Dec 06, 2019, at 05:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: President Ram Nath Kovind graced and addressed a National Convention on ‘Empowerment of Women for Social Transformation’ at the headquarters of Brahma Kumaris in Mount Abu, Rajasthan on Friday.
Nitish demands ban on porn sites
Dec 06, 2019, at 05:03 pm
Patna/UNI: Expressing concern over the crimes allegedly triggered by pornographic content, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today demanded the Centre to put blanket ban on porn sites.
Hyderabad police's action would instill confidence among women- Mishra
Dec 06, 2019, at 04:43 pm
Patna/UNI: Bihar Women Commission Chairperson Dilmani Mishra has expressed satisfaction on Hyderabad Police's encounter of the four accused in the rape and murder of 26-year-old veterinarian and said that the action would instill confidence among the women.
AGP asks Centre to ‘postpone’ CAB
Dec 06, 2019, at 04:16 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Sliding down from its previous rejection of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which is an ally in the BJP-led Assam government, has asked the Centre to postpone the Bill to a later date.
Child rapists shouldn't have provision of mercy plea: President Ram Nath Kovind
Dec 06, 2019, at 04:10 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Expressing his resentment on the increasing incidents of rape, especially of minor girls, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said rape convicts under the POCSO Act should not have the right to file mercy petition.
Dented BJP in Haryana, denied in Maharashtra, will defeat in Jharkhand: P Chidambaram
Dec 06, 2019, at 04:05 pm
Ranchi/UNI: Former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said the Raghubar Das government of Jharkhand has become synonymous with backwardness and incompetence which will be the cause of BJP's defeat in the assembly elections.
Dec 06, 2019, at 03:57 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: In a shocking tale, a woman dancer was seriously hurt when she was shot in her face by a man as she stopped dancing at a wedding ceremony in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot district, media reports said.
Law has done its duty: Cyberabad Police on encounter
Dec 06, 2019, at 03:44 pm
Hyderabad/IBNS: Stating that law has done its duty, Cyberabad Police on Friday gave details of the events which left all the four accused of the veterinary doctor killed during an encounter here.
BJP MLAs carry pro-CAB posters to Assam Assembly
Dec 06, 2019, at 03:18 pm
Guwahati/UNI: While anti-CAB protests resound across Assam, two MLAs of the ruling BJP today attended the last day of the Winter Session of the state Legislative Assembly carrying posters in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB).
Hyderabad encounter should be thoroughly probed for its genuinity: P Chidambaram
Dec 06, 2019, at 03:15 pm
Ranchi/UNI/IBNS: Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday called for a thorough probe into the genuinity of the Hyderabad encounter.
Economy in incompetent hands, growth rate to sink further: P Chidambaram
Dec 06, 2019, at 02:53 pm
Ranchi/UNI: Former Union finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who has been released on bail after over three months of incarceration, on Friday unleashed a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government over the present economic scenario, saying the country's economy is in deep trouble in incompetent hands.
Dec 06, 2019, at 02:11 pm
Hyderabad/New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the public outrage over the rape and murder of Hyderabad veterinary doctor Priyanka Reddy, police shot dead all four accused in the case in an encounter at the incident spot at Chatanpally in Shadnagar in the wee hours of Friday, leaving a nation divided on the "instant justice". While a large number of people celebrated, many were alarmed by what they think is an "extra judicial killing" setting a dangerous precedent.
Late but right step came: Jaya Bachchan on Hyderabad Police encounter
Dec 06, 2019, at 12:56 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Actress-turned parliamentarian Jaya Bachchan, who was in favour of lynching of rapists, on Friday called the Hyderabad Police's encounter of four accused in the Telangana veterinary doctor rape case as "late but right step".
Dec 06, 2019, at 11:57 am
Hyderabad/IBNS: Indians ranging from active Twitter users to human rights activists are divided in their reactions to the encounter of the four accused in Hyderabad veterinary doctor rape case by the police. While a large number of people celebrated the killings, human rights activists expressed consternation over what they dubbed "extra-judicial killings" setting a dangerous precedent.
Hyderabad: All four accused in veterinary doctor's rape and murder case killed in encounterÂ
Dec 06, 2019, at 09:32 am
Hyderabad/IBNS: Amid nationwide protests, the police on Friday said that all the four accused in the Hyderabad veterinary doctor's gangrape and murder case were killed in an encounter at Chatanpally in Shadnagar here early on Friday.
Hyderabad veterinary doctor gangrape-murder case: All four accused killed during encounterÂ
Dec 06, 2019, at 08:55 am
Hyderabad/IBNS: The police said all the four accused in the Hyderabad gangrape and murder of a veterinary doctor case were killed during an encounter at Chatanpally near Shadnagar, on the outskirts of the Hyderabad city, on Friday.
Anti-CAB protests intensify in Assam
Dec 05, 2019, at 09:07 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: A day after the BJP-led Union Cabinet cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill for passing it in the parliament, various organisations have intensified their protests against the bill and termed it as an unconstitutional, anti-Assam Accord bill.
Women farmers' meet held at Chhaygaon in Assam’s Kamrup
Dec 05, 2019, at 08:42 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Aiming to strengthen women empowerment, Indian airline companies Indigo and Grameen Sahara have joined hands together to increase the income of around 1500 women farmers from the bordering areas of Assam and Meghalaya by promotion of various species like turmeric, ginger, black pepper, king chili.
2nd Nagaland Honey Bee day celebrated
Dec 05, 2019, at 08:08 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The 2nd Nagaland Honey Bee Day was celebrated on Thursday at the Heritage, Old DC Bungalow, Kohima with the theme ‘Save Bee Save Life’.
Assam Rifles conducts awareness lecture on child abuse in Kohima
Dec 05, 2019, at 07:49 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam Rifles Kohima battalion under the aegis of HQ IGAR(N) conducted an awareness lecture on Wednesday for the teachers from various schools of Kohima at Kohima Garrison under the theme ‘Child Abuse’.
Dec 05, 2019, at 06:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh has claimed that the Sikh massacre of 1984 could have been avoided if former Home Minister Narasimha Rao had heeded IK Gujral's advice to call in the army at the earliest, an NDTV report said.
'Does she prefer avocados over onions' P Chidambaram over FM's 'I don't eat onions' comment
Dec 05, 2019, at 05:22 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The opposition on Thursday came down heavily on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her "I don't eat onions" comment in parliament with Congress calling it her "Marrie Antoinette moment" and questioned if she preferred avocados over onions.
Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria safe after Pearl Harbour shooting: IAF
Dec 05, 2019, at 04:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Indian Air Force said on Thursday Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria and his team, who are currently in the US military base there, are safe, after a shooting incident at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.
CAB: INPT blocks road and railways in Tripura
Dec 05, 2019, at 03:50 pm
Agartala/UNI: Road and railway traffic between Agartala and Dharmanagar have been disrupted today following a dawn to dusk blockade by Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) in protest against the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB).
Jammu Kashmir: Tourist footfall rises in Udhampur’s Mansar as 8.96 lakh visits till Nov
Dec 05, 2019, at 03:26 pm
Jammu/UNI: The tourist footfall has increased manifold to one of the fast emerging destinations Mansar Lake situated in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, some 55-kilometres from here, as around 8.96 lakh tourists from within the Union Territory and other parts of the country visited till November this year.
What happened today has put the country's democracy to shame : West Bengal Governor
Dec 05, 2019, at 03:06 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday had to wait in front of locked gate of the state Assembly, which is designated for him, and later entered the House through another gate meant for media persons and officials.
'Stubborn' Modi government is clueless on economy: P Chidambaram in post-bail presscon
Dec 05, 2019, at 02:25 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In an unsparing attack on the current regime over the struggling economy, former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said the Modi government is clueless on economy because of its stubbornness.
Uttar Pradesh: Unnao rape survivor burnt, in critical condition
Dec 05, 2019, at 12:43 pm
Unnao/IBNS: A 23-year old rape survivor in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao was set on fire on Thursday morning while she was heading to a local court for the hearing on the rape case filed by the girl, media reports said.
After 106 days in jail, Chidambaram back in Parliament today
Dec 05, 2019, at 11:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After spending 106 days in jail over the INX Media case, former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who was granted bail by the Supreme Court a day ago, is back in Parliament on Thursday.
Karnataka bypolls: Voting in 15 assembly seats begin
Dec 05, 2019, at 10:36 am
Bengaluru/UNI: The polling in the 15 assembly constituencies in Karnataka began peacefully at 0700 hrs on Thursday.