Fund misuse: MHA starts probe against two NGOs of Badruddin Ajmal
Dec 28, 2020, at 01:07 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has started investigation against Ajmal Foundation for receiving foreign funds and alleged terror link.
Sovan Chatterjee appointed as BJP's Kolkata zone's observer
Dec 28, 2020, at 12:21 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Months before the West Bengal Assembly polls, the BJP has taken former Kolkata Mayor, Sovan Chatterjee, back to active politics by appointing him as the observer of the party's Kolkata zone.
Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's close aide arrested from Jamshedpur
Dec 28, 2020, at 12:00 am
Jamshedpur/UNI: A team of Gujarat ATS has arrested Abdul Majid Kutty, who is a close aide of underworld Don Dawood Ibrahim.
PM Narendra Modi releases next instalment of financial benefit under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi
Dec 27, 2020, at 09:44 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released the next instalment of financial benefit under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi through video conference.
India aspiring to be the number one country in the world : Amit Shah
Dec 27, 2020, at 09:43 pm
Imphal/UNI: India is aspiring to become the number one nation in the world under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi and no part of the nation, especially the north east, will be left behind in any aspect in India's journey to the top spot in the comity of nations, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public reception at Hapta Kangjeibung there today.
India aspiring to be number one country in the world: Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Dec 27, 2020, at 09:25 pm
Imphal/UNI: India is aspiring to become the number one nation in the world under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public reception at Hapta Kangjeibung there today.
All eyes on JD (U) national exec meet after 6 MLAs join BJP in Arunachal Pradesh
Dec 27, 2020, at 08:06 pm
Patna/UNI: As national executive meeting of the JD(U) chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar commenced here today, all eyes are now set on its next move after the six of its seven MLAs switched over to BJP in Arunachal Pradesh.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah offers prayer at Kamakhya temple in Guwahati
Dec 27, 2020, at 06:15 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday visited the historic Kamakhya temple in Guwahati and offered his prayer to Goddess Kamakhya.
We saw the spirit of Aatmanirbhar Bharat in 2020: PM Modi on Mann Ki Baat
Dec 27, 2020, at 06:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made the year's last 'Mann Ki Baat' address to the nation where he highlighted on efforts to make self-reliant India among a host of other things.
India's task force on COVID-19 prepares strategy to detect new variant found in UK
Dec 27, 2020, at 03:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The National Task Force (NTF) on COVID-19 met on Saturday to discuss evidence-based modifications in testing, treatment and surveillance strategies for SARS-CoV-2 in view of the recent reports of emergence of the new variant strain of the virus from the UK.
TMC now run like a company, ashamed that I was part of it for 21 yrs : Shuvendu Adhikari
Dec 27, 2020, at 02:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Trinamool Congress strongman and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has said he is ashamed of his 21 years in Mamata Banerjee's party as it has now lost discipline and is being run like a "company", adding that his new objective is to help BJP win the 2021 Bengal assembly elections.
Dec 27, 2020, at 08:47 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The farmers agitating against the farm laws along the Delhi border have rebutted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that farmers only from Punjab and Haryana are protesting, telling that farm union leaders from 10 states are camping with them demanding the repeal of laws.
'Not stuck with NDA with Fevicol': Hanuman Beniwal quits alliance
Dec 27, 2020, at 02:40 am
New Delhi/IBNS: NDA ally Rajasthan’s Rashtriya Loktantric Party (RLP) on Saturday left the alliance harping on its pro-farmer stance, becoming the second party to leave after Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
Democracy being discarded by horse trading in J&K, alleges Omar Abdullah
Dec 26, 2020, at 11:41 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Alleging that democracy was being discredited by using administration and police for horse trading in favour of a particular party in the Kashmir valley, National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah said this all is being done to change the verdict of District Development Council (DDC) elections.
Dec 26, 2020, at 11:35 pm
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi launched Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY SEHAT to extend coverage to all residents of Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday through video conference.
Jammu and Kashmir: Constable killed in highway road accident
Dec 26, 2020, at 11:27 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A Head Constable (HC) of Jammu and Kashmir police was killed in a road accident on Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Friday, official sources said here.
TRF module busted by police in Jammu, AK rifle, pistol recovered
Dec 26, 2020, at 11:25 pm
Jammu/UNI: Jammu Police have busted a module of The Resistance Force (TRF) and recovered cache of arms and ammunition including Ak rifle, pistols and magazines.
Telangana: BJP leader murdered
Dec 26, 2020, at 11:07 pm
Khammam/UNI: BJP RTI Cell convener was brutally murdered by unknown persons at Wyra in this district early hours on Saturday.
Dec 26, 2020, at 11:01 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India’s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line (Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden) along with the fully operational National Common Mobility Card service on the Airport Express Line on 28th December 2020 at 11 AM via video conferencing.
NMC moves SC seeking extension of deadline for MBBS, related courses
Dec 26, 2020, at 10:26 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has moved Supreme Court seeking extension of deadline for MBBS and Super Specialty medical course admissions till January 15, 2021 for the academic session 2020-21.
'Trinamool Congress now a private company': BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari
Dec 26, 2020, at 07:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Barely a few days after quitting the Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday called the ruling party of West Bengal a "private company" with no discipline.
Madhya Pradesh cabinet passes anti-conversion bill, guilty to face upto 10-year jail
Dec 26, 2020, at 06:36 pm
Bhopal/IBNS: The forced religious conversions will now attract upto 10-year jail term in Madhya Pradesh as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state government passed an anti-conversion bill in the cabinet on Saturday, media reports said.
Amit Shah in poll-bound Assam, thanks people for 'warm welcome'
Dec 26, 2020, at 05:24 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: After West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is now in another poll-bound state, Assam, as he is set to participate in a host of events.
Kashmir: Militant killed, 2 jawans injured in Shopian encounter, op continues
Dec 26, 2020, at 04:22 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A militant was killed and two security force personnel were injured in the on-going encounter which ensued on Friday during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian, where mobile internet service has been snapped as a precautionary measure.
Protesting farmers picket Punjab hotel, BJP leaders slip out through backdoor
Dec 26, 2020, at 05:51 am
Phagwara/Punjab/IBNS: A group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Punjab's Phagwara had to be taken out from the backdoor of a hotel by the police on Friday after protesting farmers picketed the building where they were holding an event.
Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stone of 27 projects worth Rs. 2366 crore in Assam
Dec 26, 2020, at 05:05 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday unveiled a 13 ft bronze statue of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Mahasadak Zero Point at Rongpur in Assam Cachar district.
'We shall overcome,' Mamata Banerjee writes to Amartya Sen on illegal land controversy
Dec 26, 2020, at 04:46 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen conveying her support for him in a controversy over reports that he is on the Visva Bharati University's list of illegal plot holders.
Which state got money under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi? Left hits back at PM Modi
Dec 26, 2020, at 03:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Countering Narendra Modi who has accused the Left of maintaining double standards over farmers' issues, former CPI-M parliamentarian Md. Salim on Friday rubbished the Prime Minister's claim that peasants of the country are getting benefited by the Centre's PM Kisan Samman Nidhi.
UP govt takes steps to ensure safety, respect of its labourers working in foreign countries
Dec 26, 2020, at 03:13 am
Lucknow/IBNS: Security, safety and honour of the migrant labourers of UP, who have left their home, family and went for work in foreign countries, will not be neglected anymore, the Yogi Adityanath government said on Friday.
Dec 26, 2020, at 03:09 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the Centre is "indulging in malicious propaganda for political gains" with non-cooperation over PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, in a strong rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that the state government is depriving the farmers of benefits from the farmers' scheme.