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Narendra Modi pays tribute to Lala Lajpat Rai | Supreme Court rejects plea to ban cow slaughter across the country | Kashmir avalanches : Army death toll rises to 14 | UP CM Akhilesh Yadav writes to PM Modi requesting defer the Union budget | Air services resume in Srinagar after 72 hours | Rahul Gandhi to start election campaign in Punjab today | Ten soldiers killed in Kashmir avalanches | Somalia: Militants attack hotel in capital Mogadishu, over 20 feared dead | Kashmir avalanches : Six soldiers killed, several missing | Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin dies of cardiac arrestd

UK says it is committed to strengthening defence ties with India

Feb 19, 2019, at 09:10 pm

London, Feb 19 (IBNS): The UK will attend Aero India in force again this year, reflecting the importance of the UK-India defence relationship.

Govt hikes Dearness Allowance by 3% for employees and pensioners

Feb 19, 2019, at 09:05 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): The Union cabinet on Tuesday approved an additional 3 per cent dearness allowance above the existing 9 per cent for central government employees and pensioners.

Rajeev Kumar transferred, Anuj Sharma becomes new Kolkata Police Commissioner

Feb 19, 2019, at 09:00 pm

Kolkata, Feb 19 (IBNS): Anuj Sharma has been appointed as the new Kolkata Police Chief on Tuesday, officials said.

Normal life crippled in south Kashmir's Pulwama

Feb 19, 2019, at 08:51 pm

Srinagar, Feb 19 (UNI/IBNS) Normal life was on Tuesday crippled as shops and business establishments were closed and traffic was off the roads in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, where a civilian and three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates virtual experiential museum at Man – Mahal near Dashashwamedh Ghat at Varanasi

Feb 19, 2019, at 08:33 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly established Virtual Experiential Museum (VEM) in a Centrally Protected Monument under Archeological Survey of India, Man – Mahal, situated on the bank of the Ganges near holy Dashashwamedh Ghat at Varanasi on Tuesday.

Sonia Gandhi will contest from Rae Bareli again: Report

Feb 19, 2019, at 08:28 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to contest the next Lok Sabha election from Rae Bareli, which has voted in her favour since 2004, said NDTV citing sources.

Dismayed by Imran's eerie silence on Pulwama attack :Parkash Badal

Feb 19, 2019, at 08:11 pm

Chandigarh, Feb 19 (UNI) Former Punjab chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday said he was stunned by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's complete and deafening silence on the tragic terrorist attack in Pulwama and his refusal to utter even a single word against those who had openly taken responsibility for the heinous crime.

Bengaluru: 2 jets of air force aerobatic team collide, 1 pilot dies

Feb 19, 2019, at 08:01 pm

Bengaluru, Feb 19 (IBNS): A pilot died after two jets of the Indian Air Force's Suryakiran Aerobatic Team crashed down at the Yelahanka airbase in Bengaluru on Tuesday, media reports said.

Bank Manager arrested accepting Rs 20,000 as bribe

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:58 pm

Samastipur, Feb 19 (UNI) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested Manager of Central Bank of India Jitendra Nath while he was accepting Rs 20,000 as bribe from one Sanjay Kumar Thakur.

Assam BJP MLA says India should declare war against Pakistan

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:57 pm

Guwahati, Feb 19 (IBNS): Amidst anger against Pakistan over the Pulwama terror attack, Assam BJP MLA Mrinal Saikia said that, the government should declare war against the neighbouring country.

PM Narendra Modi's video address for the Campaign on Drugs Free India

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:51 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the ‘Campaign for Drugs Free India’, organized by the Art of Living Foundation, through video message.

BJP and AIADMK announce alliance in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:42 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): The BJP and Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK have announced an alliance to fight the next Lok Sabha elections.

Sushma Swaraj receives Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:41 pm

Barcelona/Madrid, Feb 19 (IBNS): Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday received the 'Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit' from the Spanish Government.

Indian PM Narendra Modi visits Varanasi, lays foundation stone of Guru Ravidas Birth Place Development Project

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:33 pm

Varanasi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and laid foundation stone of Guru Ravidas Birth Place Development Project to mark Ravidas Jayanti celebrations.

Commerce Minister launches ‘SWAYATT’ on GeM

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:29 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, launched SWAYATT in New Delhi on Tuesday. 

Youth held for raised ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at Kamakhya temple

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:27 pm

Guwahati, Feb 19 (IBNS): A youth was held by the police for raising ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at Kamakhya temple in Assam, officials said.

Pan-India emergency number ‘112’ launched

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:22 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka  Sanjay Gandhi here on Tuesday jointly launched the Women Safety initiative of Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) in 16 States/UTs and Mumbai city.

PM Modi visits BHU in Varanasi

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:16 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited BHU in Varanasi on Saturday.

Development Projects worth Rs. 3350 crores unveiled by PM in Varanasi

Feb 19, 2019, at 07:14 pm

Varanasi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled on Tuesday development projects worth Rs. 3350 crores for Varanasi.

Pakistan should stop misleading world and take credible actions: India says rejecting Imran Khan's comments on Pulwama

Feb 19, 2019, at 06:59 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19  (IBNS): Giving a reply to Pakistan PM Imran Khan over his remark on Pulwama attack, India on Tuesday said the neighbouring nation should stop 'misleading the international community' and take credible and visible action against the perpetrators of the Kashmir incident.

Anyone who picks up gun in Kashmir will be eliminated unless he surrenders: Army

Feb 19, 2019, at 06:50 pm

Srinagar, Feb 19 (IBNS): A day after Pakistan-based militant organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar's aide was killed, the Army on Tuesday said anyone who picks up gun in Jammu and Kashmir will be eliminated unless he surrenders, media reports said.

We shall first have to give up this hubris of considering tribes backward: Vice President Naidu

Feb 19, 2019, at 06:42 pm

New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that we have to give up the hubris of considering tribes backward and every tribe has a rich and living cultural tradition and we must respect them.

Give us evidence, we will take action: Imran Khan tells India on Pulwama attack

Feb 19, 2019, at 06:39 pm

Islamabad, Dec 19 (IBNS): Little less than a week after 40 CRPF jawans were killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama area, Pakistan PM Imran Khan, whose nation has been blamed by India to be behind the incident, on Tuesday asked the neighbouring nation to share evidence on the issue and assured his country will 'take action'.

Seven killed in road accident on Yamuna expressway

Feb 19, 2019, at 10:33 am

Mathura, Feb 19 (UNI) At least 7 people were killed and three injured in an accident in Baldev area on Yamuna expressway on early Tuesday morning.

Sushma to receive 'Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit' award in Spain

Feb 19, 2019, at 09:47 am

Madrid, Feb 19 (UNI) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived here on Monday on the last leg of her trip to three nation visit of Bulgaria, Morocco and Spain.

Assam Rifles troops nab NSCN (K) militant in Nagaland

Feb 18, 2019, at 11:16 pm

Guwahati, Feb 18 (IBNS): Security forces apprehended a hardcore militant of banned NSCN (K) in Nagaland’s Mon district on Monday.

SC to consider urgent hearing of PIL against J&K special status

Feb 18, 2019, at 10:37 pm

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IBNS): Supreme Court will consider the plea seeking urgent hearing of a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and limits Parliament's power to make laws for the state.

Kashmir: 5 security personnel, 3 JeM militants and one civilian killed in Pulwama encounter

Feb 18, 2019, at 10:11 pm

Srinagar, Feb 18 (UNI/IBNS): Five security force personnel, including an Army Major and three top militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were among nine persons, killed in about 18-hour-long fierce encounter, which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, in the wee hours of Monday, official sources said.