Madurai: BJP demands suspension of temple officer for allowing non-Hindus

Feb 09, 2020, at 09:42 pm

Madurai/UNI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Secretary H Raja on Sunday demanded the suspension of the executive officer of Brahadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur for allowing members of other religions to enter into the temple.

Kashmir: Man killed by unidentified gunmen

Feb 09, 2020, at 09:37 pm

Srinagar/UNI: A person was killed by unidentified gunmen in south Kashmir district of Pulwama on Sunday evening, official sources said.

PSA dossier cites Omar Abdullah's considerable influence and Mehbooba Mufti's support for separatists, reason for detention: report

Feb 09, 2020, at 08:49 pm

Jammu/IBNS: The Public Security Act(PSA) dossier prepared by the police has cited former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's "considerable influence" over people and his political opponent and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti's pro-separatist stand as the reasons for their detention under the act, reports said.

Delhi Assembly polls: 62.59 percent voter turnout recorded

Feb 09, 2020, at 07:44 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission on Sunday said the voter turnout recorded during the Delhi Assembly polls on Saturday was 62.59 percent.

Narendra Modi writes to Chinese Prez Xi Jinping, condoles loss of lives in coronavirus outbreak

Feb 09, 2020, at 07:17 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Writing a letter to the neighboring leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed solidarity with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a time when the nation is working hard to deal with the outbreak of coronavirus, media reports said.

Assam: Excavator and carrier truck catch fire after coming in contact with high voltage electric wire

Feb 09, 2020, at 07:12 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: An excavator and a carrier truck trailer gutted in a fire in Assam’s Kamrup district in the wee hours of Sunday.

BJP’s popularity is shrinking and it will be defeated in Delhi too : Tarun Gogoi

Feb 09, 2020, at 06:38 pm

Guwahati: Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former Assam Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Tarun Gogoi said the ruling party's popularity is now shrinking it will be defeated in Delhi too.

Assam: Police arrest most wanted rhino poacher along with arms

Feb 09, 2020, at 06:19 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Continuing its anti-poaching operation, police arrested a most wanted rhino poacher along with arms in Assam’s Nagaon district on Saturday.

Absolutely shocking: Kejriwal tweets on EC’s delay in releasing final voter turnout figure

Feb 09, 2020, at 06:13 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said it was 'absolutely shocking' that the Election Commission has not released the final voter turnout figure for the Assembly polls which was held on Saturday.

MNS holds mega rally in Mumbai demanding expulsion of Pakistani and Bangladeshi infiltrators

Feb 09, 2020, at 05:59 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) today held a mega rally, from Hindu Gymkhana in South Mumbai to Azad Maidan, demanding the ouster of Bangladeshi and Pakistani infiltrators from the country.

Karnataka-native abducted, robbed in Kerala

Feb 09, 2020, at 05:54 pm

Kozhikode/UNI: A man, native of Karnataka, was kidnapped and later robbed and then abandoned by a group of criminals, after he landed at the Karipur International Airport early on Sunday morning.

Kerala: Pipe money seized from railway station

Feb 09, 2020, at 05:48 pm

Palakad/UNI: The railway police on Sunday seized unaccounted pipe money worth Rs 70 lakhs from two passengers at Olavakod railway station.

Fake kidney racket busted in Karnataka, 6 arrested 

Feb 09, 2020, at 05:44 pm

Bengaluru/UNI: Six persons, including three Nigerian nationals, have been arrested for their involvement in a fake kidney racket, through which they duped over 300 people, police said on Sunday.

UP Govt to introduce internship scheme, youth to get Rs 2,500 per month: Yogi Adityanath 

Feb 09, 2020, at 05:42 pm

Gorakhpur/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday that in current year his government will come up with an internship scheme for the youth of the state.

Coronavirus: Two medical students in Mumbai kept in isolation

Feb 09, 2020, at 05:09 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Two medical students in Mumbai have been quarantined in a government hospital after they returned from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of novel coronavirus outbreak, media reports said.

Vehicles leave Jammu for Srinagar on Kashmir highway

Feb 09, 2020, at 04:55 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Hundreds of vehicles, including trucks carrying essential commodities and oil tankers, left Jammu for Kashmir early in the morning as only one-way traffic continue to ply on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the road connecting the valley with the rest of the country.

Delhi Election: AAP says EVMs being tampered to alter election results, posts videos

Feb 09, 2020, at 04:38 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Aam Admi Party(AAP) has claimed that efforts are being made to tamper with Electric Voting Machines(EVMs) after the Delhi Assembly polls concluded yesterday evening and also cited videos in support.

'Quotas for promotion in government jobs not a fundamental right':SC

Feb 09, 2020, at 03:46 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court has said quotas and reservations for promotion in government jobs is not a fundamental right, overturning a 2012 judgment by the Uttarakhand High Court that directed the state to provide quotas to specified communities, according to media reports.

Normal life hit in Kashmir due to strike on 7th death anniv of Afzal Guru

Feb 09, 2020, at 03:44 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Life was on Sunday crippled due to a strike called by separatists in this summer capital and other parts of Kashmir valley on the seventh death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who was hanged in Delhi's Tihar jail on this day in 2013.

RSS veteran P Parameswaran passes away

Feb 09, 2020, at 11:41 am

Palakad/UNI: Veteran leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and director of Bharatiya Vichar Kendra P Parameswaran passed here on Saturday night. He was 93.

AAP to form govt for third time in Delhi: Exit Polls

Feb 09, 2020, at 10:25 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set for a hattrick with the party likely to form government in Delhi again by bagging around 56 of 70 assembly seats, NDTV's Exit Polls claimed.

Bengal CID quizzes BJP MP in TMC MLA murder case

Feb 08, 2020, at 10:47 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Saturday interrogated BJP Lok Sabha MP from Ranaghat constituency, Jagannath Sarkar, in connection with its ongoing probe into TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas murder case, officials said.

Vice President M Venkaiaha Naidu visits Eastern Naval Command

Feb 08, 2020, at 10:39 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited the Eastern Naval Command (ENC), in Vishakhapatnam on Saturday.

Jammu Court denies bail of alleged JeM terrorist

Feb 08, 2020, at 10:27 pm

Jammu/UNI: A Jammu Court on Saturday rejected the bail of an alleged militant of Jaish-e-Mohammad.

Delhi Assembly polls: 60 pc turnout recorded

Feb 08, 2020, at 10:00 pm

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: As polling for 70 seats of the Delhi assembly came to a close on Saturday, with 60 per cent voters of the Delhi turning up to perform their democratic duty , exit polls by various television channels indicated that the ruling Aam Aadmi Party is set to return to power in Delhi for a third consecutive terms with a sweeping majority.

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa calls on President Kovind

Feb 08, 2020, at 09:53 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka called on the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Saturday.

Eastern Railway to cancel more than 300 EMU trains from Sealdah in next eight days

Feb 08, 2020, at 09:30 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Due to non-interlock works with commissioning automatic signalling system between Ichhapur and Naihati stations, the Eastern Railway has announced to cancel more than 300 EMU suburban trains from Sealadh and Naihati stations from Sunday (Feb 9) 12 pm till 10 am. on next Sunday (Feb 16), reports said.

Punjab: 15 die as firecrackers explode during Nagar Kirtan

Feb 08, 2020, at 08:25 pm

Amritsar/UNI: About 15 people reportedly died, when firecrackers caught fire near Palasaur village in Tarm Taran district, during a religious procession on Saturday afternoon.

Exit Polls indicate AAP's clean sweep in Delhi assembly polls, BJP rejects prediction

Feb 08, 2020, at 08:07 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: After the conclusion of Delhi assembly elections on Saturday, several exit polls are predicting a clean sweep by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) paving way for Arvind Kejriwal to become the Chief Minister for the third term.

Delhi assembly elections: Voter turnout 54.65% till 6 pm as AAP, BJP in contest

Feb 08, 2020, at 07:50 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: 54.65% of the total people of Delhi cast their votes as the Delhi assembly elections 2020 were held on Saturday.