Locals vandalize four Mizoram bound trucks in Assam’s Cachar district
Aug 07, 2021, at 10:22 pm
Guwahati: Despite withdrawal of travel advisory notice by the Assam government and appealing the people to allow the goods carrying vehicles for movement to Mizoram, locals in Assam’s Cachar district on Friday night vandalized four Mizoram bound trucks.
NBCC clean election movement launched at Tuensang
Aug 07, 2021, at 10:11 pm
Kohima: Nagaland Baptist Churches Council’s Clean Election Movement was launched at Tuensang, organized by Chang Baptist Lashong Thangyen on Friday at CBLT Conference Hall, Tuensang with the theme “MY VOTE: MY FUTURE”.
India gives approval to Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid vaccine
Aug 07, 2021, at 10:03 pm
New Delhi: India on Saturday gave approval to US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
Aug 07, 2021, at 09:12 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The rapid deterioration of the security situation in Afghanistan is a serious matter, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar conveyed to Qatar Special Envoy Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani during their meeting here on Saturday.
Karnataka portfolio allocation: CM Basavaraj Bommai keeps finance, sacrifices water resources
Aug 07, 2021, at 08:35 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka Governor Thawarchand Gehlot on Saturday announced the list of the portfolios allocated to the new ministers with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai keeping Finance and Bengaluru Development instead of Water Resources which he had held previously.
Aug 07, 2021, at 08:02 pm
Srinagar: The tech-savvy young women entrepreneurs of Jammu and Kashmir are now moving out from the challenges they face to touch new business opportunities.
False and malicious: Honey Singh on wife's domestic violence allegations
Aug 07, 2021, at 06:50 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood singer-rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh Saturday refuted all allegations of domestic violence brought against him by his wife Shalini Talwar, calling them "false and malicious".
Bomb threat call at 3 Mumbai railway stations, Amitabh Bachchan's house; security beefed up
Aug 07, 2021, at 06:02 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Security was beefed up Friday at four Mumbai locations including the residence of Bollywood's acting legend Amitabh Bachchan after the police received a bomb threat call, media reports said.
You've gone farther than any Indian: PM Modi praises golfer Aditi Ashok for her Olympics fight
Aug 07, 2021, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday praised Indian golfer Aditi Ashok who fought bravely in Tokyo Olympics 2020 but missed a medal by a whisker.
Jammu and Kashmir: Police seek help to trace two missing boys
Aug 07, 2021, at 04:39 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir police have sought help to trace two boys missing from Darul-Uloom in north Kashmir.
Aug 07, 2021, at 03:16 pm
United Nations/UNI: For enduring peace in Afghanistan, terrorist safe havens and sanctuaries in the region must be dismantled immediately and terrorist supply chains disrupted, said India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations T S Tirumurti, who currently holds the month-long Presidency of the 15-member UN Security Council.
Jammu and Kashmir: Teenager among two injured in mysterious blast at MG Construction site
Aug 07, 2021, at 02:41 pm
Jammu/UNI: A teenager among two persons sustained injuries when a mysterious blast took place at MG Construction site in Banihal area of Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir: Militant killed by security forces during encounter
Aug 07, 2021, at 02:30 pm
Srinagar/UNI: An unidentified militant was killed by security forces in an encounter in the central Kashmir district of Badgam on Saturday, police said.
Three held for breaching Tripura CM Biplab Deb's security cover
Aug 07, 2021, at 07:37 am
Agartala/IBNS: Three men were arrested on charges of attempted murder and other allegations after they allegedly penetrated the double security cordon of Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in a vehicle.
Fraud reports by COVID labs led to positivity error during Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand: ED
Aug 07, 2021, at 05:18 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday searched homes and offices of top executives of five diagnostics in connection with a money laundering case involving fake COVID-19 testing scam during the Kumbh Mela held in Uttarakhand earlier this year.
BJP leader Rajib Banerjee meets Abhishek Banerjee, triggers speculation of 'ghar wapsi'
Aug 07, 2021, at 05:02 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC)-turned-BJP leader Rajib Banerjee on Friday met TMC's All India General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, triggering the speculations of his 'ghar wapsi', sources said.
NIA takes over Kolkata STF case involving Bangladeshis propagating 'Jehadi Terrorism'
Aug 07, 2021, at 04:24 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday took over the case of three Bangladeshi infiltrators, arrested by the Kolkata Police's Special Task Force (STF), propagating 'Jehadi Terrorism', officials said.
Aug 07, 2021, at 03:58 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday praised each and every member of the hockey men's team who led India to win the Bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics games after 41 years.
SC issues notice to CBI over Dhanbad judge's death case
Aug 07, 2021, at 01:18 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the suo motu case over the hit-and-run death of Dhanbad additional sessions judge.
Sukhbir deputes delegation to Madhya Pradesh for addressing Sikligar community grievances
Aug 07, 2021, at 12:30 am
Chandigarh/UNI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday debuted a five-member party delegation to visit Madhya Pradesh to assist the Sikligar community which claims to be unduly harassed and victimized by the Madhya Pradesh police forcing them to even leave their homes and take shelter in forests.
Ladakh: Indian, Chinese troops carry out disengagement in Gogra area of LAC
Aug 06, 2021, at 11:38 pm
New Delhi/UNI: In a major breakthrough in border talks, Indian and Chinese troops have carried out disengagement of troops in Gogra area of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh after the twelfth round of border talks, an official statement announced today.
Aug 06, 2021, at 11:07 pm
Guwahati: The Assam and Meghalaya government on Friday decided to resolve the inter-state border dispute issue in a phased manner.
Kashmir: Two terrorists gunned down in Rajouri encounter
Aug 06, 2021, at 08:10 pm
Jammu/UNI: Two terrorists have been gunned down in a fierce encounter in Thannamandi area of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Assam and Meghalaya CMs to hold second round of border talks in Guwahati
Aug 06, 2021, at 07:25 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Chief Ministers of Assam and Meghalaya will hold the second round of talks on the inter-state border dispute in Guwahati on Friday.
Modi govt renames Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award after Hockey legend Dhyan Chand
Aug 06, 2021, at 07:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honour in India, has been renamed after legendary Hockey player late Dhyan Chand.
Opposition leaders hold strategy meeting in Delhi, to join protesting farmers at Jantar Mantar
Aug 06, 2021, at 06:43 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Several Opposition leaders held another strategy meet on Friday morning, as stalemate continues in Parliament over 'Pegasus snooping' controversy and other issues.
Russia excludes India from crucial talks on Afghanistan to which Pakistan and China are parties
Aug 06, 2021, at 06:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India has not been invited to a crucial talk on the fast developing situation in Afghanistan to be held on August 11 in Qatar, according to media reports.
Spirit of New India: PM Modi lauds Indian women's hockey team
Aug 06, 2021, at 05:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday lauded the "spirit" of the Indian women's hockey team, which narrowly missed a bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Aug 06, 2021, at 05:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his “Mann Ki Baat” address on July 25, had urged citizens to sing the national anthem to create a “Rashtra Gaan” record, as part of celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Jammu and Kashmir: 2nd anniversary of scrapping Article 370 observed amid slump in militancy
Aug 06, 2021, at 04:43 am
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir, the state-turned-Union Territory which was once hit hard by terrorism, is now witnessing peace and development as an outcome of the Aug 5, 2019 move by the Indian government to scrap Article 370 that had granted it a special status for nearly six and half decades.