Jammu and Kashmir: Class 12 topper trolled for not wearing 'hijab'
Feb 14, 2022, at 02:05 am
Srinagar: A class 12 topper in the science stream from Jammu and Kashmir UT recently faced online trolls for not wearing a 'hijab'.
Feb 13, 2022, at 11:20 pm
Locals vandalised a school in West Bengal's Muslim-majority Murshidabad district on Saturday when the principal of the institution allegedly forbade girl students from wearing a hijab and burqa in the classroom.
Change in Punjab leadership as Amarinder govt was run by BJP from Centre: Priyanka
Feb 13, 2022, at 09:32 pm
Kotkapura/UNI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday launched a scathing attack on former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, saying that he was running the government under the directions of the "BJP from the Centre" under a tactical understanding.
Madhya Pradesh tunnel collapses, seven labourers rescued, two trapped
Feb 13, 2022, at 04:20 pm
Bhopal/IBNS: Nine labourers were trapped after an under-construction tunnel of the Bargi canal project collapsed at Sleemanabad in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district. Seven of them have been rescued so far while two are still trapped.
Only double engine govt can ensure UP's development: Modi
Feb 13, 2022, at 05:30 am
Kannauj (UP)/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday termed better coordination between the Centre and state government the main reason being the success of megaprojects like expressways and appealed to the people of Uttar Pradesh to vote for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) again.
Campaigning ends for second phase of UP polls, polling on Feb 14
Feb 13, 2022, at 04:58 am
Lucknow/UNI: Campaigning on 55 seats spread over nine districts for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections ended on Saturday.
Jammu Kashmir: Security forces bust Al-Badr nexus, 4 terrorists, 3 associates nabbed
Feb 13, 2022, at 04:32 am
New Delhi/UNI: Security forces busted a major Al-Badr terror nexus and apprehend four terrorists and three terror associates along with war-like stores in a series of coordinated joint operations on Friday night and Saturday morning in Kashmir.
Assembly polls: ECI allows pad yatras, increases campaigning time
Feb 13, 2022, at 04:14 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Election Commission on Saturday allowed political parties to hold 'pad yatras' in the poll-bound states, and also increased the daily time for campaigning after reviewing the Covid situation.
Congress cannot develop Devbhoomi, it is a party of appeasement: Shah
Feb 13, 2022, at 03:49 am
New Delhi/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Modi government has fulfilled the long pending demand of 'One Rank One Pension and alleged that the Congress government had delayed this decision.
Mamata Banerjee's TMC sets up new committee after rift caused by nephew's faction
Feb 13, 2022, at 02:16 am
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee on Saturday cracked the whip amid a raging rift in her Trinamool Congress by scrapping all party posts, except the chairperson's, and announcing a 20-member national working committee after a meeting was called to discuss the conflict within the party triggered by a faction led by her nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
Govt constitutes ‘Jammu & Kashmir Commission for Women’
Feb 13, 2022, at 12:42 am
Srinagar/IBNS: In a significant development and a major boost towards women empowerment, the Jammu and Kashmir government has accorded sanction for the constitution of ‘Jammu and Kashmir Commission for Women’ to investigate and examine all matters to safeguard women under the constitution and other laws in place.
Kashmir: Despite harsh weather, KPDCL manages to provide uninterrupted power supply
Feb 13, 2022, at 12:37 am
Srinagar/IBNS: This winter, the Kashmir valley witnessed minimum power cuts as the Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited (KPDCL) managed to keep uninterrupted power supply.
JK: QR code based mechanism for certification, labeling of handmade carpets launched
Feb 13, 2022, at 12:34 am
Jammu/IBNS: Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha Thursday launched QR code based mechanism, which is first of its kind in the country, for certification and labeling of handmade carpets in Jammu and Kashmir.
JK Govt signs MoC with NZ to transform sheep farming sector
Feb 13, 2022, at 12:31 am
Jammu/IBNS: Government of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) for transforming the Sheep Farming Sector in the union territory.
JK Govt, OYO Group launch rural home stay project ‘Crown of Incredible India’
Feb 13, 2022, at 12:28 am
Jammu/IBNS: Jammu & Kashmir Government and travel tech platform OYO Group Thursday launched rural homestay project "Crown of Incredible India" in a special event presided by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan.
Hijab row is moral policing, says Congress
Feb 12, 2022, at 10:34 pm
Shimla/UNI: Congress MLA Asha Kumari on Saturday slammed the Karnataka government for the hijab controversy, calling it an instance of moral policing of Muslim woman.
India sends medical supplies to Kiribati after Covid-19 triggers a state of disaster
Feb 12, 2022, at 09:50 pm
New Delhi: Responding to the appeal of the Government of Kiribati seeking offers of support to assist in its national efforts to manage the first Covid-19 outbreak in the Pacific Island country, the Government of India sent a consignment of medical supplies containing PPEs and medications to Kiribati.
Jammu and Kashmir: 4 Al Badr militants, 3 associates arrested
Feb 12, 2022, at 09:15 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Four militants of Al Badr and three associates were arrested in Kashmir, police said on Saturday.
Yogi Adityanath making false claims: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on missing Dalit woman
Feb 12, 2022, at 08:57 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday hit out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after the body of a young Dalit woman missing since early December was found buried in a plot belonging to a Samajwadi Party leader.
Kashmir: 3 Al Badr militants arrested
Feb 12, 2022, at 07:04 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Three suspected militants were arrested in Kashmir, security officials said on Saturday.
India rejects 'motivated' comments by some countries on hijab row
Feb 12, 2022, at 06:04 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India on Saturday rejected "motivated comments" on the hijab controversy by some countries and said the issue is under consideration of the Karnataka High Court, and would be decided based on India's democratic ethos and polity and constitutional framework.
'Hijab bans in schools violate religious freedom': United States reacts to Karnataka row
Feb 12, 2022, at 06:24 am
New Delhi/IBNS: While hijab and burqas are banned in several Western countries, a government body in United States that monitors and reports on religious freedom abroad has criticised the Indian state of Karnataka amid the row over wearing hijab (headscarves) by Muslim students inside campuses.
Thousands of Twitter users globally face outage in using app
Feb 12, 2022, at 05:27 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Microblogging site Twitter Inc's website and apps were reported down across the world on Friday.
Hijab row: Schools for classes 11, 12 in Karnataka to remain shut till Feb 16
Feb 12, 2022, at 04:28 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Schools for Classes 11 and 12 and colleges will remain shut in Karnataka from Saturday till Wednesday amid the row over wearing hijab (headscarves) by Muslim students inside campuses.
'Stop it or we will': Supreme Court asks Yogi Adityanth govt to stop fining anti-CAA protesters
Feb 12, 2022, at 03:41 am
New DelhiIBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to stop recovering money for property damage caused during the 2019 anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests from those identified as protesters.
Ties between Mamata Banerjee's TMC and I-PAC intact: Source
Feb 12, 2022, at 02:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The ties between political strategist Prashant Kishor's firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) have not ended, a source told IBNS rubbishing rumours of a possible parting of their ways.
Night curfew lifted in Meghalaya, Covid-19 cases decline
Feb 12, 2022, at 02:38 am
Shillong/UNI: Night curfew, which had been in force in Meghalaya since the outbreak of the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus, was lifted from Friday with the rate of daily infection in the state on a steady decline.
Div Com Kashmir visits the work site at Nawab Bazar.
Feb 12, 2022, at 02:06 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Thursday visited Nawab Bazar to inspect the work of removal of unhygienic material including garbage trash, building material from both embankments of Kut Kul being executed by Irrigation and Flood Control Department.
Our goal is to achieve self-reliant seed production in Kashmir: Director Agriculture
Feb 12, 2022, at 01:55 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Muhammad Iqbal Thursday visited Seed Multiplication Farm (SMF) Allowpora Shopian to take stock of the progress on the implementation of different programs on the farm.
SSSC approves nine new crop varieties of SKUAST-Jammu
Feb 12, 2022, at 01:51 am
Jammu/IBNS: The State Seed Sub-Committee (SSSC) which met Thursday under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary for Agriculture Production and Farmers’ Welfare Department Navin Kumar Choudhary approved the release of nine newly developed crop varieties produced by Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu.