising tension along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border between the two nations.
Drug stores in Srinagar penalised for sale of Pulse Oximeters without MRP
Sep 11, 2020, at 01:20 am
Srinagar/UNI: The Legal Metrology Department (LMD) on Thursday booked three drug stores in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar for offering the sale of Pulse Oximeters without Maximum Retail Price (MRP) and other mandatory declarations.
West Bengal: Athlete Pinki Pramanik joins BJP
Sep 11, 2020, at 12:45 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Indian athlete Pinki Pramanik, who is from West Bengal's Purulia district, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Thursday.
Nagaland: Insurgents fire upon security forces in Zunheboto
Sep 10, 2020, at 10:44 pm
Zunheboto/IBNS: Security forces were fired upon by insurgents in village Baimho, Zunheboto in Nagaland on Wednesday night.
Supreme Court allows two more weeks to Centre and RBI to decide on loan moratorium
Sep 10, 2020, at 10:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the Centre two weeks more to come up with a "concrete plan" to ease the burden of EMI on borrowers using an optional moratorium on repayment of loans, said media reports.
Fire at school in Nagaland's Dimapur, 4 injured
Sep 10, 2020, at 10:23 pm
Dimapur/IBNS: A massive fire broke out at the back side of Hollotoli school, Purana Bazar in Nagaland's Dimapur on Thursday.
No anti-Covid-19 lockdown in West Bengal on Sept 12, announces Mamata Banerjee
Sep 10, 2020, at 07:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In yet another change in the lockdown dates, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the state won't witness complete anti-Covid-19 restrictions on Sept 12, keeping in mind the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) scheduled to be held on the next day.
India inducts Rafale jets into IAF's 'Golden Arrows' squadron amid border faceoff with China
Sep 10, 2020, at 07:07 pm
Ambala/IBNS: Delivering a strong message to its hostile neighbour China and its all-weather ally Pakistan, India inducted five controversy-marred French-made Rafale jets into the Indian Air Force (IAF)'s 'Golden Arrows' squadron at the Ambala airbase in Haryana on Thursday.
IAF inducts five Rafale fighter jets at Ambala air base
Sep 10, 2020, at 05:20 pm
Ambala/UNI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) formally inducted the first batch of five French-made Rafale fighter aircraft at Ambala air base in Haryana on Thursday.
Kashmir: Major tragedy averted, powerful IED defused in Baramulla
Sep 10, 2020, at 05:03 pm
Baramulla/UNI: Alert security forces averted yet another major tragedy when they detected and defused a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by security forces in this north Kashmir district on Thursday, official sources said.
Unlock 4: Delhi Metro services resume on Red, Green, Violet lines
Sep 10, 2020, at 04:38 pm
New Delhi/UNI: As a part of the Stage-I of graded resumption of metro services, the Delhi Metro on Thursday resumed operations after 172 days on its three Lines- Red Line (Rithala-Shaheed Sthal), Green Line (Kirti Nagar/Inderlok-Brig Hoshiar Singh) and Violet Line (Kashmere Gate-Raja Nahar Singh).
Sep 10, 2020, at 03:57 pm
London/IBNS: On the third day of the five-day-trial of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi’s extradition hearing in connection with the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case at a court in the UK on Wednesday, his mental health and the prison conditions in India remained on the focus.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury appointed as West Bengal Congress chief
Sep 10, 2020, at 06:07 am
Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP from Bengal's Berhampore Lok Sabha constituency, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has been appointed as the President of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC).
Sharad Pawar speaks to Uddhav Thackeray on the ill-timed demolition of Kangana Ranaut's office
Sep 10, 2020, at 05:07 am
Mumbai/IBNS: NCP chief Sharad Pawar met with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday and communicated his disapproval over the action taken by the Shiv Sena-controlled civic body on actress Kangana Ranaut’s office in Mumbai's Pali Hill locality, media reports said.
India will retaliate if its defences on heights in tense Pangong Lake is breached: Report
Sep 10, 2020, at 03:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The situation in Pangong Lake is being controlled by the Chinese government and not the local commanders and can take any turn, said media reports.
Maharashtra: Three arrested for trespassing on CM Uddhav Thackeray’s farmhouse in Raigad
Sep 10, 2020, at 02:13 am
Mumbai/UNI: Police on Wednesday arrested three people reportedly associated with a private TV news channel Republic for allegedly trespassing on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s farmhouse at Karjat in neighbouring Raigad district.
CRPF jawan injured in militant grenade attack in Anantnag
Sep 10, 2020, at 02:09 am
Anantnag/UNI: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was injured in a militant hand grenade attack in this south Kashmir district Wednesday evening, official sources said.
Rafale to be formally inducted in IAF at Ambala Station
Sep 10, 2020, at 02:01 am
Ambala/UNI: Fighter Jet Rafale will be formally inducted in the Indian Air Force at Ambala Air Force Station at an impressive function here on Thursday.
Supreme Court asks Cente to clarify over full refund of air ticket
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:56 am
New Delhi/UNI: Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre to clarify whether it is willing to give complete refund of air tickets booked for travel during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Ex-Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis terms Kangana's office demolition 'cowardice and revenge'
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:45 am
New Delhi/UNI: Former Maharashtra chief minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday came out in support of actor Kangana Ranaut and said civic body BMC moving in to demolish alleged illegal structures at her office in Mumbai, was an act of 'cowardice and revenge'.
Pakistan yet again violates truce in Poonch, India retaliates
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:39 am
Jammu/UNI: Pakistan troops on Wednesday yet again violated the ceasefire by firing unprovoked along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Arunachal Pradesh: Seppa Town Planning Committee meeting held
Sep 10, 2020, at 12:09 am
Guwahati/IBNS: In a bid to chalk out a strategy and to conceptualize a master plan for beautification and holistic development of Seppa Township and its adjacent area, the recently constituted Seppa Town Planning Committee on Tuesday convened its first meeting at Kameng Hall, Seppa in Arunachal Pradesh’s East Kameng district.