Crime: Illicit liquor factory busted in UP, two held
Feb 15, 2020, at 05:09 pm
Balrampur /UNI: Two women peddlers were arrested and 60 liters of liquor and equipment used for making it recovered from their possession in the Rehra Bazar area of this district in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
Pakistan Rangers violate ceasefire on IB in Kathua
Feb 15, 2020, at 05:06 pm
Jammu/UNI: Pakistani Rangers on Saturday violated the ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing on forward posts and villages along the International Border at Chakra village in Hiranagar sector in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials sources here said.
Uttar Pradesh crime: Three held in double murder case
Feb 15, 2020, at 04:52 pm
Ghazipur/UNI: Three people were arrested in a double-murder case of two brothers, which took place on February 9 in Nandganj area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said here on Saturday.
Maharashtra: 4 killed, 12 injured as bus rams into container
Feb 15, 2020, at 04:43 pm
Nagpur/UNI: At least four people were killed and 12 other sustained injuries when a bus carrying a marriage party hit a stationary container truck on NH-53, near Shingori phata on Nagpur-Bhandara road here early on Saturday.
Major Rejig: BJP appoints state presidents of MP, Kerala , Sikkim
Feb 15, 2020, at 04:04 pm
New Delhi/UNI: in a major rejig, BJP president J P Nadda on Saturday appointed Vishnu Dutt Sharma as state party president of Madhya Pradesh and K Surendran as state president of Kerala BJP.
West Bengal: Exorcism kills two kids in Malda District, police begin investigation
Feb 15, 2020, at 03:41 pm
Malda/UNI: Police on Saturday began an inquest after two kids were allegedly tortured to death in the name of exorcism by two tantrick after four boys fell sick in their home after returning from play in West Bengal's Malda district, official sources said.
Feb 15, 2020, at 01:40 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Making a surprise visit to the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protest site which is billed as "Jaipur's Shaheen Bagh", Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said he would be the first person to go to detention centre as he was unaware of his parents' birthplace, media reports said.
Former Jammu and Kashmir IAS officer Shah Faesal detained under PSA
Feb 15, 2020, at 12:19 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Former Jammu and Kashmir Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Shah Faesal, whose detention following the scrapping of Article 370 had drawn criticisms, has been detained under Public Safety Act (PSA), media reports said.
Feb 15, 2020, at 11:39 am
Bhopal/IBNS: Bringing out a rift within the party in public, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia warned Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath saying he would protest against the Congress-led state government if the demands made by his outfit to the guest teachers are not met.
Don't interfere in India's internal affairs: MEA tells Turkey after Erdogan's Kashmir comments
Feb 15, 2020, at 10:18 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan said it will stand beside Pakistan on the 'Kashmir issue', India on Saturday asked the country not to interfere in its 'internal affairs'.
Kashmir: Terrorists hurl grenade towards house of woman Panchayat member
Feb 15, 2020, at 09:32 am
Srinagar/UNI: Suspected terrorists lobbed a hand grenade towards the residential house of a woman Panchayat member in the north Kashmir district of Bandipora late Friday night, official sources said on Saturday.
Mamata Banerjee 'felt bad' for not being invited at East-West metro inauguration
Feb 14, 2020, at 10:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she "felt bad" for not being invited at the inaugural run of the first phase of East-West metro services in Kolkata.
Four killed in road mishap in UP
Feb 14, 2020, at 09:37 pm
Balrampur/UNI: At least 4 people were killed and 15 others injured when a jeep overturned on Utraula road under Nagar Kotwali police station in Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
Karnataka: Five held for selling sand boa illegally
Feb 14, 2020, at 09:04 pm
Madikeri/UNI: The Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested five people from Thithimathi, near Chennangoli Bus Stand, here, for trying to sell a Sand Boa snake at Thithimathi in Virajpet taluk, Forest officials confirmed on Friday.
Sarbananda Sonowal attends Singpho ethno-cultural festival 36th Shapawng Yawng Manau Poi
Feb 14, 2020, at 08:25 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday said that, the initiatives taken by the government to bolster ties with South East Asian countries can be augmented by the Singpho community as Singphos are residing not only in Northeast region but in various countries of SE Asia like Myanmar, Thailand etc.
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Assam: People of Baksa district, CRPF jawans remember martyrs of Pulwama terror attack
Feb 14, 2020, at 08:07 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Thousands of people of Assam’s Baksa district and CRPF jawans on Friday remembered the martyrs of Pulwama terror attack on the first anniversary and paid rich tributes the brave jawans who sacrificed their lives for the nation.
Dept of Telecom withdraws order barring coercive action against defaulting telecos
Feb 14, 2020, at 06:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After Supreme Court lashed out at telecom companies for not obeying its order to pay the dues of thousands of crores to the government, the department of telecommunication withdrew the order asking for no coercive action against telecom companies defaulting on payment of statutory dues, media reported.
Third Indian tests positive for Coronavirus on cruise ship quarantined off Japanese coast
Feb 14, 2020, at 05:51 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A third crew member has tested positive for coronavirus infection in the cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan, Indian Embassy in Tokyo confirmed in a tweet on Friday.
Pulwama attack condolences flood social media platform ShareChat
Feb 14, 2020, at 05:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: ShareChat, India's popular social media platform, was flooded with condolence messages and tribute to Pulwama attack martyrs by ShareChat 60 million monthly active users on Friday, the first anniversary of the deadly attack by Pakistan based terrorists that killed about 40 Indian soliders.
Pawar criticises Thackeray for allowing NIA investigation in Bhima-Koregaon case
Feb 14, 2020, at 04:15 pm
Kolhapur/UNI: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday raised objections against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's decision to hand over the Bhima-Koregaon probe to the National Investigating Agency (NIA).
2012 Gangrape Case: One of the convicts Vinay Sharma's plea against mercy petition dismissed
Feb 14, 2020, at 04:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the petition against the dismissal of a mercy petition filed by one of the 2012 Delhi gangrape convicts Vinay Sharma.
Rising cases of flu not linked to H1N1: Doctors Association Kashmir dispels fear
Feb 14, 2020, at 03:47 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Admitting that a considerable rise in Flu-Like Illness (FLI) has been observed, particularly among the children, the Doctors Association Kashmir(DAK) on Friday said that its symptoms should not be mistaken for swine flu.
PM Narendra Modi to visit Varanasi on Feb 16
Feb 14, 2020, at 03:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be visiting Varanasi, his Parliamentary Constituency on a day’s visit on Sunday, officials said.
Arvind Kejriwal invites PM Narendra Modi for his swearing-in ceremony
Feb 14, 2020, at 03:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has invited PM Narendra Modi for his swearing-in ceremony on Sunday, media reports said.
Tripura court hands out death sentence to rape and murder convicts
Feb 14, 2020, at 03:17 pm
Agartala/UNI: The family of the minor girl, who was raped and murdered in Gomati district in Dec 2018, has expressed satisfaction after a special court on Thursday handed out death sentence to the two convicts in the case.
1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC refuses interim bail to Sajjan Kumar
Feb 14, 2020, at 03:15 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant interim relief to former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, undergoing jail sentence for his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, and said his petition will be heard again after Holi vacation.
BJP-IPFT government under attack after poverty-stricken tribal man's photo goes viral
Feb 14, 2020, at 03:01 pm
Agartala/UNI: The opposition has come down heavily on the BJP-IPFT government after the photograph showing an old tribal man crying in public after he failed to meet the chief minister in a public meeting at Kalayanpur of Khowai district in West Tripura on Feb 12 last went viral in social media.
Valentine's Day: Man proposes to his partner during debut run of Kolkata's E-W Metro
Feb 14, 2020, at 02:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The debut run of Kolkata's East-West Metro, which was inaugurated just a day ago, was marked by a unique love story where a man proposed to his partner inside a coach on the occasion of Valentine's Day on Friday.
Is there no law left in the country? SC raps telecom companies over dues
Feb 14, 2020, at 01:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday lashed out at the telecom companies for not obeying its order to pay the dues of thousands of crores to the government, media reports said.
A day after getting bail, UP doctor Kafeel Khan charged under NSA over CAA speech
Feb 14, 2020, at 01:20 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: A day after getting bail, Uttar Pradesh doctor Kafeel Khan was on Friday charged under the National Security Act (NSA) for his speech against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) late last year, media reports said.