BJP's attack on me proves their defeat in UP: Mamata in Modi's constituency Varanasi
Mar 03, 2022, at 09:28 pm
Varanasi/IBNS: Supporting Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers' alleged attack on her here a day ago shows the saffron brigade is losing the ongoing assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Shab-E-Meraj: Devotees brave downpour to see holy relic of Prophet Muhammad
Mar 03, 2022, at 08:46 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: A multitude of devotees on Tuesday hailing from Kashmir thronged Dargah in Hazratbal shrine to have a glimpse of the holy relic of Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
Financial literacy pivotal in efficient management of resources: Kashmir LG Sinha
Mar 03, 2022, at 08:44 pm
Jammu/IBNS: Lieutenant Governor of J&K Manoj Sinha in his 10th episode of public outreach programme ‘Awam ki Awaz' praised the suggestions of Uri resident, Muhammad Iqbal Badana, regarding the financial literacy among rural masses.
JK: Fifth craft safari traverses downtown Srinagar
Mar 03, 2022, at 08:39 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Recognised as the UNESCO’s Creative City in the field of Craft and Folk Art, Srinagar's downtown witnessed the fifth craft Safari.
Shab-e-Meraj, Mahashivratri celebrated across Ramban, JK
Mar 03, 2022, at 08:34 pm
Ramban/IBNS: Shab-e-Meraj and Mahashivratri festivals were celebrated across the Ramban district in Jammu and Kashmir by thousands of people who offered their prayers in Masjids and temples.
Bomb blasts in Manipur, no injury reported
Mar 03, 2022, at 07:09 pm
Imphal/UNI: A powerful bomb exploded at the residence of N Jitendra of Tentha Khongbal, Wangjing Tentha constituency, Thoubal district in Manipur on Thursday.
Can I direct Putin? CJI Ramana asks petitioner on Ukraine evacuation plea
Mar 03, 2022, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to pass any order on a matter pertaining to evacuation of Indians, especially students, stuck in Romania and other neighbouring nations of Ukraine, which is under attack by Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces.
UP Polls: 21.79% voting till 11 am
Mar 03, 2022, at 06:56 pm
Lucknow/UNI; An estimated 21.79% of the electorate voted till 11 am on Thursday in the sixth and second last phase of the staggered Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in 57 constituencies spread across 10 districts.
PM Modi to meet Quad leaders today
Mar 03, 2022, at 06:45 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in a Quad Leaders' virtual meeting on Thursday with the leaders of US, Australia and Japan, according to the External Affairs Ministry.
No report of students taken hostage in war-hit Ukraine: MEA
Mar 03, 2022, at 04:46 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said they have no reports of Indians being held hostage in Ukraine after allegations by Russia that a group was being forced to stay in Kharkiv.
After Modi-Putin call, Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of taking Indian students hostage
Mar 03, 2022, at 07:24 am
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Russian President Vladimir Putin seeking safe passage for Indian students stranded in Ukraine, a Russian readout has claimed that Indian students have been "taken hostage by Ukrainian security forces" who are using them " as human shields" & preventing them "from leaving for Russian territory".
PM Modi speaks to Vladimir Putin, discusses safe evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine
Mar 03, 2022, at 06:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke on phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the situation in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where over a thousand Indian students are still stranded.
India abstains from voting against Russia at UNGA for third time
Mar 03, 2022, at 05:18 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Wednesday abstained on a UN General Assembly resolution that strongly disapproved Russia's "aggression against Ukraine", the third abstention by New Delhi in less than a week.
Mar 03, 2022, at 04:06 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi's remarks on students opting to study medicine abroad "after failing to qualify" in competitive exams in India drew a sharp response from the father of Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagowdar, who was killed in Russian shelling in Ukraine's Kharkiv on Tuesday.
Will leave no stone unturned to evacuate every Indian citizen from Ukraine safely: PM Modi
Mar 03, 2022, at 02:37 am
Sonbhadra/ Ghazipur/UP/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the massive campaign 'Operation Ganga,' launched to evacuate the stranded Indian citizens from Ukraine, reflected the growing might of India in the global arena.
Lt Gen RC Tiwari takes over as Corps Commander of Spear Corps
Mar 03, 2022, at 12:39 am
Kohima: Lieutenant General RC Tiwari on Wednesday took over the command of Spear Corps from Lieutenant General JP Mathew.
Indian student in war-hit Ukraine dies due to stroke
Mar 03, 2022, at 12:35 am
Kyiv: An Indian medical student from Punjab's Barnala city has died due to stroke in war-hit Ukraine, a country witnessing tension ever since Russian forces invaded it last week.
108 Himachal Pradesh students back from Ukraine
Mar 03, 2022, at 12:16 am
Shimla/UNI: The Himachal Pradesh (HP) government said on Wednesday that 108 students from the state have been brought home from Ukraine.
Mar 03, 2022, at 12:10 am
Kyiv/New Delhi: Private aircraft carrier major SpiceJet will operate special evacuation flights from Kosice in Slovakia on Mar 3 and 4h and from Bucharest in Romania on Mar 4 and 6 to bring home Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine.
Ukraine Crisis: Embassy directs Indian nationals to leave Kharkiv immediately
Mar 03, 2022, at 12:06 am
Kyiv: The Indian Embassy in Ukraine on Wednesday issued an "urgent" advisory and asked all Indian nationals in Ukraine to leave war-hit Kharkiv city immediately.
Mamata sweeps Bengal civic polls decimating Opposition, Hamro Party springs surprise in Darjeeling
Mar 02, 2022, at 09:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its absolute dominance in the state politics, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday swept the violence-marred polls held in 108 civic bodies, wiping out all key opposition parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had won 77 assembly seats in less than a year ago.
Mar 02, 2022, at 06:34 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Within a year after emerging as the only legitimate opposition party in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday turned out as the biggest casualty in the violence-marred Sunday civic polls, losing its stronghold Darjeeling, failing to wrest power in its key leader Suvendu Adhikari's bastion Contai and state president Sukanta Majumdar's Balurghat.
PM Modi emphasises on use of technology for 'ease of living'
Mar 02, 2022, at 06:01 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday emphasised on the maximum use of technology for 'ease of living' as he asserted that it is a medium to empower people of the country.
West Bengal: TMC set for clean sweep in violence-marred polls to 108 civic bodies
Mar 02, 2022, at 04:55 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its absolute dominance in the political spectrum of West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a clean sweep in 108 civic bodies where elections were held on Sunday.
Operation Ganga: Six more flights depart for India with 1,377 Indians
Mar 02, 2022, at 03:34 pm
Kyiv/New Delhi: Six flights have departed for India in the last 24 hours, carrying back 1,377 more Indian nationals from war-hit Ukraine as part of Operation Ganga, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.
West Bengal Municipal Election: Counting of votes underway
Mar 02, 2022, at 02:59 pm
Kolkata: Counting of votes for the West Bengal Municipal Election began on Wednesday morning under a massive security blanket, sources said.
Indian embassy in Ukraine shuts down after attempts to evacuate citizens from Kyiv
Mar 02, 2022, at 06:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian embassy in Ukraine's capital Kyiv has shut down and the Ambassador and the staff are moving to the western part of the country, media reports quoting sources have said.
Indian student from Karnataka killed in Kharkiv on 6th day of Russia-Ukraine war
Mar 02, 2022, at 04:52 am
A 21-year-old Indian student from the southern state of Karnataka was killed during a shelling in Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, on the sixth day of the ongoing war between Moscow and Kyiv.
26 flights over next 3 days to evacuate stranded Indians from war-hit Ukraine: Centre
Mar 02, 2022, at 04:48 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India will operate 26 flights over the next three days to fly back Indian citizens who have moved from Ukraine to neighbouring countries, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla informed reporters on Tuesday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting on the country's evacuation efforts called 'Operation Ganga'.
PM Modi speaks to father of Indian student killed in Kharkiv
Mar 02, 2022, at 02:03 am
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to the father of Naveen Gyanagoudar, the Indian student, who was killed in Russian shelling in Kharkiv city of Ukraine.