Rajya Sabha polls : AIADMK nominates Thambidurai, Munusamy, allots third seat to Vasan

Mar 09, 2020, at 05:42 pm

Chennai/UNI: The AIADMK on Monday announced its candidates for two seats, while allotting the third to its ally Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), for the March 26 biennial elections to Rajya Sabha from the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

Covid-19: Karnataka govt declares holiday for LKG, UKG classes in Bengaluru

Mar 09, 2020, at 05:32 pm

Bengaluru/UNI: In view of the novel Coronavirus outbreak worldwide and detection of a few positive cases in neighbouring states, the Karnataka government has declared holidays in all LKG, UKG classes here.

Kashmir: Pak again violates ceasefire on LoC, India retaliates

Mar 09, 2020, at 05:25 pm

Jammu/UNI: Pakistan yet again violated the ceasefire by firing unprovoked along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Kashmir: Two labourers killed, 2 injured in mysterious blast inside Army camp in Anantnag

Mar 09, 2020, at 05:20 pm

Anantnag/UNI: Two labourers were killed and as many were injured in mysterious blast inside an Army camp in this south Kashmir district on Monday, official sources said.

Kashmir: Three HM OGWs arrested in Tral

Mar 09, 2020, at 05:15 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Security forces on Monday arrested three Over Ground Workers (OGWs) belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in south Kashmir district of Pulwama.

Opposition demands release of former Jammu and Kashmir CMs, sends resolution to BJP govt

Mar 09, 2020, at 04:19 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Eight opposition parties sent a resolution to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led union government demanding an immediate release of three former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers, Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who are kept under detention since Aug 5 when the Centre scrapped Article 370, media reports said.  

Kashmir: Three HM OGWs arrested in Tral

Mar 09, 2020, at 03:51 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Security forces on Monday arrested three Over Ground Workers (OGWs) belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in south Kashmir district of Pulwama.

Maharashtra: 22-yr-old youth booked for dumping used masks in public place

Mar 09, 2020, at 03:49 pm

Thane/UNI: A 22-year-old youth was booked under IPC Section 269 for allegedly dumping around 25,000 used masks at a public place in Purna village of Bhiwandi town, police said here on Monday.

Allahabad High Court orders immediate removal of hoardings naming anti-CAA protesters

Mar 09, 2020, at 03:45 pm

Allahabad/IBNS: In a setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court on Monday ordered an immediate removal of hoardings which carry the identities of the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protesters who had resorted to violence, media reports said.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacks Yogi over debt waiver of farmers

Mar 09, 2020, at 02:51 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday attacked the Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh regarding the debt waiver of farmers.

EAM S Jaishanker visits Kashmir, meets families of students stranded in Iran

Mar 09, 2020, at 02:00 pm

Srinagar/UNI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived here on a surprise visit on Monday and interacted with the families of students whose children are stranded in Iran in view of coronavirus scare, official sources said.

BSF jawan commits suicide in Assam’s Karimganj district

Mar 09, 2020, at 01:57 pm

Guwahati/UNI: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan allegedly committed suicide at a BSF camp in Assam’s Karimganj district.

OPINION: The Political Prostitution: Traumatising Kashmiri Society

Mar 09, 2020, at 01:39 pm

Thirty years is a huge time span in one’s life and if it is a witness to complete demographic change and innumerable loss of lives in a region, then experiences are too traumatizing to be explainable through words. Both the Kashmiri Muslims and Pandits have been the victims of a kind of political economy that puts humanity to shame. Political economy as engineered by the Muslim leadership without any political response from the Pandits who lacked any community leadership.

India market continues to bleed, Sensex down by over 2000 points

Mar 09, 2020, at 01:10 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: The Indian market continues to bleed hours after it opened in red since trading started on Monday.

Hindu Yuva Vahini president escapes unhurt in attack in UP

Mar 09, 2020, at 12:15 pm

Azamgarh/UNI: Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) Uttar Pradesh president Rakesh Rai escaped unhurt along with his supporters when his SUV was stoned in Mehnagar in the district late on Sunday night.

Several lakhs of women offer Pongala to Attukal Devi

Mar 09, 2020, at 11:55 am

Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Several lakhs of women on Monday offered Attukal Pongala, an exclusive women festival considered as the largest congregation of women in the world in a single place on a single day irrespective of caste, creed or religion.

Shopian encounter: One terrorist killed

Mar 09, 2020, at 10:40 am

Srinagar/UNI:  A militant was killed by security forces in an encounter that broke out during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian on Monday, official sources said.

Couple with IS links arrested from Jamia Nagar had plans of suicide attacks, terror strikes: Report

Mar 09, 2020, at 12:59 am

New Delhi/IBNS: A couple from Kashmir with alleged links to the Khorasan module of  Islamic State (IS) caught from southeast Delhi's Jamia Nagar on Sunday had far more dangerous designs than instigating CAA protests. The duo was planning a suicide attack in Delhi and was instigating Muslim men to conduct terror strikes in the national capital, said an NDTV report.

After Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor's arrest, ED stops his daughter at Mumbai Airport

Mar 09, 2020, at 12:03 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate on Sunday stopped arrested Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor's daughter Roshni from going to London, media reports said.

Former Union Minister H R Bhardwaj passes away

Mar 08, 2020, at 10:34 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Senior Congress leader and former Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj died here on Sunday, family sources said.

Efforts underway to return Indian pilgrims from coronavirus-hit Iran: S Jaishankar

Mar 08, 2020, at 09:38 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said  efforts are underway to return Indian pilgrims from Qom area in coronavirus-hit Iran.

Former PDP leader floats Jammu Kashmir Apni Party; vows to end mistrust between Jammu Kashmir and Centre

Mar 08, 2020, at 09:07 pm

Srinagar/IBNS: Expelled People's Democratic Party(PDP) leader Altaf Bukhari on Sunday launched Jammu Kashmir Apni Party to give a political alternative and move on beyond the "perpetually mourning" the abrogation of Article 370.

Bangladesh govt, key opposition party ready to welcome PM Modi for Mujib Borsho celebration

Mar 08, 2020, at 07:43 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: The Bangladeshi government and the key opposition party have voiced their support for PM Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to their country to attend “Mujib Borsho”, which will mark the birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Indian Army rescues 9 stranded passengers near Dera Ki Gali in Poonch

Mar 08, 2020, at 06:06 pm

Jammu/UNI: Indian Army troops of the Romeo Force on Sunday braved harsh weather and incessant snow and rain near Dera Ki Gali to rescue nine passengers including five female passengers travelling between Thanamandi and Bafliaz in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Did Basanta Utsab row hurt Rabindra Bharati University's image? Incident draws mixed response

Mar 08, 2020, at 06:05 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The controversy regarding the usage of cuss words by few youngsters at the Basanta Utsab (the annual celebration of spring festival Holi) of Kolkata's Rabindra Bharati University (RBU) has drawn mixed reactions even as widespread condemnations trend on social media.

Women’s contribution in cleanliness drive is immense: Union Minister Ravi Shankar

Mar 08, 2020, at 06:01 pm

Patna/UNI: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the contribution of women in cleanliness drive across the country has been immense.

Couple with alleged IS Links nabbed in Delhi for instigating CAA protests

Mar 08, 2020, at 05:41 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: A couple from Kashmir with alleged links to the Khorasan module of  Islamic State (IS) was caught from south east Delhi's Jamia Nagar for instigating anti-CAA protests and trying to exploit the ongoing situation, an Indian Express report said.

Maharashtra: Father, his friend acquitted in teenager rape case in Thane

Mar 08, 2020, at 05:05 pm

Thane/UNI: A 45-year-old man and his friend have been acquitted in the 2013 gang rape and murder case of the former's teenage daughter, stated an order copy on Sunday.

Name and shame: UP Govt considers itself above Constitution, says Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Mar 08, 2020, at 04:49 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said the ruling BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has started considering itself above the Constitution as hoardings of anti-CAA protestors with photograph and address were put up across Lucknow.

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wish eves on International Women's Day

Mar 08, 2020, at 04:35 pm

New Delhi/UNI:  Senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday greeted women on the occasion of International Woman Day.