Delhi Assembly Polls: Stage set for counting tomorrow

Feb 10, 2020, at 11:56 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Counting of votes for the Delhi Assembly elections, in which 672 candidates are in fray, will begin at 0800 hrs on Tuesday and the results are expected to be declared late in the evening.

Congress gives political rivals its own version of Oscar awards, netizens slam the dig

Feb 10, 2020, at 11:36 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after the Oscar awards were declared in Los Angeles, Congress announced its own list of Oscar awardees, naming its political adversaries as the top winners.

2020 Bengal Budget paves way for reforms in social sector: Amit Mitra

Feb 10, 2020, at 11:31 pm

Kolkata/UNI: The 2020 Bengal Budget has opened the way for further reforms in the social sector through the introduction of five new schemes, said State Finance Minister Amit Mitra during presentation of budget for FY 2030-21.

Amid NRC row, Assam govt plans to conduct a survey to identify indigenous Muslims

Feb 10, 2020, at 11:04 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Amid the National Register of Citizens (NRC) row, the Assam government is planning to conduct a survey to identify the indigenous Muslim population of the state so that they can be segregated from the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.

Kolkata: Plywood godown catches fire at Taltala, firefighting ops underway

Feb 10, 2020, at 10:54 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A massive fire broke out at a multi-storey plywood warehouse in central Kolkata's Taltala area on Monday night, reports said.

IndiGo pilot suspended over misbehaviour with wheelchair-bound passenger

Feb 10, 2020, at 10:49 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended an IndiGo pilot accused of misbehaving with a woman and her elderly mother over providing wheelchair assistance on a Chennai-Bengaluru flight last month, media reports said.

New batch of foreign representatives to visit Jammu and Kashmir: Report

Feb 10, 2020, at 10:11 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: A fresh batch of 20 foreign diplomats will visit Jammu and Kashmir this week, a Hindustan Times report said.

China praises PM Modi's letter of solidarity and help, says it 'fully demonstrated' friendship

Feb 10, 2020, at 09:44 pm

Beijing/IBNS: China on Monday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's letter to President Xi Jinping offering solidarity and help to deal with the coronavirus outbreak which has claimed hundreds of lives and infected several thousand.

Bengali crew of quarantined Japan ship shouts for help from PM Modi

Feb 10, 2020, at 09:08 pm

Yokohama/Kolkata, Feb 10 (IBNS): An Indian sailor from West Bengal, who has been stuck in a Novel Coronavirus-hit quarantined cruise ship in Japan's Yokohama port for last few days, on Monday, requested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi through an SOS video to rescue him and other Indian crew members from the ship.

Haryana government initiates Reading Mission

Feb 10, 2020, at 08:54 pm

Chandigarh/UNI: With a view to inculcate the habit of reading among students, teachers and to reach the young population with the message of reading and digital learning by 2022, the ‘Reading Mission- Haryana’ has been initiated by the state government.

Poppy seeds and foreign cigarettes worth over Rs 25 lakh seized in Manipur’s Moreh

Feb 10, 2020, at 08:11 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Security forces have seized a huge quantity of poppy seeds and foreign cigarettes worth over Rs 25 lakh in Manipur's’ Moreh.

Maharashtra ignored in budget, says Shiv Sena

Feb 10, 2020, at 08:08 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Shiv Sena, a former ally of BJP government at the Centre, on Monday alleged in the Lok Sabha that Maharashtra has been ignored in Budget 2020-21.

Can four-month old child go for protest? Supreme Court over infant's death at Shaheen Bagh

Feb 10, 2020, at 07:20 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Days after a bravery award winning child urged Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde to give direction against the participation of kids in anti-CAA agitations, the Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to both the Centre and Delhi government over the death of a four-month old child at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh where several women as well as men are protesting against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), media reports said.

Rich in country should be heavily taxed: Samajwadi Party

Feb 10, 2020, at 06:26 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Samajwadi Party on Monday expressed concern on inadequate provision in the budget for the Health and Education sectors.

Mumbai: 1993 Bombay blasts fugitive arrested

Feb 10, 2020, at 06:15 pm

Mumbai/UNI: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Monday arrested a fugitive in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts from Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport here, sources said.

Two Iran nationals arrested in Mangalore for duping people 

Feb 10, 2020, at 06:10 pm

Mangalore/UNI:  Two Iran nationals have been arrested for allegedly duping people of money by diverting their attention, police said on Monday.

Karnataka:  RSS opposes Jesus statue at Kapala Betta

Feb 10, 2020, at 06:05 pm

Mandya/UNI: Strongly opposing the proposed statue of Jesus at Kapala Betta, RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat said that the Hindus would not accept anything less that a Muneeshwara temple on the hillock.

Uttar Pradesh govt to set up Board for development of Ayodhya

Feb 10, 2020, at 05:19 pm

Lucknow/UNI: After setting up of Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust by the central government to construct the Ram temple at Ayodhya, now Uttar Pradesh government is set to float a new Board, for development of Ayodhya in next two years.

Bengal Guv slams Mamata Banerjee government over state budget speech's media coverage

Feb 10, 2020, at 04:15 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday criticized the state government for not allowing media to telecast his budget opening speech on Friday.

Attack on students at Gargi College can't be tolerated: Arvind Kejriwal

Feb 10, 2020, at 02:52 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Reacting to the attack on students of Delhi's Gargi College by a group of men, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said such incidents can't be tolerated.

Economy in deep crisis, need to increase consumption and investment: P Chidambaram

Feb 10, 2020, at 02:35 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha on Monday that the Indian economy is in deep crisis and the government should take steps to increase consumption and investments in many sectors.

Reservations in job, promotions not a fundamental right: Supreme Court

Feb 10, 2020, at 02:34 pm

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: In a major judgement, the Supreme Court on Monday said reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in jobs and promotions is not a fundamental right, media reports said.

NCW to send representatives to Gargi college over mass molestation charges

Feb 10, 2020, at 01:40 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The National Commission for Women (NCW) will on Monday send its representatives to all-women Gargi college where the students have alleged that they were molested by a group of women during a college event on Feb 6.

Ayodhya Ram Mandir construction likely to begin in April

Feb 10, 2020, at 12:56 pm

New Delhi/UNI: A day after the Delhi Assembly Elections, a source linked to Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has informed that the construction of the grand Ram Temple will start either from April 2 (Ram Navami) or April 26 (Akshay Tritiya).

Supreme Court upholds SC/ST Amendment Act

Feb 10, 2020, at 12:50 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of 2018.

Roads can't be blocked indefinitely: Supreme Court on Shaheen Bagh protest

Feb 10, 2020, at 12:45 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Hearing a request to remove the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protesters from Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, the Supreme Court on Monday said roads can't be blocked indefinitely, media reports said.

Omar Abdullah's sister challenges in Supreme Court his continued detention under PSA

Feb 10, 2020, at 11:38 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah's sister has filed a petition in the Supreme Court over the continued detention of his brother and National Conference (NC) leader under the Public Safety Act. She dubbed it as unconstitutional and challenged the same. 

Tension grips Nanded after removal of Shivaji hoarding

Feb 09, 2020, at 10:59 pm

Nanded/UNI: Tension prevailed on Anand Nagar road in Nanded for several hours on Sunday, after the officials of Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation (NWMC) removed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti hoarding.

Himachal Pradesh: Three-room gutted in fire

Feb 09, 2020, at 10:33 pm

Shimla/UNI: Three room of double stories house burnt down at Dhoan village of Rampur subdivision of Shimla district, police said on Sunday.

Bihar: Five criminals arrested, firearms recovered

Feb 09, 2020, at 09:45 pm

Chapra/UNI: Altogether five criminals involved in a loot and murder case have been arrested from Pachrukhi Market in Saran district.