India, Italy FO Consultations: Both sides discuss issues related to bilateral relations
Feb 15, 2022, at 11:00 pm
New Delhi: The 8th session of the India-Italy Foreign Office Consultations was held on Feb 14, 2022 in Rome, Italy.
Feb 15, 2022, at 09:27 pm
Guwahati: Situation turned tense after three members of a family were killed in a road accident at Mariani area in Assam’s Jorhat district on Monday, forcing the Nagaland government to issue a travel advisory and asked its citizens to avoid travelling through the route where the accident took place.
Cattle smuggling case: Actor-turned TMC MP Dev appears before CBI
Feb 15, 2022, at 08:38 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Tollywood superstar and TMC MP Dev alias Deepak Adhikari on Tuesday appeared before the CBI's investigating officials at Nizam Palace in the city, responding to summons from the federal probe agency in connection with the cattle smuggling case.
Supreme Court allows Future Group to move Delhi HC over NCLT proceedings
Feb 15, 2022, at 08:16 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Future Retail Ltd plea to move the Delhi High Court seeking to resume the National Company Law Tribunal's (NCLT) proceedings regarding approval for its Rs 27,513-crore transaction with Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd.
Former Union Minister Ashwini Kumar quits Congress
Feb 15, 2022, at 07:37 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In another jolt to the grand old party, former Union Minister Ashwini Kumar, who had served the Manmohan Singh government, quit Congress on Tuesday, media reports said.
Amid escalating tensions, Indian embassy asks its students to leave Ukraine temporarily
Feb 15, 2022, at 07:04 pm
Kyiv/New Delhi/UNI: Amid fresh military buildup on Ukraine's borders sparking fears of a conflict, the Indian Embassy in Kyiv on Tuesday asked its nationals, especially students, to consider leaving the country temporarily, citing the “uncertainties of the current situation”.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav convicted in fifth fodder scam case
Feb 15, 2022, at 05:50 pm
Ranchi/IBNS: Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief, Lalu Prasad Yadav, has been convicted in the fifth fodder scam case, media reports said.
Muskan Hijab row: Analysis finds Pakistan's role in amplifying protest
Feb 15, 2022, at 03:57 pm
Bengaluru/New Delhi: From promoting hashtags to creating fake accounts,the recent hijab controversy in Karnataka involving a college girl named Muskan, which hit the political paradigm of India, seems to have been fuelled by Pakistan.
Govt committed to equitable, rapid development of all regions under JK: LG Sinha
Feb 15, 2022, at 06:30 am
Jammu/IBNS: The Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Friday said the government is committed to equitable and rapid development of all the regions under Jammu and Kashmir.
JK Ayush organises seminar on World Unani Day
Feb 15, 2022, at 06:24 am
Srinagar/IBNS: World Unani Day is celebrated acrossthe world on Feb 11 every year as the birth anniversary of social reformer and great Unani scholar, Hakim Ajmal Khan.
JK Women Helpline encourages people to break silence on sexual harrassment
Feb 15, 2022, at 06:19 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The Jammu and Kashmir Women Helpline (WHL-181) organised an awareness programme in local buses at Kangan, Prang, Wusson, Wangat areas of the Ganderbal District .
Kashmir: Chinar Corps evacuate woman to hospital from snow-bound area of Bandipora
Feb 15, 2022, at 06:01 am
Bandipora/IBNS:The Indian Army's Chinar Corps warriors Saturday evacuated Fazali Begum from the Baraub area of North Kashmir's Bandipora district.
PM Modi likely to inaugurate Assam's second AIIMS campus in November: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Feb 15, 2022, at 05:44 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday performed bhumi puja of the second medical college in Guwahati at both Kalapahar and MMCH campuses. The project is being implemented for a total cost of Rs 998.30 crore covering an area of 62 bighas.
Hijab row: Karnataka schools for classes 11-12 and colleges to reopen Wednesday
Feb 15, 2022, at 05:25 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai ordered that proper security arrangements should be made at campuses as schools and colleges will reopen this Wednesday after closure over the hijab row.
Feb 15, 2022, at 04:20 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over a 2014 incident in which, the former said, his helicopter was held up in Punjab as "Yuvraj" (prince-a remark that Modi often refers to Rahul) was flying to Amritsar.
'Am not terrorist': Charanjit Channi on being denied permission to fly amid PM's visit to Jalandhar
Feb 15, 2022, at 03:15 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Singh on Monday alleged that he was forced to miss Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's rally as he was denied permission to fly due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jalandhar.
Uttarakhand assembly polls: 59.37 pc voting recorded till 5 pm
Feb 15, 2022, at 02:51 am
Dehradun/UNI: A total of 59.37 per cent polling was recorded till 5 pm on Monday in all 70 assembly segments of Uttarakhand.
Jammu and Kashmir: Students take out rallies in Kupwara to pay tributes to Pulwama martys
Feb 15, 2022, at 01:33 am
Srinagar: Students in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district took out rallies in Krusan and Dherian areas on Monday to pay tributes to the martyrs of Pulwama attack.
60.44 per cent voter's turnout recorded in UP second phase polling
Feb 15, 2022, at 01:23 am
Lucknow/UNI/IBNS: More than 60 per cent of the 2.02 crore strong electorate voted by 5 pm on Monday in the second phase of the staggered assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh for 55 seats in nine districts.
Karnataka: Students asked to remove hijab before entering a school campus in Mandya
Feb 14, 2022, at 10:10 pm
Mandya: An argument broke out between a teacher and guardians as students were asked to enter a school campus after removing their hijab (a head scarf worn by Muslim girls) in Karnataka's Mandya region, media reports said on Monday.
Mamata sweeps four Bengal civic polls, breaches Siliguri hurdle
Feb 14, 2022, at 09:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) maintained its absolute dominance in the state politics sweeping four more chaos-ridden civic polls including one in Siliguri, which was always a sticky ground for her party.
Is this secularism? PM Modi attacks TMC's Mahua Moitra over 'Hindu consolidation' remark
Feb 14, 2022, at 08:12 pm
Kanpur/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, who in a recent interview said her party has prevented the consolidation of Hindu votes in Goa by tying up with Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) as the coastal state is polled on Monday.
TMC skipped UP polls to avoid making Akhilesh Yadav weak: Mamata Banerjee
Feb 14, 2022, at 07:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) skipped the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to help Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav to remain strong in his fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
CBI to probe suicide of Thanjavur girl student: Supreme Court
Feb 14, 2022, at 07:02 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue probing into the suicide by a girl student at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu.
India bans 54 Chinese apps over national security threat
Feb 14, 2022, at 06:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the hostile relationship between the two Asian giants, India on Monday banned 54 more Chinese applications or apps that allegedly pose threats to the country's national security, media reports said.
Feb 14, 2022, at 05:02 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Amid a heated debate over the hijab row in the country, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reminded that the country will be run as per the Constitution and not Sharia law (law forming a part of Islamic tradition) on a day his state went to polls in the second phase.
West Bengal: TMC set to sweep four civic polls; BJP, Left lose more grounds
Feb 14, 2022, at 04:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Further consolidating its hold in West Bengal, the state's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a sweeping victory in four municipal elections, which were held in Asansol, Bidhannagar, Chandernagore and Siliguri late last week, as the results are coming out on Monday.
Narendra Modi pays tribute to CRPF jawans who died during 2019 Pulwama attack
Feb 14, 2022, at 03:52 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to Indian Central Reserve Police Force jawans who were killed during a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama region in 2019.
Ex-Kenyan PM Raila Amolo Odiga meets Narendra Modi
Feb 14, 2022, at 03:43 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met former Prime Minister of Kenya Raila Amolo Odinga who is currently in India on a private visit.
Assembly Polls: Voting kicks off in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa
Feb 14, 2022, at 02:46 pm
Lucknow/Panaji: Voting began at 55 Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, spread across nine districts, for the second phase amid tight security.