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'Won't allow terrorism to force us to the negotiating table': India's EAM Jaishankar in message to Pakistan

Dec 31, 2022, at 06:44 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has once again sent out a strong message to the country's hostile neighbour Pakistan stating New Delhi "won't allow terrorism to force us to the negotiating table".

Amit Shah to flag off public faith rally in poll-bound Tripura on Jan 5

Dec 31, 2022, at 06:34 pm

Agartala/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to flag off an eight-day 'Public Faith Rally' (Jana Biswas Yatra) on the chariot on January 5 in two locations of North and South Tripura by rolling out the chariot aiming to connect the voters ahead of the crucial assembly poll slated for the second week of February.

Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing 'Sweet Revolution'

Dec 31, 2022, at 03:55 pm

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir, a region in the country which has a strong history in the world of beekeeping and honey production,  is now poised to witness a ‘Sweet Revolution’ through sincere efforts of the administration towards that end, media reports said.

Actor Tunisha Sharma was depressed after breakup with Sheezan Khan: Police tells court

Dec 31, 2022, at 04:14 am

Vasai (Maharashtra)/ IBNS: Actor Tunisha Sharma was depressed after her breakup with co-star Sheezan Khan, who is accused of abetting her suicide, and it was further difficult for her to continue working with him on a show, police have told a local court.

CAA protests could have transformed India's political discourse had there been no Covid: Shashi Tharoor

Dec 31, 2022, at 03:08 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The massive and often violent anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests could have "transformed" the country's political discourse, which is still deftly anchored by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had there been no Covid-19 pandemic, feels Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.

Heavy security in Mumbai ahead of New Year's eve celebrations

Dec 31, 2022, at 02:21 am

Mumbai/UNI: Mumbai police have deployed heavy police arrangements across the city ahead of New Year's eve celebrations.

'Heinous, shameful': Jagan Mohan Reddy tears into Chandrababu Naidu over 8 deaths during latter's roadshow

Dec 31, 2022, at 01:53 am

Narsipatnam/IBNS: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy Friday blamed Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu over the death of eight people at a roadshow organised by his party at Kandukur in Nellore district of the state on Wednesday.

Amit Shah slams Congress, JDS as 'dynastic parties', seeks support for BJP in Karnataka's Mandya

Dec 31, 2022, at 01:12 am

Mandya (Karnataka)/UNI: Terming Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress as dynastic parties and highly corrupt, Union Minister Amit Shah on Friday urged people to ensure a clean sweep for the party in Mandya district.

Boyfriend of Tunisha was forcing her to convert to Islam, claims mother

Dec 30, 2022, at 10:59 pm

Mumbai:  Vanita Sharma – the mother of the late actress Tunisha on Friday claimed that her daughter was under ‘pressure’ to convert to Islam.

West Bengal: PM Narendra Modi flags off Vande Bharat Express connecting Howrah to New Jalpaiguri via video conferencing

Dec 30, 2022, at 10:47 pm

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi flagged off the Vande Bharat Express, connecting Howrah to New Jalpaiguri via video conferencing on Friday.

Jammu and Kashmir: 10 residential houses, shops gutted in a massive fire in Anantnag

Dec 30, 2022, at 09:56 pm

Srinagar: At least ten residential houses and some shops were damaged in a devastating fire incident that erupted at Dangerpora area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday, officials said.

Election Commission comes up with RVM to improve migrant workers' voting rights

Dec 30, 2022, at 09:29 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has come up with a prototype Multi-Constituency Remote Electronic Voting (RVM) Machine to improve the voting rights of the migrant workers, media reports said.

Despite his mother's death, PM Narendra Modi carries out official programs in Bengal

Dec 30, 2022, at 09:02 pm

Kolkata: Hours after attending his mother's last rites at Gandhinagar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday virtually flagged off Vande Bharat Express, a superfast train connecting Kolkata with the NJP, the gateway of North Bengal.

BJP provides 24000 jobs in 58 months in Tripura

Dec 30, 2022, at 08:32 pm

Agartala: The BJP-led government in Tripura has already provided 24,033 jobs in its 58 months rule while 17,916 posts have been waiting to be filled up, as the finance department gave concurrence for recruitment, said information minister Sushanta Chowdhury here on Friday.

'Your mother means our mother': Mamata Banerjee to PM Modi condoling Heeraben Modi's demise

Dec 30, 2022, at 07:58 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: "There is no substitute for mother. Your mother is our mother also," said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday condoling the demise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi, who passed away at 100 last night.

PM Modi virtually flags off seventh Vande Bharat Express in Kolkata

Dec 30, 2022, at 06:19 pm

Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after performing the last rites of his mother Heeraben Modi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the country's seventh and West Bengal's first Vande Bharat Express train in Kolkata.

Vande Bharat inauguration: Mamata refuses to take stage after BJP workers chant 'Jai Shree Ram' slogan

Dec 30, 2022, at 05:25 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a deja vu of what had happened at Victoria Memorial in 2021, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday refused to take the dais after the "Jai Shree Ram" slogan was raised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers upon her arrival at the Howrah Station here during the Vande Bharat Express inauguration.

Heeraben Modi's death: PM Narendra Modi to join development programmes in Bengal via video conferencing

Dec 30, 2022, at 03:45 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was scheduled to visit West Bengal on Friday and now he will join the scheduled programmes via video conferencing despite the demise of her mother, officials said.

Indian politicians mourn death of PM Narendra Modi's mother

Dec 30, 2022, at 02:37 pm

New Delhi: Top Indian politicians, including President Murmu and Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Friday mourned the death of PM Narendra Modi's mother Heeraba Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi dies

Dec 30, 2022, at 02:20 pm

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi passed away at the age of 100 on Friday morning.

Balochistan rises in revolt, reminds Pakistan of its Bangladesh loss

Dec 30, 2022, at 06:28 am

Fifty-one years on, Pakistan gets sharp reminders of its Bangladesh loss as yet another province, Balochistan, rises in revolt.

Tunisha Sharma death: Police recovers note from TV show set

Dec 30, 2022, at 05:13 am

Mumbai/IBNS: A note has been recovered from the set of a TV show in Maharashtra where actor Tunisha Sharma was found hanging last Saturday, the police said.

Akhilesh Yadav says 'not invited' to join Bharat Jodo Yatra

Dec 30, 2022, at 04:52 am

Lucknow/IBNS: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Thursday said he wasn’t invited to join Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra as BJP and the Congress were on the same boat while his party has a different ideology.

In row over 'saffron' song, Arijit Singh's concert cancelled in Kolkata, BJP calls its political decision

Dec 30, 2022, at 04:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: In yet another controversy over a song and saffron colour, singer Arijit Singh's Feb 18 concert in Kolkata's Eco Park has been cancelled triggering off allegations by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that it's a political decision.

After Hindu woman's killing in Sindh, India calls on Pakistan to protect minorities

Dec 30, 2022, at 03:37 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India Thursday called on Pakistan to protect the minorities after the killing of a Hindu woman Daya Bheel in Sindh province of the neighbouring country.

India seeking details on Uzbekistan's investigation into child deaths linked to India-made cough syrup: Arindam Bagchi

Dec 30, 2022, at 02:25 am

New Delhi/IBNS: After Uzbekistan blamed Indian cough syrup for the death of 18 children in the country, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi Thursday said the domestic pharma industry remains a reliable supplier of drugs across the world.

Bihar Police detain Chinese woman suspected of spying on Dalai Lama

Dec 30, 2022, at 01:04 am

Patna/IBNS: The Bihar Police Thursday detained a Chinese woman, suspected of spying on Dalai Lama, amid the Tibetan spiritual leader's visit to Bodh Gaya.

IAF successfully test fires the extended-range version of BrahMos Air Launched missile

Dec 30, 2022, at 12:09 am

The Indian Air Force successfully test-fired the extended-range version of the BrahMos Air Launched missile in the Bay of Bengal, according to a statement on Thursday.

ICICI bank loan fraud case: Chanda Kochhar, her husband and Venugopal Dhoot sent to judicial custody till Jan 10

Dec 29, 2022, at 11:18 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: A special CBI court in Mumbai sent former ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar, and Videocon's Venugopal Dhoot to judicial custody till January 10 in a loan fraud case.

Dalai Lama’s Bodh Gaya visit: Amid security alert police look for Chinese woman, release sketch

Dec 29, 2022, at 11:13 pm

Bodh Gaya/IBNS: Police have issued a security alert amid Dalai Lama’s visit to Bodh Gaya and released a sketch of a Chinese woman, who it suspects, is plotting an attack on him.