Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tests positive for Covid-19, hospitalised
Aug 05, 2020, at 01:47 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India's Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tested positive for Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19 on Tuesday.
Karnataka govt orders special poojas in temples during Ram temple 'bhoomi pujan'
Aug 05, 2020, at 01:29 am
Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka Government on Tuesday issued a circular asking the temples to organise the special puja and prayers following the COVID-19 guidelines for the successful ‘bhoomi pujan’ at Ayodhya for the completion of the Ram temple and the well being of the people of the country.
Kashmiri youth develops app alternative to China's ShareIt
Aug 05, 2020, at 01:08 am
Srinagar/IBNS: A youth of Jammu and Kashmir developed a file-sharing application which will work as an alternative to Chinese app ShareIt, media reports said.
Aug 05, 2020, at 12:30 am
Islamabad/IBNS: In yet another attempt to unjustifiably claim Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday unveiled a new political map of his country which included the entire valley.
Kolkata: Rain brings much-needed relief to city
Aug 05, 2020, at 12:02 am
Kolkata/UNI: After days of scorching heat and humidity, the city and the rest of south Bengal woke up to blinding rain and a dark sky early this morning.
India successfully gains allies while confronting China, feels expert
Aug 04, 2020, at 11:56 pm
India's own strong response and the support it received from other countries over the recent Galwan clash 'rattled' China, an expert said.
Century old Ayodhya dispute now a history: How the saga unfolded since 1857
Aug 04, 2020, at 11:37 pm
Ayodhya: The century old Ayodhya land dispute would be put on a back burner and will be a history from August 5 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of the grand Ram temple here.
Farooq Abdullah, Mir demand probe into Pandit exodus
Aug 04, 2020, at 11:33 pm
Srinagar: Realising that Kashmir is incomplete without Pandits, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah demanded a probe by retired Supreme Court judges into the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley in early 1990s.
Kashmir: Editor detained under 107 CrPC, shifted to central Jail, Srinagar
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:56 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Editor of a south Kashmir news website “ Kashmiriyat” Qazi Shibli was booked under Section 107 of Criminal Procedure Code ( CrPC) and shifted to Central Jail, Srinagar, official sources said.
Pakistan-sponsored narco-terror modules posing major security concern in J&K: Security agencies
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:55 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Amid fresh security threats from across the western borders ahead of the Independence Day, senior officials in the security establishment have indicated that that Pakistani drug syndicates’ activities in Jammu and Kashmir has become a matter of major concern.
No flight operations from Kolkata Airport on revised lockdown days
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Kolkata: Flight operations in Kolkata Airport will remain suspended on the revised dates of state-wide lockdown announced by the West Bengal government on Monday.
JKWP President Mir Junaid wishes country on first anniversary of abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:37 pm
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Workers Party President Mir Junaid extended his wishes to the whole nation on the first anniversary of the constitutional amendments that were made on Aug 5 last year which led to the scrapping of Article 370 that granted special status to the region.
UP: Road mishap claims two lives
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:24 pm
Rai Bareli/UNI: A man and his son were killed when a speeding vehicle rammed into them in the Harchandpur area of this Uttar Pradesh district on Tuesday.
Puduchery Crime: Man stabs house owner to death
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Puducherry, Aug 4 (UNI)A man allegedly stabbed his house owner to death in a dispute over the payment of house rent at Airport road here, police said on Tuesday.
Two Indian nationals, released from captivity in Afghanistan, return home
Aug 04, 2020, at 09:54 pm
New Delhi: Two Indian nationals, who were released from captivity in Afghanistan on July 31, returned to India on Tuesday, officials said.
Aug 04, 2020, at 09:01 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Budget carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday said it has secured slots at the London Heathrow airport to operate flights under the bubble arrangement between India and UK, the airline said in a filing with Bombay Stock Exchange.
Karnataka: BJP MLA tests positive for Covid-19
Aug 04, 2020, at 08:45 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Former minister and senior BJP MLA, Haratal Halappa, representing Sagar Assembly seat in Shivamogga district, tested positive for the Covid-19 on Tuesday.
Kashmir: High-level meeting reviews security situation ahead of anniversary of Art 370 abrogation
Aug 04, 2020, at 08:37 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A high-level core group meeting reviewed overall security situation and coordinated measures for the month of August ahead of the one-year anniversary of the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, official sources said on Tuesday.
SC defers hearing of plea to bring back stranded Indians from Kuwait
Aug 04, 2020, at 08:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred, till next week, the hearing of a petition to bring back Indians stranded in Kuwait.
Bihar Govt orders CBI probe in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case
Aug 04, 2020, at 07:40 pm
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered a CBI probe into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput on Tuesday, soon after his father demanded for it over a phone call, said media reports.
Ram Mandir's 'Bhoomi Pujan' should become occasion for national unity: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Aug 04, 2020, at 07:01 pm
New Delhi/Ayodhya/IBNS: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said the much-awaited "Bhoomi Pujan" of Ram Mandir (Ram Temple) in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya must become an occasion for "national unity, friendship and cultural congregation", prompting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to take a jibe at the grand old party.
Aug 04, 2020, at 05:23 pm
Srinagar: It seems that Kashmir is shining following the Aug 5 move by the Centre in 2019 to scrap Article 370 as it has benefited people who are attempting to prosper in self-employment.
Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces defuse IED on Srinagar-Baramulla highway
Aug 04, 2020, at 03:30 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A major tragedy was averted after security forces detected and defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Srinagar-Baramulla highway in north Kashmir on Tuesday.
Karnataka: Former CM Siddaramaiah tests COVID-19 positive
Aug 04, 2020, at 03:16 pm
Bangalore: After Karnataka CM Yediyurappa testing Covid-19 positive, former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday confirmed he has tested positive for the contagion.
Aug 04, 2020, at 02:38 pm
Kasaragod/UNI: Four members in a family in Bayar near Manjeswaram near here has been hacked to death late on Monday.
Aug 04, 2020, at 06:09 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Curfew has been imposed in Kashmir on Tuesday and Wednesday as the county's newest Union Territory is all set to mark its first anniversary after being formed on Aug 5, which also saw the scrapping of Article 370 in the valley.
Approached Mumbai Police in Feb warning my son's life was in danger: Sushant's father
Aug 04, 2020, at 05:31 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's father KK Singh has dropped a new bomb in media with allegations that he had approached the Mumbai Police in February stating that his son's life was in danger.
Punjab hooch tragedy: Two Congress MPs attack Amarinder Singh govt over deaths
Aug 04, 2020, at 04:58 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Two senior leaders of Punjab-Pratap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo-have written to the governor attacking their own government over the spurious liquor tragedy in the state that left 108 dead.
India should be provided another chance to appoint lawyer for Kulbhushan Jadhav: Pak court
Aug 04, 2020, at 04:23 am
Islamabad/IBNS: The Islamabad High Court on Monday said Indian officials should be provided with another chance to appoint a lawyer for Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is in the prison of the neighbouring country on charges of terrorism and spying.
Kolkata: CPI-M Politburo member, former Lok Sabha MP Md. Salim tests Covid-19 positive, hospitalized
Aug 04, 2020, at 03:36 am
Kolkata/IBNS: CPI-M Politburo member and former MP from West Bengal's Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency, Md. Salim, on Monday tested positive for novel coronavirus.