Indian climate: Southwest monsoon withdraws from Odisha
Oct 15, 2019, at 05:22 pm
Bhubaneswar, Oct 14 (UNI) The Southwest monsoon today withdrew from Odisha,the meteorological department said.
Karnataka varsity cancels lecture by Kanhaiya Kumar
Oct 15, 2019, at 05:18 pm
Kalaburagi, Oct 15 (UNI) Gulbarga University has all of a sudden cancelled permission for a special lecture by former JNU Student union president Kanhaiya Kumar, at Dr B R Ambedkar study centre on October 15.
ED to quiz former Finance Minister P Chidambaram tomorrow
Oct 15, 2019, at 05:12 pm
New Delhi: In a setback for former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, a Delhi court on Tuesday allowed the Enforcement Directorate to question him in connection with the INX media case.
BJP delegation meets President Ram Nath Kovind over violence in West Bengal
Oct 15, 2019, at 05:01 pm
New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) The BJP on Tuesday stepped up pressure on Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government for the deteriorating law and order situation and sought President Ram Nath Kovind's intervention.
People have decided that BJP will serve Haryana: PM Narendra Modi
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:58 pm
Dadri, Haryana, Oct 15 (UNI) Highlighting his party's achievements in Haryana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the people have decided that the BJP will serve the northern state.
Efforts on to bring mortal remains of Archbishop Dominic Jala to Shillong
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:56 pm
Shillong, Oct 15 (UNI) All efforts are being made to bring the mortals remains of Archbishop Dominic Jala who was killed in a tragic car crash at San Francisco in United Sates of America on October 10.
Nine killed in Kakinada bus mishap
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:54 pm
Kakinada, Oct 15 (UNI) Nine tourists were killed and 11 others injured, five of them critically, when a private tourist bus in which they travelling went out of control and rolled down into a 30 meters deep valley along Maredumilli-Chintur ghat road in East Godavari agency area, 85 kms from here on Tuesday afternoon.
Indo-Japan joint military exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN to start from Oct 19
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:52 pm
Guwahati : Joint Military Exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN -2019 between India and Japan will be conducted at Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School, Vairengte in Mizoram from Oct 19 to Nov 2.
70-year-old man dies as speeding bike hits him
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:44 pm
Guwahati, Oct 15 : A 70-year-old man died after he was hit by a speeding motorbike in Guwahati.
Koppal: Roof collapse kills three members of a family
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:36 pm
Koppal, Oct 15 (UNI) Three members of a family were killed when roof of their house collapsed following incessant rain in Yalamagere village of Koppal taluk of the district on Tuesday.
In promising Bharat Ratna for Veer Savarkar, BJP pushes hardliner Hindutva
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:34 pm
New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) Anti-Pakistan rhetoric, hardcore nationalism and abrogation of Article 370 were already major poll issues in Maharashtra often brushing aside economic slowdown and farmers' suicides, but the BJP on Tuesday added yet another emotive issue - Bharat Ratna for Veer Savarkar.
Tributes paid to ex-Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam on his 88th birth anniversary
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:25 pm
Rameswaram, Oct 15 (UNI) Floral tributes were paid to former President Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam on his 88th birth anniversary at his home town here on Tuesday.
Murshidabad triple murder case: CID arrests prime accused Utpal Behra
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:20 pm
Jiaganj, Oct 15 (UNI) Seven days after the entire family of Bandhu Prakash Pal (35), a teacher, his pregnant wife Beauty and their six-year-old son Angan were brutally murdered at their residence, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID ) on Tuesday arrested the main accused for his alleged involvement in the crime.
Farooq Abdullah's sister, daughter detained in Srinagar
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:15 pm
Srinagar: Security officials on Tuesday detained former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah’s sister and daughter who were protesting against the central government's move of scrapping Article 370 in the region.
Maharashtra Assembly polls: BJP releases manifesto today
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:07 pm
Mumbai, Oct 15 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released their party's poll manifesto, Sankalp Patra, here for Assembly elections in Maharashtra.
BSP chief Mayawati hints at embracing Buddhism
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:04 pm
Nagpur, Oct 15 (UNI) BSP chief Mayawati hinted at following in footsteps of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, she has made up mind to free herself from Hinduism and convert to Buddhism.
BJP MLA calls Telangana CM "Hitler", urges him to soften stand
Oct 15, 2019, at 03:41 pm
Hyderabad: The BJP has accused Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao of being a tyrant over his stance on the ongoing RTC strike in Telangana.
Ink thrown on Union Minister Ashwini Chaubey
Oct 15, 2019, at 03:38 pm
Patna, Oct 15 (UNI) In an embarrassment for Union Minister of state for Health Ashwini Kumar Chaubey, a man threw ink on him on the premises of Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) here on Tuesday.
Murshidabad Triple Murders Case: Police arrests prime accused, says murder motive revenge
Oct 15, 2019, at 01:56 pm
Jiaganj, Oct 15 (UNI) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID ) has arrested the prime accused in the Murshidabad's triple murders case, seven days after the entire family of Bandhu Prakash Pal (35), a teacher, his pregnant wife Beauty and their six-year-old son Angan were brutally murdered in their rented house while the entire state was celebrating Dasami on October 8.
Man with Rs. 90 lakh deposit in PMC Bank dies after protest
Oct 15, 2019, at 01:50 pm
Mumbai: A man, who had a deposit of Rs. 90 lakh in the crisis-hit Punjab Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC), died on Monday hours after participating at a protest organised by the distressed customers of the bank, media reports said.
Ayushman Bharat benefitted over 50 lakh people: PM Modi
Oct 15, 2019, at 12:51 pm
New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the efforts made in the health sector as India achieved a major milestone of providing benefit to over 50 Lakh people under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme.
Rajnath says Congress lost elections for its poor language, refuses to comment on ML Khattar
Oct 15, 2019, at 11:52 am
Mumbai: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has claimed that Congress lost the general elections earlier this year for its abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but refused to comment on the recent indecorous words used by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar against Sonia Gandhi.
Mathura: Two Bangladeshi living illegally arrested
Oct 15, 2019, at 10:16 am
Mathura, Oct 14 (UNI) Local police have arrested two Bangladeshi nationals, arrested from Kosikalan area, police said here on Monday.
Muslim community need to understand the idea of secularism: VBA chief Prakash Ambedkar
Oct 15, 2019, at 10:10 am
Aurangabad, Oct 15 (UNI) Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Adv Prakash Ambedkar said that Muslim community should understand that this assembly election is their last chance to establish of secularism arrangement in the state and appealed them to keep the religion aside and opt secular principal of VBA to fight the election.
Indian PM Narendra Modi remembers APJ Abdul Kalam on birth anniversary
Oct 15, 2019, at 09:49 am
New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday remembered former President APJ Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary.
Oct 15, 2019, at 12:54 am
Boston: Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee, who along with his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kreme, jointly won the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”, said he thinks that the Indian economy is at the moment doing very badly and the money should go to the poor for its revival though he has no clear prescription for its correction.
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India and Netherlands launch 2nd phase of LOTUS-HR for sewage treatment
Oct 14, 2019, at 11:58 pm
New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) India and the Netherlands on Monday launched second phase of the Local Treatment of Urban Sewage streams for Healthy Reuse (LOTUS-HR) program jointly by the royal couple Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and the Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Harsh Vardhan.
Kerala CM urges Centre to not sign RCEP Agreement
Oct 14, 2019, at 11:28 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 14 (UNI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday urged the Centre to desist from its plans to sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement.
Driver from Rajasthan killed in firing by gunmen in Kashmir
Oct 14, 2019, at 11:02 pm
Srinagar,Oct 14 (UNI) A driver from Rajasthan was killed on the spot when unidentified gunmen fired at a truck in south Kashmir district of Shopian on Monday evening, official sources said.
Never thought my son would win Nobel as there are other notable works: Abhijit Banerjee's mother
Oct 14, 2019, at 10:23 pm
Kolkata: It's not every day you meet the mother of a Nobel Laureate who is grounded and acknowledges that there are other notable works too besides that of his son.