President of India Ram Nath Kovind graces Swachh Mahotsav 2019
Sep 06, 2019, at 03:31 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind graced and addressed the Swachh Mahotsav 2019, a function held at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Friday, organised by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti.
PM Narendra Modi to witness the final descent of Chandrayaan 2
Sep 06, 2019, at 03:23 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the ISRO Headquarters at Bengaluru to witness the final descent of Chandrayaan 2 on to the Lunar South Pole on Sept 7.
PM Modi to visit Aurangabad tomorrow
Sep 06, 2019, at 01:15 pm
Aurangabad: Prime Minister Modi will visit Aurangabad on Saturday for the inauguration ceremony of Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC) and address the Woman Self Help Group (SHG) rural police superintendent Moksha Patil said here.
Arrest warrant issued against SP leader Azam Khan in 3 more cases in Rampur
Sep 06, 2019, at 01:10 pm
Rampur: Noose has been tightened on Samajwadi Party leader and Rampur MP Mohammad Azam Khan, as more arrest warrants have been issued against him in three cases including the one filed after he made derogatory remarks against Bollywood actor Jaya Prada.
AAP leader Alka Lamba resigns, cites party's 'arrogance'
Sep 06, 2019, at 01:06 pm
New Delhi: In a jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of the assembly polls next year, Delhi MLA Alka Lamba resigned from her party membership citing "arrogance" of some of her colleagues.
Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar tried to kill me: Unnao rape victim
Sep 06, 2019, at 12:03 pm
New Delhi: The victim in the Unnao rape case has recently said accused expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Sengar had tried to kill her through the car-truck crash, which took place in July, media reports said.
Rajnath Singh calls for collective international action to counter terrorism
Sep 06, 2019, at 09:05 am
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has called for a collective international action to check perpetrators of terrorism and advocated strong measures against those who support and finance terrorism and provide sanctuary to terrorists.
Heavy rain lashes Vizag city in Andhra Pradesh
Sep 05, 2019, at 10:57 pm
Visakhapatnam, Sep 5 (UNI) Moderate to heavy rain lashed several parts of Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
Vice President asks Indian diaspora to effectively counter false narrative about India
Sep 05, 2019, at 09:45 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has called upon the Indian diaspora to effectively counter false propaganda and negative narrative about India, particularly in the wake of the recent reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir State.
Sep 05, 2019, at 09:02 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): President Ram Nath Kovind presented National Awards to meritorious teachers from across the country at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi Thursday on the occasion of Teachers’ Day and urged them to motivate students to tackle present challenges such as climate change, pollution, melting glaciers etc.
Declared foreigners' names appear in final NRC, two cases registered against Hajela
Sep 05, 2019, at 08:42 pm
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): While the ruling BJP and several other organisations alleged that a large number of illegal foreigners' names figured in the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), which was published on Aug 31 that left out more than 19 lakh people, a sensational incident has come to light in Morigaon district, where declared foreigners' names were included in the list.
PM Modi departs for Delhi, thanks Putin for his hospitality
Sep 05, 2019, at 08:07 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday departed for Delhi, signing off his two-day visit to Far East Russia where he attended a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and also addressed the Eastern Economic Forum.
INX Media case: Chidambaram gets 14-day judicial custody, will go to Tihar jail
Sep 05, 2019, at 06:23 pm
New Delhi: Former Union Finance and Home Minister P Chidambaram will go to Tihar jail as a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Thursday ordered a 14-day judicial custody of the senior politician in the INX Media case, media reports said.
85 per cent people of a Hindu Bengali village not listed in final Assam NRC
Sep 05, 2019, at 03:48 pm
Guwahati: The people of Barguri village – a Hindu Bengali community dominated village under Behali assembly constituency in Assam’s Biswanath district- are now spending sleepless night after names of more than 85 per cent people of the village did not figure in the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), which was published on August 31.
P Chidambaram, son Karti granted anticipatory bail in Aircel-Maxis case
Sep 05, 2019, at 03:43 pm
New Delhi: After a series of setbacks in the INX Media case, former Union Finance and Home Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti was on Thursday granted anticipatory bail in the Aircel-Maxis case by a special court, media reports said.
India, Japan working together to create a better planet: PM Modi
Sep 05, 2019, at 02:36 pm
Vladivostok: India and Japan are working at the regional and global levels to help "create a better planet", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.
BJP MLA demands NRC in Uttar Pradesh
Sep 05, 2019, at 01:07 pm
Lucknow: BJP MLA from Meerut Satya Prakash Agarwal has demanded a National Register of Citizens (NRC) list for Uttar Pradesh to check 'large scale infiltration' in the state.
Blast in Gurdaspur firecracker factory kills 23
Sep 05, 2019, at 01:05 pm
Gurdaspur: At least 23 people were killed in the explosion which took place at a firecracker manufacturing factory in Punjab's Gurdaspur on Wednesday, media reports said.
INX Media case: Supreme Court denies protection to Chidambaram from ED arrest
Sep 05, 2019, at 12:32 pm
New Delhi: In another setback for the former Union Finance and Home Minister, the Supreme Court on Thursday denied a protection to P Chidambaram from arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the INX Media case, media reports said.
Supreme Court allows Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija to meet her mother in Kashmir
Sep 05, 2019, at 12:15 pm
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija to meet her mother in the valley a month after the Centre scrapped Article 370, media reports said.
PM Modi raises Zakir Naik issue with Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohammad
Sep 05, 2019, at 10:44 am
Vladivostok: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his meeting with Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohammad raised the issue of extradition of controversial radical Islamic preacher Zakir Naik.
Assam govt decides to fast track court to try cases involving doctor’s murder
Sep 04, 2019, at 11:23 pm
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): The Assam government has decided for fast track court to try cases involving the killing of Dr. Deven Dutta at Teok Tea Garden in Upper Assam.
Assam: District Sports Officer caught red-handed for accepting bribe
Sep 04, 2019, at 10:33 pm
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): The sleuths of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption branch of Assam police on Wednesday caught a government official red handed while accepting a bribe amount Rs 30,000 from a person.
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Sep 04, 2019, at 09:32 pm
Guwahati, Sept 4 (IBNS): A case has been registered and one more complaint has been lodged against National Register of Citizens (NRC) State Coordinator Prateek Hajela for 'deliberate exclusion of genuine Indian citizens' from the final NRC, which was published on August 31 that left out more than 19 lakh people.
Two injured in blast while making country bomb in Tamil Nadu
Sep 04, 2019, at 08:47 pm
Virudhunagar, Sep 4 (UNI) Two people sustained grievous injuries after a country bomb, they were allegedly making, went off at Nandireddiyapatti village here on Wednesday, police said.
Venkaiah Naidu urges world community to work unitedly to root out terrorism
Sep 04, 2019, at 08:11 pm
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has called upon the world community to work together to completely root out terrorism and promote a peaceful global order.
Gurdaspur firecracker factory blast claims 18 lives
Sep 04, 2019, at 07:27 pm
Gurdaspur, Sept 4 (IBNS): At least 18 people died and dozens are feared trapped as an explosion of massive scale took place at a firecracker manufacturing factory in Punjab's Gurdaspur on Wednesday, media reports said.
Punjab: 16 killed, many injured in factory blast
Sep 04, 2019, at 06:20 pm
Gurdaspur, Sep 4 (IBNS/UNI) At least 16 people died and many more were injured in a blast at a cracker factory at Batala-Jalandhar road in Gurdaspur district of Punjab on Wednesday evening.
TMC MP Shatabdi Roy returns over Rs 30 Lakh to ED
Sep 04, 2019, at 06:14 pm
Kolkata, Sep 4 (UNI) Tolloywood-actor-turned Trinamool Congress MP Shatabdi Roy today claimed that she has returned Rs 30,64,000, which she had received for being the brand ambassador from the scam tainted and defunct Saradha Group, through a bank draft addressed to the Enforcement Directorate at its Salt Lake office.
High-level team of Ministry of DoNER to visit Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:50 pm
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): A High-level team of officers from Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) will be visiting Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow, officials said.