Mayawati's BSP joins race to woo Brahmins in UP
Aug 10, 2020, at 01:21 am
Lucknow/UNI: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday followed the footsteps of Samajwadi Party and Congress, trying to allure the Brahmins.
Shiv Sena slams Bharatiya Janata Party for maligning Thackerays
Aug 10, 2020, at 01:12 am
Mumbai/UNI: The Shiv Sena on Sunday alleged that the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is politicising the Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case by linking a state minister for political gains.
Odisha: Security personnel recover huge arms ammunition from four Maoist camps
Aug 10, 2020, at 12:56 am
Bhubaneswar/UNI: The Security forces have recovered huge quantities of live ammunition, empty cartridges and camp articles from four Naxal camps in a row during anti-Naxal operation in Gandhamardan Reserve Forest in Bolangir District.
J&K: Roads construction under PMGSY in Baramulla in full swing despite Covid-19
Aug 09, 2020, at 11:41 pm
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir seems to be benefiting from the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) as the construction of a road under it is now gaining pace after a brief halt due to COVID-19 imposed lockdown.
Single civilian was not killed in the past one year: Shopian Official in Kashmir
Aug 09, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Srinagar: Noting the good impact of scrapping Article 370 by the Centre, the Shopian District Commissioner in Jammu and Kashmir said not a single civilian was not killed in the past one year.
PM KP Oli says Lord Ram was born in south Nepal’s Ayodhyapuri
Aug 09, 2020, at 10:49 pm
Kathmandu: Igniting the row over Lord Rama's birthplace, Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli said the Hindu deity was born in south Nepal’s Ayodhyapuri and not Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, media reports said.
Kashmir Issue: OIC gives 'jolt' to Pakistan
Aug 09, 2020, at 10:31 pm
Pakistan recently received a jolt from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a powerful group of 57 Muslim-majority countries across the continents, when it did not convene a session of its Council of Foreign Ministers on Kashmir.
21-yr-old UP girl commits suicide after harassment and beating by policemen
Aug 09, 2020, at 09:53 pm
Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh)/IBNS: A 21-year-old girl committed suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun district on Saturday morning after being allegedly tortured by police for hours and asked to report back the next day along with her two other friends.
11 members of Pakistani Hindu migrant family found dead in Rajasthan
Aug 09, 2020, at 08:51 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Eleven members of a Hindu family who migrated from Pakistan were found dead at a farm in Jodhpur district on Sunday morning, said a media report.
Amit Shah tests negative for COVID-19, Manoj Tiwari tweets
Aug 09, 2020, at 06:56 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah who was earlier infected with the deadly contagion, tested negative for Coronavirus, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Manoj Tiwari informed in a tweet on Sunday.
Cattle smuggling on rise along Indo-Bangladesh border, three smugglers held with 44 cattle heads
Aug 09, 2020, at 06:31 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Cattle smuggling is rising in Assam’s South Salmara distict along Indo-Bangladesh border amid COVID-19 pandemic situation.
Govt transferred Rs. 17,100 crores directly to 8.5 crore farmers' bank accounts: PM Modi
Aug 09, 2020, at 06:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday informed that his government has transferred Rs. 17,100 crores directly to the bank accounts of over 8.5 crore farmers as part of the PM-KISAN scheme, aimed at providing support of Rs. 6,000 annually to them.
India bans 101 defence items' imports in bid for self-reliance: Rajnath Singh
Aug 09, 2020, at 05:37 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a push to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for Atma Nirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India), Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday announced that India will stop the import of 101 items "beyond given timeline" to boost indigenous production.
Massive fire breaks out at Andhra Pradesh COVID-19 facility, 9 dead, many feared trapped
Aug 09, 2020, at 03:26 pm
Hyderabad/IBNS: At least nine people died in a massive fire that broke out at a hotel which was being used as a COVID-19 facility in Andhra Pradesh's Vijaywada on Sunday morning.
Aug 09, 2020, at 03:34 am
New Delhi: The Indian Defence Ministry's report about the situation along LAC in Eastern Ladakh in “no way” contradicts the remarks made by country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June about localised events in Galwan Valley, where a faceoff followed between soldiers of India and China, media reports said.
Lord Rama Temple construction in Ayodhya: Anti-India protest at Times Square fails
Aug 09, 2020, at 03:20 am
New York: It was a victory for Indian diaspora members as they shouted and outnumbered anti-India demonstrators, mostly Pakistanis, who had assembled at the Times Square in New York city to disrupt the celebrations of the construction of Lord Ram Temple in Ayodhya by raking up the Khalistan issue.
Manohar Lal Khattar meets late Sushant Singh Rajput's father, sister, assure them of 'justice'
Aug 09, 2020, at 03:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday met late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's father and sister and assured them of "justice" as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing into the death of the onscreen MS Dhoni.
Ram Sene urges Centre to ban Muslim Personal Law Board
Aug 09, 2020, at 02:07 am
Vijaypura/UNI: In a scathing attack on the All India Muslim Personal Law Board for instigating the Hindus by stating that it would go ahead with the construction of Babri Masjid, where the Ram Temple is going to be built, the Sri Ram Sene on Saturday demanded the Central government to ban the Board.
Aug 09, 2020, at 02:06 am
Kozhikode/IBNS: Sharafudheen Pilassery, a 35-year-old native of Kerala's Kunnamangalam, clicked a selfie with his wife and two-year-old daughter after boarding Air India Express flight IX-1344 at Dubai International Airport on Friday (Aug 7). The family was super excited to go home— their unmissable happy and smiling faces, despite the safety face-shields and masks, made the image more shiny.
Rajasthan: 6 BSP MLAs merged with Congress reach SC seeking transfer of disqualification case
Aug 09, 2020, at 01:40 am
Jaipur/New Delhi/IBNS: Six Rajasthan MLAs, who had won in Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)'s tickets but later merged with the Congress, on Saturday reached the Supreme Court seeking a transfer of the disqualification cases against them to the top court, media reports said.
Aug 08, 2020, at 11:37 pm
Kozhikode/IBNS: Kerala Health department has asked all the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel and local residents, who were involved in the rescue efforts at Karipur airport in Kozhikode last night, to go into self isolation as one deceased passenger of the ill-fated Air India Express flight has tested positive for Covid-19 while at least three more persons are suspected to be positive.
Aug 08, 2020, at 09:52 pm
Kozhikode/IBNS: Air India Express's First Officer Akhilesh Kumar, who had co-piloted the first flight to Kozhikode from Dubai under the Vande Bharat Mission three months ago, lost his life in last night's plane crash at Karipur airport in Kerala's Kozhikode, leaving behind his wife who is expecting to deliver their child in the next 15-17 days, reports said.
Black Box of crashed Air India Express flight IX-1344 found
Aug 08, 2020, at 08:59 pm
Kozhikode/IBNS: The black box or flight data recorders - of the Air India Express flight- that fell into a deep gorge after skidding on a wet runway on Friday evening, killing at least 18 people, including both pilots, has been found.
Kozhikode airport dangerous for landing: Expert had warned 9 yrs ago, says report
Aug 08, 2020, at 07:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A top air safety expert has said he had warned years ago against the dangers of landing airplanes at the Kozhikode airport which has a short table top runway with 200 feet deep gorges on both sides of the tarmac, said a media report.
Jammu and Kashmir: Fire in sub district hospital Tangmarg in Baramulla
Aug 08, 2020, at 05:16 pm
Baramulla/UNI: A fire broke out in Sub District Hospital (SDH), Tangmarg in this north Kashmir district on Saturday morning, official sources said.
West Bengal observing complete lockdown to combat COVID-19
Aug 08, 2020, at 05:12 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal is observing yet another day of complete statewide lockdown on Saturday to combat the spread of highly infectious COVID-19 virus.
US expresses grief over loss of lives in Kerala plane crash
Aug 08, 2020, at 03:43 pm
New Delhi/Washington/Kozhikode/IBNS: The United States on Saturday condoled the loss of lives in a plane accident in Kerala's Kozhikode airport on Friday evening.
Kerala: Death toll due to Air India flight crash touches 18
Aug 08, 2020, at 03:15 pm
Kozhikode/IBNS: The death toll due to the Air India Express aircraft crash in Kerala's Karipur airport on Friday touched 18, media reports said.
Captain who died in Kerala plane crash was decorated ex-IAF fighter pilot
Aug 08, 2020, at 05:41 am
New Delhi/IBNS: One of the pilots of the Air India Express plane, which crashed in Kerala's Kozhikode on Friday, died along with 16 others.
Sushant Singh Rajput case: Centre asks Supreme Court to be heard in Rhea Chakraborty's petition
Aug 08, 2020, at 05:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has filed a petition with the Supreme Court requesting to be heard in the petition filed by actor Rhea Chakraborty challenging the case against her in Bihar in the death of her boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput, media reports said.