Kashmir: Hideout busted in Poonch, arms, ammunition recovered
Sep 02, 2020, at 07:08 pm
Jammu/UNI: Joint teams of security forces have busted a terrorist outfit and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Magisterial probe ordered after encounter death in Uttar Pradesh
Sep 02, 2020, at 07:06 pm
Bahraich/UNI: Following the death of wanted miscreant Panne Yadav in a joint encounter by the police and STF, the District Magistrate has ordered a magisterial probe into the matter here, police sources said on Wednesday.
Kashmir: NIA conduct raids at two places in Srinagar
Sep 02, 2020, at 06:52 pm
Srinagar/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday raided several houses of Cross-Line of Control (LoC) traders at two places in here, official sources said.
Special CBI court reserves verdict on Babri Masjid demolition case, judgement due by September end
Sep 02, 2020, at 06:50 pm
Lucknow/UNI: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court has completed arguments in the trial over the demolition of the Babri mosque structure in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, and reserved its judgement for September end.
Opposition attacks BJP government over its 'No Question Hour' move in Parliament
Sep 02, 2020, at 06:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Several opposition parties have slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre after the ruling dispensation decided to cancel the "Question Hour" in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament amid Covid-19.
Goa CM Pramod Sawant tests Covid-19 positive
Sep 02, 2020, at 05:43 pm
Goa/IBNS: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday informed that he has tested positive for Covid-19.
India reeling under Modi-made disaster: Rahul Gandhi
Sep 02, 2020, at 04:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Mounting pressure on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday made yet another attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the massive fall in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Covid-19 spread, the bilateral tension between India and China and other economic issues.
Pakistan violates truce in Rajouri's Keri sector, JCO martyred
Sep 02, 2020, at 04:30 pm
Jammu/UNI: A Junior Commissioned Officer on Wednesday attained martyrdom as Pakistan troops yet again violated the ceasefire by firing unprovoked along the Line of Control in Keri Sector of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Building collapses in Palghar; No casualties
Sep 02, 2020, at 04:29 pm
Palghar/UNI: As many as 23 people miraculously escaped when a four-story building on Achole road at Nalasopara in Palghar district collapsed on Wednesday morning, Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) sources said.
Telangana: Five youth killed as car collides with lorry in
Sep 02, 2020, at 04:27 pm
Warangal-Rural/UNI: Five youth were killed on the spot when a car in which they were travelling collided with a lorry at Pasarakonda, Damera Mandal in this district early hours on Wednesday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Four LET associates arrested in Budgam; arms , ammunition recovered
Sep 02, 2020, at 04:25 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant associates along with arms and ammunition have been arrested in central Kashmir district of Budgam, police claimed on Wednesday.
Amid heightening tension with China, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to visit Russia
Sep 02, 2020, at 02:43 pm
New Delhi: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will leave for Moscow on Wednesday to attend the combined meeting of Defence Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member States in commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of victory in the World War II.
NSA: Dr. Kafeel Khan released from Mathura prison after Allahabad HC order
Sep 02, 2020, at 02:30 pm
Mathura: Uttar Pradesh doctor Kafeel Khan, who was jailed under the National Security Act (NSA), walked out of a prison in Mathura on Wednesday.
India-Nigeria Foreign Ministers hold bilateral talks on virtual mode
Sep 02, 2020, at 06:40 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar and his Nigerian counterpart Geoffrey Onyeama, held wide-ranging discussions on the entire gamut of India-Nigeria bilateral relations, in virtual mode, on Tuesday. The fruitful interaction lasted for 75 minutes.
Donald Trump condoles demise of India's 'great leader' Pranab Mukherjee
Sep 02, 2020, at 06:04 am
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday consoled the demise of India's former President Pranab Mukherjee.
'Facebook employees on record abuse PM Modi', Ravi Shankar Prasad writes to Mark Zuckerberg
Sep 02, 2020, at 05:47 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid a row over Facebook being allegedly biased towards the members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has written a letter to the social media giant's founder Mark Zuckerberg alleging quite the opposite.
Sep 02, 2020, at 05:31 am
Washington: Activist Senge Hasnan Sering praised Tibetan jawan, who is a part of the 'Vikas battalion', for embracing martyrdom on Aug 30 while defending Ladakh against intruding Chinese forces near Spang-gong Tso.
Bond of friendship: Nepal exports electricity worth a billion Nepali rupees to India
Sep 02, 2020, at 05:25 am
Kathmandu: As a part of the close bond shared between the two neighbouring nations, Nepal has exported electricity worth one billion Nepali rupees to India in the last fiscal year.
India slams China's 'provocative military manoeuvres' amid diplomatic talks
Sep 02, 2020, at 04:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Tuesday slammed China's violation of the diplomatic engagements to restore peace along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the neighbouring country's 'provocative military manoeuvres' in the South Bank area of Pangong Lake.
Pranab Mukherjee played crucial role in paving stronger US-India partnership: Mike Pompeo
Sep 02, 2020, at 02:38 am
Washington/IBNS: The United States has expressed 'deep sadness' on the demise of former India President Pranab Mukherjee.
Sikkim observes 7-day long state mourning in honour of Pranab Mukherjee
Sep 02, 2020, at 01:34 am
Gangtok/UNI: Sikkim Government has declared seven days mourning till Sept 6 in honour of former President Pranab Mukherjee.
Kashmir's government teacher selected for National Teachers Award 2020
Sep 01, 2020, at 11:51 pm
Srinagar: A Kashmiri teacher has been selected for the National Teachers Award 2020 which she dedicated to her students and education department.
New Delhi/UNI: Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner of India.
Sep 01, 2020, at 10:42 pm
Kumar joins the Election Commission of India with Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, the Election Commission said in a statement here.
Jammu and Kashmir: Attempt to smuggle in war-like stores from PoK foiled by troops in Baramulla
Sep 01, 2020, at 10:16 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Alert troops foiled a militant attempt to smuggle in arms and ammunition from Pakistan- occupied-Kashmir (POK) into the Kashmir valley when they recovered war like stores, including automatic weapons and grenades near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir district of Baramulla.
Ex-Prez Pranab Mukherjee was a dedicated public servant: Joe Biden
Sep 01, 2020, at 09:06 pm
Washington/UNI: US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday condoled the passing away of former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee and described him as a "devout public servant".
State funeral of former President Pranab Mukherjee takes place with full military honour
Sep 01, 2020, at 08:47 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The last rites of former President Pranab Mukherjee took place with full military honour maintaining the strict Covid-19 protocols here on Tuesday.
Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar becomes new Election Commissioner
Sep 01, 2020, at 07:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Finance Secretary and retired IAS officer Rajiv Kumar became the new Election Commissioner of India on Tuesday.
Kashmir: Two suspected people held in Baramulla grenade attack incident
Sep 01, 2020, at 06:02 pm
Baramulla/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir police arrested two suspected people allegedly involved in a grenade attack on security forces in the main town of this north Kashmir district on Monday.
Uttar Pradesh govt proposes Centre to hold panchayat polls directly
Sep 01, 2020, at 06:00 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Even as the government was considering to impose two-child norm for the candidature in the three-tier panchayat polls, the government in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday sent a proposal to the Centre for amendment to the Constitution for making elections of district and Block Panchayat head elections directly by the people.
Allahabad HC clears Dr. Kafeel Khan of NSA charges, orders immediate release
Sep 01, 2020, at 04:53 pm
Allahabad/IBNS: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed all the charges filed against Uttar Pradesh doctor Kafeel Khan under National Security Act (NSA) and ordered his immediate release, media reports said.