Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu to arrive in Jharkhand tomorrow

Feb 15, 2020, at 07:52 pm

Ranchi/UNI: Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu will be on a two-day visit to the state from tomorrow to attend programmes at IIM Ranchi and XLRI Jamshedpur.

President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Jharkhand for two days on Feb 28

Feb 15, 2020, at 07:48 pm

Ranchi/UNI: President Ram Nath Kovind will participate as the chief guest in the first convocation ceremony of the Central University of Jharkhand on February 28 and hand out degrees to the students.

Delhi Police detain 28 Jamia students outside TN House

Feb 15, 2020, at 06:11 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi Police on Saturday detained 28 students of Jamia Millia Islamia, who were protesting outside the Tamil Nadu House against the alleged lathi-charge by Chennai police on the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) agitators.

PM Narendra Modi urges CBSE students to appear for exams in happy, stress-free manner

Feb 15, 2020, at 05:36 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wished luck to students appearing for the CBSE Class X and Class XII examinations and said months of hardwork and preparation will surely lead to great things.

Kottayam: Two workers killed beneath tractor as it turns turtle

Feb 15, 2020, at 05:25 pm

Kottayam, Feb 15 (UNI) Two workers engaged in a work to start cultivation in a paddy field were killed beneath the tractor when it turned turtle at Channanikkad here.

Gunman of pre-dawn shooting spree in downtown Bangkok released under bail

Feb 15, 2020, at 05:14 pm

Bangkok/Xinhua/UNI: The gunman who went on a pre-dawn shooting spree and was arrested by the police in downtown Bangkok on Friday, was released under bail on Saturday.

Haryana: Notorious gangster having Rs 2.5 lakh reward on head, held

Feb 15, 2020, at 05:12 pm

Chandigarh/UNI: The Special Task Force (STF) of Haryana Police has apprehended a notorious criminal from the IGI Airport, having reward of Rs 2.5 lakh on his head, police said here on Saturday.

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.

Don't know about my parents' birthplace, will be the first person to go to detention centre: Ashok Gehlot

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.

I will protest if demands of guest teachers are not met: Jyotiraditya Scindia attacks Congress government

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.

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.