After gaining Deputy CM's post, Pawar's NCP set to bag major portfolios in Maharashtra govt
Jan 03, 2020, at 02:16 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: After gaining the Deputy Chief Minister's post, Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is set to bag major portfolios including Home Ministry in the newly-formed Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, media reports said.
Absurd and funny: Javed Akhtar on terming Faiz's 'Hum Dekhenge' poem as 'anti-Hindu'
Jan 03, 2020, at 12:40 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Reacting to the terming of legendary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poem 'Hum Dekhenge' as "anti-Hindu" by some faculty members of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, lyricist Javed Akhtar called the incident "absurd and funny", media reports said.
Assam government will distribute land pattas to 40,000 landless people on Jan 28
Jan 02, 2020, at 09:48 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government will provide land pattas to 40,000 landless indigenous people of the state on Jan 28.
Assam Rifles personnel help accident victims in Nagaland
Jan 02, 2020, at 09:33 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Mokokchung battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) provided timely assistance and carefully rescued four occupants from a car when it skid off the road and went down the slope in Nagaland’s Mokokchung.
BJP moves Calcutta HC challenging TMC's no-confidence meeting at Bhatpara municipality
Jan 02, 2020, at 08:53 pm
Kolkata/UNI: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday admitted a lawsuit of BJP challenging a no-confidence meeting called by Trinamool Congress recently at Bhatpara Municipality in the industrial township of Barrackpur.
Jan 02, 2020, at 08:02 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The special court of CBI in Guwahati on Thursday convicted four retired government officials including retired Deputy Secretary and Director of the Assam veterinary department and five other persons and sentenced to three years imprisonment in connection with a 26 years old crore of rupees scam case.
Gehlot sparks row after saying child death figures improved since last year in Rajasthan
Jan 02, 2020, at 07:39 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday sparked a controversy by pointing out that the child deaths in the state declined in comparison to the previous year even as two infants reportedly died in the course of last 48 hours in a state-run hospital taking the toll to 100 for the month, media reports said.
Assam BJP claims PFI, Maoists involved in violent incidents during anti-CAA protests
Jan 02, 2020, at 06:41 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam BJP has claimed that Popular Front of India (PFI), Maoists were involved in the recent violent incidents happened in the state during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests.
CAA accepted by most countries as India's internal matter: MEA
Jan 02, 2020, at 06:27 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The government on Thursday asserted that most countries globally have accepted that the contentious new Citizenship law is strictly an 'internal' matter of India.
India putting all resources to ensure early extradition of Nirav Modi: MEA
Jan 02, 2020, at 06:19 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The government on Thursday said that India is putting "all resources on the ground" to ensure an early extradition of fugitive economic offender Nirav Modi to India.
Section 144 was imposed in Varanasi for 359 out of 365 days: Priyanka hits out at Modi
Jan 02, 2020, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for imposition of Section 144 at his constituency Varanasi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said the former has the 'gall' to say nothing to fear.
Yogi Adityanath, Mayawati slam Sonia, Priyanka over deaths of children in Kota; Centre assures help
Jan 02, 2020, at 05:59 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati have hit out at Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over the deaths of 100 infants at a hospital in Rajasthan's Kota.
Congress' CAA protest is actually against the persecuted minorities of Pakistan: PM Modi
Jan 02, 2020, at 04:14 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday came down heavily on the Congress saying the party with its allies has gone to the extent of rebelling against Parliament in its stance against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Three NLFT militants arrested with arms after threatening Tripura MP
Jan 02, 2020, at 02:56 pm
Agartala/UNI: After a long break, North Tripura police detained three active members of banned militant outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) with arms from Panisagar Railway station and Dharmanagar town.
All terrorists are Hindus: SDPI chief Taslim Ahmed Rehmani admits to his 2017 remark
Jan 02, 2020, at 01:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Taslim Ahmed Rehmani, the chief of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), whose parent body Popular Front of India (PFI) is under scanner for inciting anti-CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh, has admitted to his 2017 remark where he said all terrorists are Hindus, media reports said.
DRI, BSF and Tripura police seize huge quantity of drugs in joint action
Jan 02, 2020, at 01:29 pm
Agartala/UNI: The joint efforts of Tripura police, BSF and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to crackdown on drug smugglers in Tripura and other neighbouring states, following the direction of Union home ministry, has yielded results in the first drive.
Tata Sons moves Supreme Court challenging Cyrus Mistry's reappointment as group's executive chairman
Jan 02, 2020, at 11:54 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Tata Sons on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the National Company Appellate Tribunal's decision to reinstate Cyrus Mistry as the executive chairman of the group, media reports said.
Centre rejects West Bengal government's Republic Day tableau proposal, TMC hits back
Jan 02, 2020, at 11:32 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In what could lead the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to the loggerheads once again, the union government has rejected the eastern state's tableau proposal for the Republic Day parade which will be held on Jan 26, media reports said.
Delhi: Burning factory collapses after explosion, several trapped
Jan 02, 2020, at 10:53 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Several people including the firefighters are trapped under the debris of a factory which first caught fire and then collapsed following an explosion in west Delhi's Peera Garhi on Thursday, media reports said.
Armed forces should remain apolitical: Army Chief MM Naravane
Jan 01, 2020, at 11:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Newly appointed Army Chief General MM Naravane on Wednesday said that it is his duty to be apolitical when it comes to leading the armed force of the nation.
No 'escape' for states from implementing CAA: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Jan 01, 2020, at 10:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said there is no "escape" for states from implementing the contentious Citizenship law, even as the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution against the same and asked the Centre to revoke it.
Priyanka slams Yogi Govt for arrest of 14-month-old baby’s parents
Jan 01, 2020, at 10:43 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday criticised Uttar Pradesh government for the arrest of the couple, who have a breastfeeding toddler, for 'protesting' against Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Varanasi, and accused the BJP government of showing inhuman attitude towards a baby.
Rajya Sabha polls on 4 Gujarat seats to be held this year
Jan 01, 2020, at 09:49 pm
Gandhinagar/UNI: Election for 4 Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat, of which 3 are currently with the ruling BJP and one with Congress, would be held this year.
97 motorists booked for drunk driving in Goa during New Year celebrations
Jan 01, 2020, at 07:38 pm
Panaji/UNI: As many as 97 motorists were booked on charge of driving under the influence of alcohol on New Year Day in Goa on Wednesday.
Devendra Fadnavis lashes out at Shiv Sena for 'betraying' BJP
Jan 01, 2020, at 06:24 pm
Palghar/UNI: Maharashtra Assembly Leader of Opposition(LoP) Devendra Fadnavis here on Wednesday made scathing verbal attacks at the Shiv Sena for 'betraying' the BJP and forming government with the NCP and Congress.
Labourer electrocuted at Vasai railway station
Jan 01, 2020, at 05:06 pm
Palghar/UNI: A contract labourer working at the Vasai railway station was electrocuted yesterday after felling on the high tension wires, the Railway police said on Wednesday.
Indian Railway journey to be slightly costlier from today
Jan 01, 2020, at 05:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Railway journey will be costlier for travelers from Wednesday onwards.
Air Marshal Vibhas Pande VSM assumes charge as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance
Jan 01, 2020, at 04:47 pm
New York/IBNS: Air Marshal Vibhas Pande VSM has taken over as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance of Indian Air Force with effect from 01 Jan 2020.
Maharashtra: Two killed as car falls in well in Aurangabad
Jan 01, 2020, at 04:44 pm
Aurangabad (Maharashtra)/UNI: Two persons were killed and three others injured when their car fell into a roadside well in front of Daulatabad fort on Aurangabad-Kannad road here.
Air Marshal MSG Menon VSM assumes charge as Air Officer-in-Charge Administration
Jan 01, 2020, at 04:43 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Air Marshal MSG Menon VSM takes over as Air Officer-in-Charge Administration of Indian Air Force with effect from Jan 1, 2020.