Sep 21, 2019, at 02:26 pm
New Delhi: Drawing widespread taunts from netizens, an old video showing historian and Padma Bhushan Romila Thapar claiming some historians say may be Yudhishthira in epic Mahabharat had the mind and image of King Ashoka has started trending on micro-blogging site Twitter.
Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana on Oct 21, counting on Oct 24
Sep 21, 2019, at 01:52 pm
New Delhi: The assembly elections in two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states, Maharashtra and Haryana, will be held in a single phase on Oct 21, Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora announced on Saturday.
BREAKING: Polls in Maharashtra, Haryana on Oct 21
Sep 21, 2019, at 12:29 pm
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Saturday announced the state polls in Maharashtra and Haryana will be held on Oct 21.
Confident that my visit will present India as global leader, says Modi as he leaves for US
Sep 21, 2019, at 07:44 am
Washington, Sept 21 (IBNS): PM Narendra Modi on Friday left for the US where he will attend the UN General Assembly and said he is confident that his visit will present India as a global leader.
Assam NRC: 19 lakh excluded people may have to wait till Nov to learn reason
Sep 20, 2019, at 10:24 pm
Guwahati, Sept 20 (IBNS): The 120-day window period for the people who were left out from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) may have to wait till November to know the reason of exclusion and appeal before the Foreigners Tribunal.
Assam man arrested for allegedly raping his own minor daughter
Sep 20, 2019, at 08:40 pm
Guwahati, Sept 20 (IBNS): Police have arrested a person for allegedly raping his own minor daughter in Assam’s Kamrup district.
My clothes were torn off, alleges Agnimitra Paul in FIR on Jadavpur University assaults
Sep 20, 2019, at 07:48 pm
Kolkata, Sept 20 (IBNS): A day after facing agitation and protest at the Jadavpur University in Kolkata along with Union Minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo, fashion designer-turned-politician Agnimitra Paul on Friday lodged an FIR where she alleged physical abuse and molestation by the students.
NRC to be implemented in Bihar too: BJP Minister
Sep 20, 2019, at 07:46 pm
Bhagalpur, Sep 20 (UNI) Senior BJP leader and Bihar revenue and land reforms minister Ram Narain Mandal on Friday created a flutter in NDA camp by asserting that National Register of Citizens (NRC) would be implemented in the state, a stand contrary to what had been taken by JD (U) and deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi.
Prime Minister Modi and Mongolia President Khaltmaagiin Battulga jointly unveils Buddha Statue
Sep 20, 2019, at 05:41 pm
New Delhi, Sept 20 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of Mongolia, jointly unveiled a statue of Lord Buddha and his two disciples, installed at the historic Gandan Tegchenling Monastery in Ulaanbaatar.
Nagpur: Pregnant woman, kid among 3 killed in wall collapse
Sep 20, 2019, at 05:16 pm
Nagpur, Sep 20 (UNI) Three members of a family were reportedly killed while as many sustained injuries on Friday when the wall of a building collapsed in the Imambada vicinity of the Mehkar area in the Buldhana district.
New Delhi: Twenty-year-old woman commits suicide in Tilak Nagar
Sep 20, 2019, at 05:08 pm
New Delhi, Sep 20 (UNI) A twenty-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in West Delhi, police said on Friday.
Enforcement Directorate raids TMC MP KD Singh's premises at multiple locations
Sep 20, 2019, at 05:06 pm
New Delhi, Sep 20 (UNI) Enforcement Directorate carried out searches at seven locations in New Delhi and Chandigarh including registered offices of 14 group companies of Alchemist Group which is owned and controlled by Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP K D Singh.
Five Afghan smugglers swallow 370 heroin capsules, arrested in Delhi airport
Sep 20, 2019, at 05:01 pm
New Delhi, Sept 20 (IBNS): Five Afghans, who had ingested 370 high purity heroin capsules for smuggling into India, were arrested by Indian security officials from Delhi airport after they arrived in the nation from Kandahar, officials said.
There should be no imposition of any language, nor opposition to any language: Vice President Naidu
Sep 20, 2019, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi, Sept 20 (IBNS): Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu today called upon people to learn as many languages as possible and asserted that there should not be imposition of any language, nor should there be opposition to any particular language.
Student assault case: Three more arrested after Chinmayanand
Sep 20, 2019, at 04:56 pm
Shahjahanpur, Sep 20 (UNI) After the arrest of BJP leader and former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand from his ashram here on Friday morning on charges of sexual exploitation of a law student, police nabbed three more people for allegedly extorting five crore rupees from the self-styled godman.
Odisha: Fire breaks out in BSNL building in Cuttack, telecom services affected
Sep 20, 2019, at 04:52 pm
Cuttack, Sep 20 (UNI) A major fire broke out in the third-floor office of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd(BSNL office today seriously affecting telecom services in the twin cities of Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and some other parts of Odisha.
Jadavpur clash: Guv Dhankar contradicts with TMC statement, says had talk with CM Mamata
Sep 20, 2019, at 03:59 pm
Kolkata: Contradicting with Trinamool's statement, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Friday said he went to the Jadavpur University and rescued Union Minister Babul Supriyo after only having a conversation with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
India will soar high if Pakistan raises Kashmir issue at UN: Syed Akbaruddin
Sep 20, 2019, at 03:35 pm
United Nations, Sep 20 (UNI) India's top envoy to the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin, has asserted that their country would soar high if Pakistan stooped low by raising the Kashmir issue at a high-level UN General Assembly session here next week.
Saradha case: Despite fresh summons, former Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar fails to turn up
Sep 20, 2019, at 02:52 pm
Kolkata: Despite the issue of fresh summons by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar failed to turn up at the office of the federal probe agency in connection with the Saradha chit fund case on Friday, media report said.
BJP lashes out at Mamata regime, 'urban Naxals' for heckling Union Minister Supriyo
Sep 20, 2019, at 12:27 pm
New Delhi, Sept 20 (UNI/IBNS): The BJP on Friday lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee government and West Bengal police for the ugly episode in Jadavpur University wherein Union Minister Babul Supriyo was heckled and allegedly manhandled by SFI activists in Kolkata.
PM Modi set to hold round table meet with CEOs of top global companies
Sep 20, 2019, at 12:15 pm
New Delhi, Sept 20 (UNI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States beginning on Saturday will have crucial engagements with CEOs to debate on key issues of economy and energy besides the high profile 'Howdy Modi' rally at Houston and his address to the UN General Assembly.
Shahjahanpur rape case: Accused Chinmayanand sent to jail for 14 days
Sep 20, 2019, at 12:06 pm
Lucknow: Arrested Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chinmayanand, an accused in the Shahjahanpur rape case, has been sent to jail for 14 days, media reports said.
UP police arrest rape-accused BJP leader Chinmayanand
Sep 20, 2019, at 10:37 am
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Chinmayanand, who is accused of rape by a law student, media reports said.
Improper of VC to not take prompt steps: WB Guv on Babul Supriyo gherao
Sep 19, 2019, at 11:38 pm
Kolkata, Sept 19 (IBNS): Hours after rescuing Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Babul Supriyo from a gherao at the Jadavpur University in Kolkata, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar stated that he took the issue very seriously and said it was "improper" of the Vice-Chancellor to have not taken prompt steps in the matter.
Babul Supriyo faces agitation at Jadavpur University, WB Guv rushes to rescue BJP leader
Sep 19, 2019, at 08:26 pm
Kolkata, Sept 19 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Union Minister Babul Supriyo is facing huge protest by the students of Jadavpur University on Thursday after being heckled earlier in the day for entering the campus with armed force to attend a programme by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS.
Villagers brutally beat three boys for attempting to steal coconut in Assam
Sep 19, 2019, at 07:38 pm
Guwahati, Sept 19 (IBNS): In an apparent case of moral policing, three minor boys were allegedly beaten up by a group of villager alleging that the boys attempted to steal coconut in Assam’s Hojai district on Thursday.
Sep 19, 2019, at 07:18 pm
Guwahati, Sept 19 (IBNS): Security personnel arrested one Rohingya with four other persons who were involved in illegal transportation of foreigners in Manipur’s Moreh.
Belgian F-16 crashes in France, both pilots eject on time - Reports
Sep 19, 2019, at 05:51 pm
Brussels, Sep 19 (UNI) A Belgian F-16 fighter jet crashed in western France on Thursday, but both pilots were able to eject from the aircraft, media reported.
BJP making mockery of NRC by bringing in CAB: Gogoi
Sep 19, 2019, at 05:48 pm
Guwahati, Sep 19 (UNI) Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today said that by bringing in Citizenship Amendment bill (CAB), the BJP-led government is making a complete mockery of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Ganga, Yamuna continue to rise in UP's Prayagraj, thousands left homeless
Sep 19, 2019, at 04:40 pm
Prayagraj, Sep 19 (UNI) In view of the intermittent rains in the plain areas of Uttar Pradesh, over 150 villages have submerged due to the floods in the Ganga and Yamuna rivers in Prayagraj while thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and move towards safer areas.