West Bengal: TMC panchayat leader in Murshidabad murdered, EC seeks report from DM

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:45 pm

Domkol, Mar 19 (UNI) Trinamool Congress leader and panchayat executive of Domkol Altaf Sheikh (46) was murdered while returning home on a motorbike after attending an election rally near his home on Monday night, police investigating the crime said today.

Jammu and Kashmir: Drug peddler arrested, contraband recovered in Srinagar

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:43 pm

Srinagar, Mar 19 (UNI/IBNS) Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested a drug peddler and recovered huge quantity of contraband from him in the summer capital, Srinagar.

Assam: Seven ULFA ultras surrender to security agencies

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:41 pm

Guwahati, Mar 19 (UNI) Seven hardcore ULFA(I) militants, including two bomb experts, have surrendered before security forces in Tinsukia district of eastern Assam, after being cornered by a joint team of army and police in a reserve forest in the district.

Holi: High alert sounded in Uttar Pradesh

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:39 pm

Lucknow, Mar 19 (UNI) High alert has been issued in Uttar Pradesh amid apprehension of violence during the festival of colours in view of the Lok Sabha elections.

Gujarat: Unknown person booked for filming minor

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:33 pm

Ahmedabad, Mar 19 (UNI) A complaint was lodged against an unknown person who tried to film a girl, Vastrapur police informed here on Tuesday.

#LokSabhaPoll: AIMK candidate files nomination on opening day

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:29 pm

Puducherry, Mar 19 (UNI) Akila India Makkal Kazhagam (AIMK) Candidate V Arunachalam filed his nomination papers for the April 18 Puducherry Lok Sabha Election, on the opening day on Tuesday.

After 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' video, Arun Jaitley takes social media campaign to next phase

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:25 pm

New Delhi, Mar 19 (UNI/IBNS) The 2019 parliamentary elections are set be a big time war on social media - at least from BJP's perspective - and none other than party's publicity committee chairman and articulate Arun Jaitley is leading the charge.

#LokSabhaPoll: RLD supremo Ajit Singh to contest from Muzaffarnagar, Jayant from Baghpat

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:23 pm

New Delhi, Mar 19 (UNI) The Rastriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Tuesday released list of candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha Election 2019.

Uttar Pradesh: Two held with 'methanol'

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:20 pm

Saharanpur, Mar 19 (UNI) Two people were arrested with a tanker filled with 'methanol' in the Sarsawa area in this district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.

CPI-M demands ban on entry of spurious fertilizers, pesticides into Jammu and Kashmir

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:17 pm

Srinagar, Mar 19 (UNI) Expressing serious concern over unchecked import of spurious fertilizers and pesticides in Jammu and Kashmir, the CPI(M) State Secretary Ghulam Nabi Malik has sought prompt action from the government to check the menace.

#LokSabhaPoll: Notification of second phase of elections in Bihar issued

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:14 pm

Patna, Mar 18 (UNI) The second phase of Lok Sabha elections for five seats in Bihar was today set in motion with issuance of notification and filing of nomination papers for these five seats also started, which would go for polling on April 18.

Ganga Yatra: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reaches Mirzapur

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:12 pm

Mirzapur, Mar 19 (UNI/IBNS) With an aim to strengthen the Congress party's prospects in the Lok Sabha elections, Congress General Secretary for eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday reached her next destination Mirzapur in her ongoing 'Ganga Yatra.'

Four dies, 2 hurt as ambulance rams into stationary lorry

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:06 pm

Anantapur, Mar 19 (UNI) Four persons were killed and two others injured, one of them very critically, when an ambulance in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary lorry at Pedavaduguru village on National Highway-44 in this district on Tuesday.

#LokSabhaPoll: DMK manifesto promises probe into Rafale aircraft deal

Mar 19, 2019, at 05:03 pm

Chennai, Mar 19 (UNI/IBNS) The election manifesto of the Opposition DMK in Tami Nadu on Tuesday promised a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Rafale aircraft deal of the present BJP-led NDA government.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra should thank PM for making her Ganga yatra possible: Yogi

Mar 19, 2019, at 04:59 pm

Lucknow, Mar 19 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra should be grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts to clean the holy river, thus making her Ganga yatra possible.

Chennai: DMK promises aplenty in manifesto

Mar 19, 2019, at 04:57 pm

Chennai, Mar 19 (UNI/IBNS) The Opposition DMK on Tuesday made a slew of promises in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls, including separate budget for agriculture, increasing IT exemption limit, release of Rajiv convicts, Tamil as official language and holding referendum among Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Indo-Pak conflict: Pakistan continues firing unprovoked along LoC in Jammu, Rajouri, Poonch

Mar 19, 2019, at 04:55 pm

Jammu, Mar 19 (UNI) The Pakistani Army continued shelling forward posts along the Line of Control on the third consecutive day in Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts of the state.

Will implement simple GST after coming to power: Rahul Gandhi

Mar 19, 2019, at 02:05 pm

Itanagar, Mar 19 (IBNS): Addressing a poll campaign, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi here on Tuesday said his party will implement a simple Goods and Services Tax (GST) once voted to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Narendra Modi is now 'chowkidar' and not 'chaiwala': Mayawati

Mar 19, 2019, at 01:51 pm

Lucknow, Mar 19 (IBNS): Hitting out at Narendra Modi's latest "Main Bhi Chowkidar (I am also a gatekeeper)" campaign, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday said the Prime Minister has assumed a new identity and he is no more a "chaiwala (tea-seller)".

Rahul Gandhi's brand of politics has been rejected: Arun Jaitley

Mar 19, 2019, at 01:36 pm

New Delhi, Mar 19 (UNI): BJP leader and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said Rahul Gandhi's brand of politics has been rejected.

Kolkata: Police arrest youth with Rs 2 lakh fake notes

Mar 19, 2019, at 01:27 pm

Kolkata, Mar 19 (UNI): A youth from Malda has been arrested with fake notes of Indian currencies of Rs 2 lakh during trade from Moulali in central part of the city, weeks after two persons arrested with Rs 8 lakh fake notes from Chandi chowk, also in the heart of this metropolis.

PM Modi wishes Pramod Sawant for becoming Goa CM

Mar 19, 2019, at 11:19 am

New Delhi/Panaji, Mar 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished new Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who succeeded late Manohar Parrikar.

Congress had turned UP into a sick state: Yogi Adityanath

Mar 19, 2019, at 10:56 am

Lucknow, Mar 19 (IBNS): Slamming the opposition for its misrule in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said Congress had made the northern state "sick" as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government completed its two years in power.

Congress releases fifth list for Lok Sabha polls

Mar 19, 2019, at 09:13 am

New Delhi, Mar 19 (IBNS): The Congress has released the fifth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls.

Pramod Sawant takes oath as Goa CM

Mar 19, 2019, at 08:56 am

Panaji, Mar 19 (IBNS):  Pramod Sawant on Tuesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Goa.

If schemes for poor not continued, then they will suffer: Mamata

Mar 18, 2019, at 11:41 pm

Kolkata, Mar 18 (UNI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said If the schemes for the poor not continued, they will suffer.

Arrest warrant against Nirav Modi in UK, BJP says it's PM's diplomacy impact

Mar 18, 2019, at 11:17 pm

New Delhi/London, Mar 18 (UNI): TheBJP on Monday welcomed the issuing of warrant against fugitive businessman Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India in the Rs 13,600 crore PNB scam, by a London court and said the development reflects success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's diplomatic efforts.

Swine flu toll reaches 40 in Madhya Pradesh

Mar 18, 2019, at 10:57 pm

Indore, Mar 18 (UNI): With three more persons succumbing to swine flu in the past 24 hours, the toll – since Jan 1 – touched 40 in Madhya Pradesh, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme sources said.

Bring change in the remotest parts of India: Rahul to entrepreneurs

Mar 18, 2019, at 10:22 pm

Bengaluru, Mar 18 (UNI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said he may not have become either a technocrat or an young entrepreneur, but had traveled the distance in the county where no young techies could go to hear the voice of the people and it was time budding start-up proponents look beyond the business to visit these remote places.

India should snap all cricketing ties with Pak: Gautam Gambhir

Mar 18, 2019, at 10:21 pm

New Delhi, Mar 18 (UNI) Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Monday said that India should boycott the final match if it is against Pakistan.