Manohar Lal Khattar condemns attack on Sikh devotees at Nanka Sahib in Pakistan
Jan 05, 2020, at 07:01 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal KIhattar on Sunday condemned the incident of attack and stone-pelting on Sikh devotees at the historic Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan and said that protest would be organised, if required, against Pakistan so as to ensure that the minorities residing there were not oppressed in the name of religion and their rights are protected.
Developments have taken a very serious turn: S Jaishankar tells Iranian FM
Jan 05, 2020, at 06:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said he spoke to Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and expressed concern over the recent developments in the country following the US airstrike which killed country's elite Quds military force chief Qassem Soleimani.
India condemns killing of Sikh man in Pakistan
Jan 05, 2020, at 05:55 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Sunday condemned the 'targeted killing' of a Sikh man in Pakistan's Peshawar city.
CAA: Attempts to spread lies against BJP's missed call drive will be countered
Jan 05, 2020, at 05:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra on Sunday lambasted the entities spreading rumours that one may get free six months Netflix subscription with a missed call to the toll-free number 8866288662 launched by the party to ascertain the quantum of support for the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) against which protests have been going on in various parts of the country .
Tripura: BJP ally IPFT to start indefinite sit-in demonstration against CAA
Jan 05, 2020, at 03:22 pm
Agartala/UNI: The administration has beefed up security arrangement to maintain peace during the indefinite sit-in demonstration in three different locations of the state against the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) by Indigenous People’s Front of Twipra (IPFT), the ruling BJP’s ally in the government, seeking exemption of Tripura from Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and creation of separate Tipraland for tribals scheduled to start from tomorrow.
One dies of injuries in Barddhaman station building collapse
Jan 05, 2020, at 02:42 pm
Burdhaman/UNI: One person, who sustained critical injuries when a portion of the roof near enquiry counter at Barddhaman Railway Station complex caved in yesterday, succumbed to his wounds last night.
PM Modi greets Murli Manohar Joshi on his birthday
Jan 05, 2020, at 12:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi on his birthday.
Maharashtra Guv approves Uddhav's proposal of protfolios allocation
Jan 05, 2020, at 10:52 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Governor's Office on Sunday morning informed that Bhagat Singh Koshyari has approved the allocation of portfolios as proposed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in the state.
20,000 ineligible beneficiaries weeded out from Ayushman Bharat scheme in Gujarat
Jan 05, 2020, at 12:00 am
Ahmedabad/IBNS: As many as 20,000 ineligible beneficiaries, who had managed to get Ayushman Bharat health insurance cards under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana(PMJAY), have been removed from the scheme, according to an NDTV report.
Rumours of shutdown baseless:Air India Chairman
Jan 04, 2020, at 11:37 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Air India chief Ashwani Lohani on Saturday put an end to claims that Air India may shutdown its operations for want of working capital.
Sonia Gandhi urges Centre to ensure protection of Sikh pilgrims in Pakistan
Jan 04, 2020, at 11:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has expressed shock and dismay over the incident of mob attack on Gurudwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan and asked the Centre to take up the issue with Pakistan to ensure the safety of the pilgrims and the employees of the gurudwara.
West Bengal: Section of Burdhaman Railway station building collapses, 2 injured
Jan 04, 2020, at 10:44 pm
Burdhaman/IBNS: A section of the main building of Burdhaman railway station in West Bengal collapsed on Saturday evening.
Nirbhaya case: Tihar Jail gearing up to hang all four convicts
Jan 04, 2020, at 09:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: New Delhi's Tihar Jail is gearing up to hang all the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case.
Man charge-sheeted in Mehbooba Mufti's fake signature case
Jan 04, 2020, at 09:16 pm
Jammu/UNI: Jammu Crime Branch on Saturday charge-sheeted a man in connection with former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s fake signature case.
Sunny day in Capital: Snow in Kashmir closes NH
Jan 04, 2020, at 08:56 pm
New Delhi/Srinagar/Bhopal/UNI: National capital Delhi got a reprieve from cold wave conditions which, however, did not spare Jammu and Kashmir and the hinterland.
J P Nadda dares Rahul Gandhi to speak two lines on his objection to CAA
Jan 04, 2020, at 08:01 pm
Guwahati/UNI: BJP working president JP Nadda today asked former Congress president Rahul Gandhi to speak ten lines on Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) and two lines on his objection to the CAA.
Shiv Sena leader Khotkar turns down reports of Sattar's resignation
Jan 04, 2020, at 06:49 pm
Aurangabad/UNI: Senior Shiv Sena leader Arjun Khotkar on Saturday refuted reports of resignation of Minister of State (MoS) Abdul Sattar over not getting a Cabinet berth in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government.
Mamata Banerjee condemns attack on Gurudwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan
Jan 04, 2020, at 06:44 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday condemned the attack on Gurudwara Nankana Sahib in the country by a mob and said incidents like it is 'unacceptable'.
Anti-CAA protests: Sadaf Jafar granted bail
Jan 04, 2020, at 06:11 pm
New Delhi/Lucknow/IBNS: Congress worker Sadaf Jafar and former IPS officer SR Darapuri, who were arrested last month in connection with the protests against the newly passed citizenship law by the Centre, were granted bail on Saturday.
CPI-M condemns killing of Qassem Soleimani
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:47 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Condemning the killing of Qassem Soleimani, Iran's top General of the armed forces (the Quds) by the United States, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Saturday said the assassination of the head of the armed forces of a sovereign country is an act of international banditry by the Trump administration'.
Yashwant Sinha announces nationwide anti-CAA yatra
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:27 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha on Saturday announced the launch of 'Gandhi Shanti Yatra' -a nationwide anti-CAA Yatra by his political outfit Rashtra Manch.
Sri Lankan Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardane to visit India next week
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:26 pm
Colombo/IBNS: Sri Lankan Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardane will visit India on Jan 9, media reports said.
Nankana Sahib Gurdwara attack: Sikh community protests outside Pakistan embassy
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:25 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Members of the Sikh community led by Manjinder Singh Sirsa, President Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, on Saturday held a massive protest outside the Pakistan High Commission here against vandalism at the revered Nankana Sahib Gurdwara, the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev in Pakistan.
Uttar Pradesh: Eight constables suspended for negligence
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:20 pm
Jaunpur/UNI: Four head constables and four constables, posted with the judicial summons cell, were suspended with immediate effect for alleged negligence in duty by the Superintendent of Police, Jaunpur Ashok Kumar on Saturday.
Sri Lankan Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardane to visit India next week
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:15 pm
Colombo/IBNS: Sri Lankan Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardane will visit India on Jan 9, media reports said.
UN envoy Syed Akbaruddin censures Imran Khan for sharing fake video
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:14 pm
New York/UNI: India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin on Saturday condemned Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for sharing a 2013 video of the Rapid Action Battalion of the Bangladesh police attacking unarmed men with the caption 'Indian police's pogrom against Muslims in UP'.
Kenyan police pursue al-Shabab militants in vast coastal forest
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Lamu, Kenya/Xinhua/UNI: Kenyan police said Saturday they are pursuing a group of al-Shabab militants believed to have crossed into vast Boni Forest in the coastal Lamu county in Kenya.
Denied Cabinet post, Sena MLA Abdul Sattar threatens to quit as MoS
Jan 04, 2020, at 04:44 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Shiv Sena's Abdul Sattar on Saturday threatened to resign as Minister of State after being denied a Cabinet berth in the CM Udhav Thackery-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra.
Mysterious blast leaves three hurt in Srinagar
Jan 04, 2020, at 04:41 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Three civilians were critically injured in a mysterious blast here on Saturday.
Nankana Sahib Gurdwara attack: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condemns
Jan 04, 2020, at 04:39 pm
New Delhi/UNI: A day after the mob attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday called the attack is 'reprehensible', and added that "bigotry is a dangerous, age old poison that knows no borders".