Five dead in Uttar Pradesh road accident
Mar 04, 2019, at 10:54 pm
Fatehpur, Mar 4 (UNI) Five people including three minor girls died on the spot while ten others sustained injuries when a jeep carrying more than 15 passengers rammed into roadside tree in Hussainganj area on Monday.
Encounter ensues between militants and security forces in Tral, Kashmir
Mar 04, 2019, at 10:20 pm
Srinagar, Mar 4 (UNI): An encounter has ensued between militants and security forces at Tral in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, official sources said here on Monday.
BSP leaders join Congress in Uttar Pradesh
Mar 04, 2019, at 10:17 pm
Lucknow, Mar 4 (UNI): The Uttar Pradesh Congress received another shot in the arm, when former Bahujan Samaj Party Member of Parliament (MP) from Sitapur, Kaiser Jahan and her two times MLA husband, Jasmir Ansari joined the party, along with their supporters, here on Monday.
Odisha: Medical student drowns in Hirakud reservoir
Mar 04, 2019, at 09:32 pm
Sambalpur, Mar 4 (UNI) In a tragic incident, a 3rd year medical student of VSSIMSAR drowned in Hirakud reservoir today.
Politics in name of air strikes not good for the morale of armed forces: Hemant Soren
Mar 04, 2019, at 09:23 pm
Giridih, Mar 4 (UNI): Jharkhand leader of the Opposition and JMM's executive president Hemant Soren today refuted talks of any problems in Mahagathbandhan in the state for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand.
Nitish Kumar's JD (U) to contest election outside Bihar to acquire status of national party
Mar 04, 2019, at 09:13 pm
Patna, Mar 4 (UNI) A day after NDA`s ‘Sankalp Rally’, JD(U) today decided to contest Lok Sabha election outside Bihar to acquire status of national party and also took a resolve to ensure victory of NDA candidates in all 40 seats in Bihar.
Mainstream political parties urge EC to hold J&K Assembly, LS polls together
Mar 04, 2019, at 09:06 pm
Srinagar, Mar 4 (UNI): Majority of the mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to hold Assembly polls in the state along with forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
1634 Bangladeshi families illegally living in district, claims Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council
Mar 04, 2019, at 08:57 pm
Guwahati, Mar 4 (IBNS): Over 1,600 Bangladeshi Muslim families are illegally staying in Assam's Karbi Anglong district at a time the National Register of Citizens is being updated to detect illegal foreigners here.
Assam hooch tragedy: State government bans molasses, will look after kids who lost parents
Mar 04, 2019, at 08:46 pm
Guwahati, Mar 4 (IBNS): Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has ordered a ban on molasses in the state that has lately witnessed around 150 deaths due to consumption of spurious liquor.
Ahmed Patel asks if Election Commission is waiting for PM's travel programmes to end
Mar 04, 2019, at 08:37 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (IBNS): Congress leader Ahmed Patel has said it appears the Election Commission was waiting for Prime Minister schedule to be clear before announcing the date for the Lok Sabha elections.
Yashwant Sinha makes modest climb down, hails Sushma's attending OIC meet
Mar 04, 2019, at 07:44 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Former External Affairs and Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who has been one of the harshest critics of the Modi government, has lauded India's decision to accept invitation from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as a "huge diplomatic win" and also said that he was wrong in trying to argue against attending the meet.
Jharkhand CM distributes Rs 1 lakh each among Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims
Mar 04, 2019, at 07:33 pm
Ranchi, Mar 4 (UNI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said India was a spiritual and religious land and according importance to all the religions.
Baijayant Jay Panda, once a trusted aide of BJD's Naveen Patnaik, joins BJP
Mar 04, 2019, at 07:13 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI): Ending months of speculation, former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lawmaker Baijayant Jay Panda on Monday joined BJP in presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and senior party leader Arun Singh.
Differently-abled girl gang raped in Assam’s Nagaon district
Mar 04, 2019, at 07:07 pm
Guwahati, Mar 4 (IBNS): A differently-abled girl was allegedly gang raped in Assam’s Nagaon district on Sunday night.
PM Modi inaugurates first phase of Ahmedabad metro; Cong not happy
Mar 04, 2019, at 06:33 pm
Ahmedabad, Mar 4 (IBNS): With the General Elections round the corner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the first phase of Ahmedabad metro project here.
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:35 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Reacting to BJP president Amit Shah claiming that "more than 250" terrorists were killed in the Balakot air strike, Aam Aadmi party leadr and Delhi Chief minister Arvind kejriwal on Monday asked if Amit Shah and BJP did not trust the army.
Maliwal issues notice to sanitary pad companies for not giving benefit of 0 pc GST on pads to women
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:34 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Monday began the ninth day of her 13-day 'Mahila Suraksha Padyatra' with sanitary pads in hands and issued notice to sanitary pad manufactures for failing to pass on benefit of zero per cent GST to consumers by not reducing the MRP.
Rahul charges PM of lying on Amethi ordinance factory
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:32 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying on the Amethi ordinance factory, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he had himself laid the foundation stone of the factory in 2010.
DUJ for Delhi Media Commission and Delhi Media Council
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:30 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Monday called upon the Delhi Government to take the lead in setting up a Delhi Media Commission (DMC) for the print, digital and electronic media, in the lines of the First And Second Press Commissions.
Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express completes glorious 50 yrs in passenger service
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:28 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) The Indian Railways on Monday celebrated the golden jubilee of Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, India's first Rajdhani Express, which completed its glorious 50 years as the train arrived here after leaving Howrah station on March 3.
We should trust armed forces, says PM Modi, taking a Rafale jibe at Congress
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:25 pm
Jamnagar (Gujarat), Mar 4 (UNI/IBNS) For the third consecutive time in three days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a veiled attack on opposition parties for questioning the authenticity of February 26 aerial strike while he slammed Congress for twisting his remarks on Rafale advising the party to apply common sense.
DRI busts syndicate effecting fake exports to Bangladesh
Mar 04, 2019, at 04:02 pm
Kolkata, Mar 4 (IBNS): On the basis of specific input, DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) has unraveled a major fraud wherein, a group of persons based in Kolkata belonging to a particular syndicate had prepared false export documents like forged purchase orders, forged export invoices and procurement papers and used them for filing the shipping bills in Petrapole Land Customs Station to earn undue export benefits.
Speaker to take decision on Karnataka MLA Umesh Jadhav's resignation in a day or two
Mar 04, 2019, at 03:05 pm
Bengaluru, Mar 4 (UNI) The Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker K Ramesh Kumar will decide on the resignation letter submitted by Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav in a day or two, after going through it in detail.
Mar 04, 2019, at 03:03 pm
Bengaluru, Mar 4 (UNI) The seat sharing issue for the General Election between coalition partners in Karnataka-JDS-Congress- continued to remain unsolved as the leaders of both the parties failed to take a final decision on the issue on Monday and decided to meet again.
Indian Airstrike on Jaish camp: What we know so far from IAF, Italian journalist, et al.
Mar 04, 2019, at 02:10 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (IBNS): Days after India's post-Pulwama surgical strike in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), the political and Indo-Pak row continues over how many actually were killed in the IAF bombings. While unconfirmed reports claimed zero to very heavy casualty with ruling party politicians in India claiming credits and opposition questioning their claims, here is what we know so far from some seemingly credible sources.
We hit the target, we can't count casualties: IAF chief on Balakot strike
Mar 04, 2019, at 01:29 pm
Coimbatore, Mar 4 (IBNS): The Indian Air Force (IAF) head, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, on Monday said the IAF had hit the target but cannot count how many people died in the Indian airstrike on Jaish-e-Mohammad base in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on Feb 26, triggering a series of incidents that heightened the border tension with the hostile neighbour.
Rahul charges PM of lying on Amethi ordinance factory
Mar 04, 2019, at 12:47 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying on the Amethi ordinance factory, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he had himself laid the foundation stone of the factory in 2010.
More than 250 terrorists killed in airstrike: Amit Shah
Mar 04, 2019, at 11:47 am
New Delhi, Mar 4 (IBNS): Though the government is yet to confirm the number of terrorists killed in the airstrike which was carried out by India post-Pulwama attack, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah has stated the figure is above 250.
President Kovind, PM Modi wish people on Maha Shivaratri
Mar 04, 2019, at 11:15 am
New Delhi, Mar 4 (IBNS): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished all countrymen on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri.
Kashmir highway reopens partially, only stranded vehicles allowed to ply
Mar 04, 2019, at 10:55 am
Srinagar, Mar 4 (UNI) The national highway, the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, reopened partially and only Kashmir-bound stranded vehicles were allowed to ply on Monday, official sources said.