Assam flood: 110 animals, including 10 rhinos, die in Kaziranga
Jul 20, 2019, at 06:48 pm
Guwahati, July 20 (IBNS): The Kazirnaga National Park, a World Heritage Site, which hosts two-third of the one horned rhinoceros, has lost around 110 wild animals so far in the devastating flood that has hit Assam and disrupted normal life in the state.
Maharashtra: Body of couple found in Thane
Jul 20, 2019, at 05:40 pm
Thane, Jul 19 (UNI) The bodies of a boy and a girl, aged around 20, have been found in a lodge in the city of Kalyan, police said here on Saturday.
Puducherry: Construction worker electrocuted
Jul 20, 2019, at 05:38 pm
Puducherry, Jul 20 (UNI) A 64-year-old construction worker was electrocuted at Ellapillaichavady here on Friday evening.
Maharashtra: Lightning claims 4 lives in Marathwada
Jul 20, 2019, at 05:36 pm
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Jul 20 (UNI) Four people were killed when lightning struck them during the past 24 hours in Hingoli and Jalna districts of Marathwada region.
US Immigration service says will review naturalization test
Jul 20, 2019, at 05:34 pm
Moscow, July 20 (Sputnik/UNI) US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday it would review the test for applicants for the country's citizenship.
Odisha: Two school students injure in explosion inside school campus
Jul 20, 2019, at 05:29 pm
Bhubaneswar,Jul 20 (UNI) Two students were injured in a crude bomb explosion inside Magura UP school under Aska block in Odisha’s Ganjam district today.
Ajay Maken, Sharmistha Mukherjee condole Sheila Dikshit's demise
Jul 20, 2019, at 05:27 pm
New Delhi, Jul 20 (UNI) Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken and Delhi Mahila Congress president Sharmistha Mukherjee on Saturday condoled the demise of three-time Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit.
Jul 20, 2019, at 05:24 pm
New Delhi, Jul 20 (UNI) Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Saturday expressed shock over the demise of three-time Delhi Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Shiela Dikshit and said country has lost a dedicated Congress leader of the masses.
Jammu and Kashmir: Four killed, two injured in Ramban road accident
Jul 20, 2019, at 05:24 pm
Jammu, Jul 20 (UNI) At least four persons were killed and two others sustained severe injuries when their taxi met with an accident and plunged into a gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
Maharashtra road mishap leaves three dead
Jul 20, 2019, at 05:23 pm
Aurangabad, Jul 20 (UNI) Three teenagers were crushed to death by an unidentified vehicle when they were working out on a road at Talewadi village of Beed district early Saturday, sources said here.
Gujarat: Two injured in separate leopard attacks
Jul 20, 2019, at 05:20 pm
Amreli, Jul 20 (UNI) Two persons, including a 8-year-old girl were injured in separate incidents of leopard attacks in the vicinity of Gir-East forests in Amreli district of Gujarat.
Punjab Governor, CM Amarinder Singh accept Navjot Singh Sidhu's resignation
Jul 20, 2019, at 05:17 pm
Chandigarh, Jul 20 (UNI) Navjot Singh Sidhu is formally out of the Punjab Cabinet with both Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Governor VPS Badnore accepting his one-line resignation.
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mourn death of Sheila Dikshit
Jul 20, 2019, at 05:15 pm
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and her sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday mourned the death of party veteran and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Three-time Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit dies, President Kovind,PM Modi mourn
Jul 20, 2019, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): Veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit, who served as the CM of Delhi three times, died at a hospital in the national capital on Saturday.
Don’t breach standards of ethical journalism: Vice President Naidu cautions media
Jul 20, 2019, at 04:33 pm
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has cautioned the media against breaching the standards of ethical and independent journalism and urged the Fourth Estate to be a beacon light of uprightness and objectivity.
Veteran Congress leader and ex-Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit dies
Jul 20, 2019, at 04:30 pm
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): Veteran Congress leader Sheikh Dikshit, who had served as the Delhi Chief Minister for several terms, passed away on Saturday.
Jagdeep Dhankhar appointed as West Bengal Governor
Jul 20, 2019, at 04:27 pm
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): Jagdeep Dhankhar has been appointed as the new Governor of West Bengal, officials said.
Assam Rifles officials arrest Rohingya man who was illegally residing in India for 9 years
Jul 20, 2019, at 03:52 pm
Guwahati, July 20 (IBNS): Assam Rifles have arrested a Rohingya man, who was residing in India illegally for the past nine years, from the state's Cachar district, officials said.
Eighteen Indians among 23 sailors aboard British-flagged tanker
Jul 20, 2019, at 03:28 pm
Tehran, July 20 (UNI/IBNS): Iran opened an investigation on Saturday into a British-flagged tanker it alleges collided with a fishing vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, as tensions mount in the strategic waterway. The 23 crew members of the tanker include 18 Indian nationals, as per India's Ministry of External Affairs.
Indian Army successfully conducts trial of Summer User Trials of Nag Missile
Jul 20, 2019, at 03:18 pm
New Delhi, July 19 (IBNS) Indian Army has successfully carried out summer user trials of third Generation Anti-Tank Guided Missile NAGat Pokhran Field Firing Ranges.
After meeting families of Sonbhadra victims, Priyanka decides to return to Delhi
Jul 20, 2019, at 03:04 pm
Mirzapur, July 20 (IBNS): After meeting the families of people who were killed in the Sonbhadra massacre, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has decided to return to Delhi.
Two killed, 31 injured in two road mishaps in Assam
Jul 20, 2019, at 01:53 pm
Guwahati, July 20 (IBNS): Two people were killed and 31 others injured in two separate road mishaps in Assam.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets relatives of few Sonbhadra victims in Mirzapur
Jul 20, 2019, at 01:34 pm
Mirzapur, July 20 (IBNS): Relatives of few people who were killed in the Sonbhadra massacre travelled all the way to Mirzapur and met Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who has been detained by the Uttar Pradesh police at a guest house.
Rajnath Singh visits Jammu and Kashmir, pays tribute at Kargil war memorial
Jul 20, 2019, at 01:14 pm
Srinagar, July 20 (UNI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday visited Kargil war memorial and paid tributes to martyrs of the 1999 Kargil war.
Pune: Road accident kills nine students
Jul 20, 2019, at 12:20 pm
Pune, July 20 (UNI): Nine students who were returning home from an excursion were killed when the passenger vehicle in which they were traveling was hit by a truck on Pune-Solapur National Highway near Kadamvak Vasti village, during early hours on Saturday.
India retaliates after Pakistan breaks truce along LoC in Poonch
Jul 20, 2019, at 12:18 pm
Jammu, July 20 (UNI): In yet another incident of 'ceasefire violation', Pakistan on Saturday fired unprovoked along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Kashmir: CASO launched by security forces in Anantnag
Jul 20, 2019, at 12:16 pm
Srinagar, July 20 (UNI): Security forces on Saturday launched a cordon and search operation in south Kashmir district of Anantnag.
Sonbhadra aftermath: After Priyanka, now Trinamool delegation detained at Varanasi airport
Jul 20, 2019, at 11:45 am
Varanasi, July 20 (IBNS): A day after Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur, a Trinamool Congress delegation, which was trying to meet the injured in the Sonbhadra shooting, claimed to have been detained at Varanasi Airport.
Won't go back without meeting victims' families in Sonbhadra: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Jul 20, 2019, at 11:14 am
Mirzapur, July 20 (IBNS): Hours after being detained at a guest house by the Uttar Pradesh police, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said she won't go back without meeting the families of 10 people killed in a shooting in Sonbhadra.
Karnataka: No trust vote today, Speaker adjourns Assembly till Monday
Jul 19, 2019, at 11:34 pm
Bengaluru, Jul 19 (IBNS): Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar once again on Friday adjourned the house till Monday thereby stalling the trust vote.