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Congress to oppose Modi govt's bill for bank privatisation | Congress, other opposition parties protest against price hike | Kerala: Police case against those who forced female examinees to remove bra at NEET centre | India reports 15,528 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours | CBI arrests eight people for allegedly 'rigging' medical exam NEET | Veteran singer Bhupinder Singh passes away at 82 | Nupur Sharma seeks fresh halt to arrest in Supreme Court citing 'renewed' threats | 15th Presidential election: 99.18 per cent of votes cast at Parliament House | 'Hasty, indiscriminate arrests' are urgent problems today: CJI NV Ramana | IndiGo flight to Hyderabad makes precautionary landing in Karachi after technical snag, all passengers safe

CMs from Delhi and Punjab arrive to participate in BRS public meeting

Jan 18, 2023, at 02:15 pm

Hyderabad: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, arrived in Hyderabad on Tuesday evening to participate in the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Party’s inaugural Public Meeting to be held at Khammam on Wednesday.

'BJP no longer mere political party but a social movement': PM Modi at national executive meet

Jan 18, 2023, at 07:31 am

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members to reach out to every section of society and ensure that they dedicate about 400 days towards working for society before the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.

Online platforms to remove content flagged by govt's fact-checking mechanisms: new IT draft rules

Jan 18, 2023, at 07:13 am

New Delhi: Online platforms in India have to pull down content if flagged as fake or false by the Centre’s fact-checking mechanisms, as per the revised draft amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

Allahabad HC dismisses Arvind Kejriwal's plea to quash criminal proceedings in 2014 model code violation case

Jan 18, 2023, at 06:49 am

Lucknow/UNI: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has dismissed the application of Delhi Chief Minister and national convener of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal for quashing the entire criminal proceedings against him in a case related to violation of the model code of conduct in the year 2014.

Mamata Banerjee to launch campaign in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills

Jan 18, 2023, at 06:24 am

Shillong/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will launch her election campaign on Wednesday in the Garo Hills region, which is considered the heartland of the Congress, in Meghalaya.

Man, faking UAE royal links, flees Delhi 5-star hotel leaving 23 lakhs bill

Jan 18, 2023, at 05:47 am

New Delhi/IBNS: A man, who pretended to be an employee of the Abu Dhabi royal family, to stay at a luxury hotel in Delhi for four months, vanished after racking up a bill of Rs. 23 lakhs.

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman orders extradition of arms deal middleman Sanjay Bhandari to India

Jan 18, 2023, at 04:11 am

London: British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has ordered the extradition of Sanjay Bhandari, an accused middleman and consultant in arms deals, for trial in an Indian court in tax evasion and money laundering cases, media reported.

Archaeological Survey of India to restart excavation at Delhi’s Purana Qila again

Jan 18, 2023, at 03:34 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is all set to begin excavation at Delhi’s Purana Qila again.

'Dawood Ibrahim remarried, second wife Pakistani pathan': Nephew Alishah Parkar tells NIA

Jan 18, 2023, at 02:47 am

Mumbai/IBNS: In a sensational revelation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Alishah Parkar, son of Haseena Parkar, and Dawood Ibrahim's nephew, has claimed that the fugitive underworld gangster has remarried a Pakistani Pathan woman while still being married to his first wife Maizabin.

Passenger opens emergency exit of IndiGo flight, DGCA orders probe

Jan 18, 2023, at 02:44 am

New Delhi: A passenger on an IndiGo, Chennai-Tiruchirappalli flight opened the emergency exit on December 10 last year, DGCA said in a communication on Tuesday, adding that it has taken due note of the incident and ordered a probe into it, media reported.

Conduct verification of border dwellers: J&K top cop directs team ahead of Republic Day

Jan 18, 2023, at 01:25 am

Jammu/UNI: Ahead of Republic Day celebrations, Senior Superintendent of Police, Samba Benam Tosh has directed his team to conduct verification of border residents living close to the proximity of the international border.

Indo-French astronomy focus meeting on international mega-projects, discusses science vision for the next decade

Jan 18, 2023, at 12:29 am

New Delhi: Indo-French Astronomy science vision for the next decade and multiwavelength synergy science in mega-projects was discussed at the Indo-French focus meeting on ‘Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)/ Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) and multiwavelength synergies’ recently with a goal to establish a comprehensive long-term partnership in the field of astronomy.

JP Nadda's tenure as BJP president extended till June 2024 ahead of upcoming polls in several states

Jan 17, 2023, at 11:54 pm

New Delhi: As elections are coming up in nine states, the BJP on Tuesday extended the tenure of JP Nadda as the party president till June 2024.

G-20 : Telangana DGP holds high level security coordination meeting

Jan 17, 2023, at 11:51 pm

Hyderabad: A high-level Security Coordination meeting was held on Tuesday under the Chairmanship of Telangana DGP Anjani Kumar to successfully conduct the most prestigious G-20 Working Group meetings to be held here from January 28 to June 17.

LG is not my headmaster, says CM Arvind Kejriwal

Jan 17, 2023, at 10:15 pm

New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor is not my headmaster who checks my homework, I am the representative of the people who have elected me as Delhi Chief Minister, said Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi Assembly on Tuesday.

Jammu and Kashmir: 2 LeT militants killed in Budgam

Jan 17, 2023, at 10:01 pm

Srinagar: Two suspected militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed in a brief shooting in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district on Tuesday morning.

Chief of Defence Staff visits NCC Republic Day Camp

Jan 17, 2023, at 09:54 pm

New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM SM, VSM visited the NCC Republic Day Camp 2023 at Delhi Cantt in New Delhi on Jan 17.

PM Shehbaz Sharif offers 'sincere' talks with Narendra Modi to resolve disputes including Jammu and Kashmir

Jan 17, 2023, at 08:38 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif has offered to hold serious and sincere talks with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi with issues even ranging to Jammu and Kashmir.

Uttar Pradesh: One arrested for attack on VHP leaders

Jan 17, 2023, at 07:28 pm

Mahoba/UNI: One person has been arrested in connection with the attack on the district president and other office-bearers of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Bhatipura area of Mahoba here in Uttar Pradesh, a senior officer said here on Tuesday.

Assam govt undertakes survey of all madrassas

Jan 17, 2023, at 07:25 pm

Guwahati/UNI: The Assam government is undertaking a survey of all madrassas in the state in order to merge the smaller one which according to police is the hotbed for spreading radicalism with the bigger madrassas.

PM Modi to address concluding session of BJP National Executive meeting

Jan 17, 2023, at 06:10 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the concluding session of the BJP National Executive meeting on Tuesday.

Kashmir: Two militants killed in Budgam, say police

Jan 17, 2023, at 05:57 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Two suspected militants were killed in a brief shooting in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district on Tuesday morning.

Delhi court allows ED to interrogate Satyendar Jain, two others in money laundering

Jan 17, 2023, at 06:06 am

New Delhi/UNI: A Delhi on Monday after hearing the request on behalf of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) allowed the interrogation of two accused Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain, who was arrested along with Health Minister Satyendar Jain.

'Arijit Singh is pride of Bengal': Mamata Banerjee assures help to singer's hospital project in Murshidabad

Jan 17, 2023, at 04:45 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday assured necessary help to assist singer Arijit Singh in building a hospital in Murshidabad's Jangipur.

Sachin Pilot takes aim at his own govt in solo Rajasthan campaign

Jan 17, 2023, at 04:20 am

Jaipur/IBNS: Congress leader Sachin Pilot, who is on a solo campaign in Rajasthan ahead of polls later this year, seemed to become a fear for his party by taking aim at his own government and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Monday.

'Committed to winning': BJP kickstarts 2-day executive meet with eye on elections in 9 states

Jan 17, 2023, at 02:34 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) kickstarted a grand two-day strategy session Monday with an eye on the coming elections in nine states this year, which would be seen as the semi-final to the Lok Sabha polls in 2024.

Family of four commits suicide in Hyderabad

Jan 17, 2023, at 02:09 am

Hyderabad/UNI; In a heart rendering incident, four members of a family including a girl allegedly committed suicide at Rupali apartment, Hapshiguda in the Tarnaka areas of Hyderabad.

Joshimath crisis: SC turns down pleas seeking to declare land sliding as national disaster

Jan 17, 2023, at 01:23 am

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court in its order on Monday declined to entertain the PILs filed, including the one by a religious leader, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, seeking direction to declare the current incidents of land sliding, subsidence, land sinking, land burst and cracks in the land and properties in Joshimath as a national disaster.

Criminalisation of marital rape pleas: SC seeks Centre's reply by Feb 15

Jan 17, 2023, at 01:05 am

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's response by Feb 15 on a bunch of petitions seeking criminalisation of marital rape, as the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta for the Union of India said that apart from legal, the matter would have social repercussions..

India-France conduct Naval Exercise Varuna

Jan 17, 2023, at 12:43 am

New Delhi: The 21st Edition of the Bilateral Naval Exercise between India and France – Exercise Varuna commenced on the Western Seaboard today, 16 Jan 23.