18 dead in West Bengal road mishap
Nov 28, 2021, at 06:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: At least 18 people were killed and seven others were injured in a road accident that occurred in the wee hours of Sunday in Hanskhali in Nadia district of West Bengal, officials said.
TET examination in UP cancelled due to question paper leak
Nov 28, 2021, at 06:37 pm
Lucknow/UNI: The Uttar Pradesh government has cancelled the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET), which was to be held on Sunday due to a question paper leak.
ED summons Amazon India, Future Retail officials in alleged FEMA breach case
Nov 28, 2021, at 06:30 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Probing alleged violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) in the Amazon-Future deal, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday summoned senior officials from the two companies, official sources said.
Tripura civic polls counting: BJP leads comfortably, wins 19 wards
Nov 28, 2021, at 06:19 pm
Tripura/IBNS: As votes are being counted for elections to several civic bodies including Agartala Municipal Corporation, in Tripura on Sunday, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a comfortable lead winning majority seats in the north eastern state.
Nov 28, 2021, at 06:03 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday slammed his critics for questioning the party's poll promise of transferring Rs. 1,000 per month to all women in Punjab if voted to power in 2022.
All-party meeting underway ahead of Parliament winter session
Nov 28, 2021, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Ahead of the start of the winter session of the Parliament, an all party meeting is underway on Sunday, helmed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reports said.
BSF, police recover Yaba tablets worth more than Rs 8 crore in Assam’s Karimganj, detain one
Nov 28, 2021, at 05:27 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Border Security Force (BSF) in a joint operation with police recovered over 2.59 lakh Yaba tablets worth more than Rs 8 crore in Assam’s Karimganj district on Saturday.
Maharashtra CID to quiz Param Bir Singh next week
Nov 28, 2021, at 04:28 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh will be questioned by the state crime investigation department (CID) as the agency is probing three separate FIRs against him.
Tripura civic polls counting on, BJP takes early leads, high stakes for TMC
Nov 28, 2021, at 03:32 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Counting of votes for elections to several civic bodies including Agartala Municipal Corporation in Tripura are being held on Sunday.
'Omicron' could be a wake-up call for India to adopt Covid appropriate behaviour
Nov 28, 2021, at 05:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The detection of new Covid-19 variant may act as a "wake-up call" for Covid appropriate behavior in India, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization, told NDTV.
Rajasthan man arrested for spying for Pakistan's ISI
Nov 28, 2021, at 02:16 am
Jaipur/IBNS: A man has been arrested from Rajasthan's Jaisalmer for allegedly spying for Pakistan, according to media reports.
Patna bound Go First flight makes emergency landing
Nov 28, 2021, at 01:32 am
Nagpur/IBNS: A Go First flight from Bengaluru with 139 passengers on board had to make an emergency landing at Nagpur while on its way to Patna after the pilot a faulty engine warning in the cockpit.
Govt to set up groups to address specific challenges of exporters: MoS
Nov 28, 2021, at 12:28 am
New Delhi/UNI: Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad has announced the formation of various groups to address the problems raised by exporters on challenges of e-commerce retail exports which will comprise stakeholders from Federation of Indian Export Organisations, leading banks, and the Indian Banking Association amongst others.
Sportstar North-East Conclave: Finding ways to better the playing conditions
Nov 28, 2021, at 12:05 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Sportstar hosted the first-ever North-East Sports Conclave on Friday in Guwahati, where a host of speakers from different sports disciplines identified vexing issues in the region and ways to improve the playing conditions.
Nov 27, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Police arrested four people including a woman in connection to the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that was found in Lakhipur area in Assam’s Cachar district along Assam-Manipur border.
Review plans of easing international travel restrictions: PM Modi in light of new COVID-19 variant
Nov 27, 2021, at 10:53 pm
New Delhi/UNI: In the wake of new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron' cases being reported in Israel, Botswana and Hongkong, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday directed officials to review plans of easing international travel restrictions.
Bill to repeal farm laws listed in Lok Sabha for Nov 29
Nov 27, 2021, at 09:55 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws has been listed in the Lok Sabha on the first day of winter session of Parliament on Monday.
Punjab: Arvind Kejriwal joins dharna of contractual teachers in Mohali
Nov 27, 2021, at 09:29 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal joined the dharna being staged by contractual teachers outside the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) in Mohali on Saturday.
Delhi: Former Congress MLA Mohammad Khan arrested for thrashing MCD staff
Nov 27, 2021, at 09:25 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Former Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Khan was arrested from Shaheen Bagh area for allegedly abusing and assaulting on-duty South Delhi Municipal Corporation staff and obstructing government work, police said on Saturday.
Nov 27, 2021, at 06:44 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Sokina Khatun and her six-member family are now totally helpless after the Brahmaputra river erosion wiped out their homes and lands in Assam's South Salmara Mankachar district . “The Brahmaputra river has totally wiped out our home and lands. We are now homeless. We don’t know where we will go,” Sokina Khatun said.
'Urge PM Modi to stop flights from countries hit by new COVID variant': Arvind Kejriwal
Nov 27, 2021, at 06:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday morning urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop all flights from those countries where cases of the new variant of COVID-19, named as Omicron, have been detected.
'Some people are trying to frame me in false case': Nawab Malik
Nov 27, 2021, at 05:47 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik has now alleged that some people are trying to frame him in a false case.
PM Modi to chair meeting on COVID situation amid concerns of new variant
Nov 27, 2021, at 04:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will chair a high-level meeting, to be attended by top government officials, on the present COVID-19 situation and vaccination status in the country.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav admitted to Delhi's AIIMS with complaints of fever
Nov 27, 2021, at 03:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi with complaints of fever, media reports said.
Muslims offering namaz in Gurgaon interrupted again, faces 'Jai Shri Ram' chants
Nov 27, 2021, at 06:18 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Muslims offering namaz at a designated open site in Gurgaon's Sector 37 was interrupted once again by Hindu groups, with tensions escalating as they performed a 'prayer' that claimed to commemorate the 26/11 terror attacks.
'Colonial mentality must go': PM Modi slams pressures on India over climate goals
Nov 27, 2021, at 05:08 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for erasing the "colonial mindset" that exists even today in the name of "environment" and puts obstacles in the development of "our own country".
Assam: Truck turned turtle at Kolia Bhomora bridge, two injured
Nov 27, 2021, at 04:08 am
Guwahati/IBNS: At least two people were injured after a 10 wheel truck and pickup truck collided at Kolia Bhomora bridge in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Friday morning.
Four members of family in UP's Prayagraj killed, teen allegedly gangraped
Nov 27, 2021, at 03:55 am
Lucknow/IBNS: Four members of a family in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, including a 16-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, were found murdered at their home on Thursday morning, media reports said.
Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh faces setback in first faceoff with Congress
Nov 27, 2021, at 01:16 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's first outing in his battle with ex-party Congress met with disappointment after he failed to successfully back his loyalist and Patiala Mayor, Sanjiv Sharma Bittu.
Constitution Day: CJI calls for protection of judiciary from motivated attacks
Nov 27, 2021, at 01:07 am
New Delhi/UNI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana on Friday called for saving the judiciary from motivated and targeted attacks.