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Assembly Elections 2017: Polling begins in Uttar Pradesh first phase | Signatures of support to Sasikala will be veriefied : Tamil Nadu Governor | Centre okays use of drones for vigilance in Kaziranga National Park | PM Modi pays homage to Guru Ravidas | PM Modi to address rallies in UP and Uttarakhand today | Engineering student found dead in Kolkata flat | Paneerselvam meets TN Governor Vidyasagar Rao to present case against Sasikala | Fire breaks out at Calcutta High Court's new building, no casualty | Explosion at French nuclear plant, several reported injured | Paneerselvam prepares to meet Tamil Nadu governor ahead of Sasikala

Twenty one killed in a mining accident in China

Feb 24, 2019, at 11:08 am

Hohhot, Feb 24 (UNI) A total of 21 people have been killed and 29 others injured after a vehicle lost control due to faulty brakes at a mining company in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,local authorities said on Sunday morning.

PM Modi to launch 75,000 crore PM-KISAN scheme from UP's Gorakhpur

Feb 24, 2019, at 10:55 am

New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will launch the Rs. 75,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in Uttar Pradesh's to electronically transfer the first instalment of Rs 2,000 to selected farmers.

Amid post-Pulwama tension, Pakistan's Hindu lawmaker Vankwani meets Sushma Swaraj

Feb 24, 2019, at 01:50 am

New Delhi, Feb 23 (UNI) As India and Pakistan relations hit a new low in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack kiling 40 Indian soldiers, a Pakistani Hindu lawmaker from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, met Indian leaders, including External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of State for External Affairs Gen V K Singh, on Saturday.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar accuses Modi govt of instigating caste-based hatred

Feb 24, 2019, at 01:16 am

Aurangabad, Feb 23 (UNI) Launching a scathing attack on the Modi-led government near here in Parli of Beed district of Maharashtra on Saturday, National Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar alleged that the BJP government was instigating caste based hatred among the people.

Time for 'Pathan' Imran Khan to keep his words: Narendra Modi on Pulwama

Feb 23, 2019, at 09:19 pm

Tonk, Feb 23 (IBNS): Challenging his Pakistani counterpart from an election campaign in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said it is the time for Imran Khan, who called himself a 'Pathan', to keep his words by bringing all those responsible for the Pulwama terror attack to justice.

Veteran freedom fighter and Kannada writer Ko Channabasappa passed away

Feb 23, 2019, at 08:07 pm

Bengaluru, Feb 23 (UNI) Veteran freedom fighter and noted Kannada writer Ko Channabasappa passed away in M S Ramaiah hospital due to age related illness in the city on Saturday.

Kerala: Fire breaks out at paint godown, trucks, stock destroyed

Feb 23, 2019, at 08:03 pm

Malappuram, Feb 23 (UNI/IBNS) A fire, that broke out at a paint godown at Edavakad in Thoovakkad near here on Saturday afternoon, has destroyed the entire stock and a couple of trucks inside the premises.

Hyderabad: Boy drowns in swimming pool

Feb 23, 2019, at 08:00 pm

Hyderabad, Feb 23 (UNI) A 15-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool at Rajendranagar on the outskirts of the city, on Friday evening.

Huge cache of cannabis recovered from Tripura forest

Feb 23, 2019, at 07:57 pm

Agartala, Feb 23 (UNI) The BSF and Tripura police seized a huge quantity of dry cannabis last evening from forest areas of Rampadpara village of Matinagar under Sonamura in Sepahijala district.

BJP leader Baddam Bal Reddy passes away; CM mourns demise

Feb 23, 2019, at 07:54 pm

Hyderabad, Feb 23 (UNI) Senior BJP leader and three-term MLA Baddam Bal Reddy passed away while undergoing treatment at a corporate hospital here on Saturday.

Kolkata: BJP protests in front of Eden Gardens for removal of portraits of Pak players from Club House

Feb 23, 2019, at 07:48 pm

Kolkata, Feb 23 (UNI) BJP today staged a protest demonstration in front of Eden Gardens demanding removal of portraits of Pakistani cricketers, including that of Pak President Imran Khan, from the iconic stadium in view of Pakistan aided terror attack on the CRPF personnel at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on Feb 14.

Tripura police arrests pro-Pak commenter in Mysore

Feb 23, 2019, at 07:43 pm

Agartala, Feb 23 (UNI) A Tripura police team arrested a youth from a hotel in Mysore, who hails from Asharambari area of Khowai district in West Tripura, in a predawn operation early this morning.

Drought: A 10 member Central Team to visit Karnataka on Feb 27 and 28 for on the spot inspection of drought hit taluks

Feb 23, 2019, at 07:41 pm

Bengaluru, Feb 23 (UNI) A 10 member Central team will be arriving here on Feb 27 and tour drought affected taluks in the State to study the situation previling in the drought affected villages.

PM Narendra Modi to launch PM-KISAN scheme from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh tomorrow

Feb 23, 2019, at 07:35 pm

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh tomorrow on Feb 24.

Nitin Gadkari to lay foundation stones for seven highway projects in Kangra in Himachal Pradesh

Feb 23, 2019, at 07:22 pm

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stones for seven National Highway projects worth over Rs 4419 crore in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra on Sunday.

President of India Kovind to visit Uttar Pradesh on February 24 and 25

Feb 23, 2019, at 07:18 pm

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind will visit Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow and Kanpur) on Feb 24 and 25, 2019.

Rahul Gandhi is the biggest liar in India : Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Feb 23, 2019, at 07:15 pm

Guwahati, Feb 23 : Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday hit out at Rahul Gandhi and said the Congress president is the biggest liar in the country.

Uttar Pradesh: Three arrested for gold loot in Meerut

Feb 23, 2019, at 06:51 pm

Lucknow, Feb 23 (UNI/IBNS) Three members of a gang involved in looting gold from a private gold loan company in Meerut have been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh police.

Omar Abdullah 'thanks' PM Narendra Modi for speaking on attacks against Kashmiris

Feb 23, 2019, at 06:48 pm

Srinagar, Feb 23 (IBNS): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raising his voice against the recent incidents of targeting Kashmiris across the nation following the Pulwama terror attack.

PM Narendra Modi to visit Kumbh at Prayagraj tomorrow

Feb 23, 2019, at 06:44 pm

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay visit to Kumbh at Prayagraj on Sunday.

Assam hooch tragedy : Death toll rises to 83, Assam govt announces Rs 2 lakh compensation to each victim family

Feb 23, 2019, at 06:39 pm

Guwahati, Feb 23 (IBNS): Death toll due to consumption of spurious liquor in Assam’s Golaghat and Jorhat district has gone up to 83.

Uttar Pradesh: Eight killed in explosion at illegal fireworks factory

Feb 23, 2019, at 06:20 pm

Bhadohi, Feb 23 (UNI) At least eight people were killed in an explosion that occurred in an illegally-operated fireworks factory in the Chairi police station area in this district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.

Maharashtra: Four dead, 20 seriously injured as bus rams into tanker in Ahmednagar

Feb 23, 2019, at 06:13 pm

Aurangabad, Feb 23 (UNI) Four passengers died while other 20 sustained serious injuries on Saturday when the bus in which they were travelling hit a milk tanker at Kagoni Phata in Nevasa taluka of Ahmednagar district.

One held on cyber crime charges

Feb 23, 2019, at 06:10 pm

Hyderabad, Feb 23 (UNI) The cyber crime police have arrested a person for cheating people on the pretext of providing insurance policies with huge maturity benefits in a very short period.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to sit on indefinite hunger strike for Delhi's full statehood

Feb 23, 2019, at 05:59 pm

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Delhi Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said he will sit on indefinite hunger strike from Mar 1 in demand for full statehood of Delhi.

Mirwaiz condemns nocturnal crackdown on JeI leadership, Malik

Feb 23, 2019, at 05:50 pm

Srinagar, Feb 23 (UNI) Condemning the nocturnal crackdown on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leadership and workers and arrest of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yaseen Malik, moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) chief Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq said force and intimidation will only worsen the situation in the valley.

Jammu and Kashmir: 4 CRPF personnel among 9 injured in Baramulla road accident

Feb 23, 2019, at 05:45 pm

Baramulla, Feb 23 (UNI/IBNS) Nine persons including four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured in a road accident in this north Kashmir Saturday afternoon, official sources said.

Abu Dhabi to host 46th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Feb 23, 2019, at 05:09 pm

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): The 46th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation will be held in Abu Dhabi on Mar 1 and 2, 2019, officials said. 

Amid high-volage tension, PM dares Imran to prove his words on fight against poverty

Feb 23, 2019, at 04:48 pm

Tonk, Rajasthan, Feb 23 (UNI/IBNS) :Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dared his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan to stick to his own words as a 'Pathan' and dedicate all efforts to fight poverty and illiteracy in the two countries.

Four killed in explosion in UP house

Feb 23, 2019, at 04:02 pm

Bhadohi, Feb 23 (UNI/IBNS) Four people were killed following a powerful explosion which ripped through his house in the Chairi police station area in this district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.