Amarnath Yatra to commence from June 30

Mar 28, 2022, at 12:06 am

Jammu: The annual Amarnath Yatra of 43 days will be starting from June 30, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday.

DRDO successfully flight tests Indian Army version of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile off Odisha coast

Mar 27, 2022, at 10:59 pm

New Delhi: India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two successful flight tests of the Indian Army version of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) at Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Sunday.

PM Narendra Modi expresses pain over deaths of eight people in Andhra Pradesh road mishap

Mar 27, 2022, at 10:49 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed pain over the deaths of eight people in a road mishap in Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh: Eight people die in road mishap

Mar 27, 2022, at 09:46 pm

Tirupati: At least eight persons died and 23 were injured after a private bus fell into a gorge at Bhakarapet Ghat road near Bhakara village in Chandragiri Mandal of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.

India taking massive steps towards economic progress: PM Modi in Mann Ki Baat

Mar 27, 2022, at 06:40 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India is taking massive steps towards economic progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, noting that the country achieved the export target of $ 400 billion.

Jammu and Kashmir: Two mysterious blasts rocks Rajouri district

Mar 27, 2022, at 05:21 am

Jammu: Two mysterious blasts rocked the Kandi area of Kotranka on Saturday evening in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.

NIA chargesheets arrested Pakistani LeT militant

Mar 27, 2022, at 05:17 am

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a chargesheet in a Special court in Jammu, against a Pakistani militant of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who was arrested while trying to infiltrate to Kashmir last year, the anti terror agency said.

Kashmir: BARC, SKUAST-K ink pact for using radiation technology

Mar 27, 2022, at 04:52 am

Srinagar/IBNS: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Mumbai and Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir have entered into a pact to bring in radiation technology to increase crop production.

Kashmiri carpet export picks up pace after launch of GI tag

Mar 27, 2022, at 04:49 am

Jammu/IBNS: The launch of Geographical Indication (GI) for the famed hand-knotted Kashmiri Carpets by Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, took place to revive the sheen and glory of Kashmiri Carpet Industry.

Niti Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index: JK ranks third among UT's

Mar 27, 2022, at 04:45 am

Srinagar/IBNS: Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as the third best performer among union territories in the second edition of Export Preparedness Index 2021 by Niti Aayog.

Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to visit India on Apr 1

Mar 27, 2022, at 04:18 am

New Delhi/Kathmandu: Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will embark on a three-day visit to India from April 1, on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Jammu and Kashmir: SPO killed, brother wounded in Budgam attack

Mar 27, 2022, at 04:03 am

Srinagar: A Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed while his brother was injured in a militant attack in Kashmir's Budgam district on Saturday evening, officials said.

India condemns terrorist attack in Somalia

Mar 27, 2022, at 02:04 am

New Delhi: India on Saturday condemned the terror attacks by Al-Shabaab terror group at the Mogadishu International Airport area on Mar 23.

After ensnaring Sri Lanka in a debt trap, China turns a blind eye as the country’s economic woes turn critical

Mar 27, 2022, at 01:58 am

Sri Lanka is confronting its worst economic crisis in decades, with economists saying that its public debt has reached unsustainable levels.

Three Pakistani prisoners repatriated: MEA

Mar 27, 2022, at 12:16 am

New Delhi: Three Pakistani prisoners, who had completed their sentences, were repatriated to Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border on Saturday, Ministry of External Affairs said.

Jammu and Kashmir: Kashmiri Pandits burn effigy of Bitta Karate in Srinagar

Mar 27, 2022, at 12:06 am

Srinagar: A group of Kashmiri Pandits on Saturday burnt the effigy of Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate in Srinagar.

Narendra Modi to attend 5th BIMSTEC Summit next week

Mar 26, 2022, at 11:14 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the 5th BIMSTEC Summit on Mar 30.

Indian High Commission in Bangladesh observes symbolic blackout to mark genocide day

Mar 26, 2022, at 11:04 pm

Dhaka: The Indian High Commission in Bangladesh on Friday paid tribute by observing a symbolic blackout of the Chancery complex to honour the sacrifice of untold millions of Bangladeshi people killed and women assaulted during ‘Operation Searchlight’ 51 years ago.

Spend Kashmir Files revenue on Pandits, says Arvind Kejriwal

Mar 26, 2022, at 11:01 pm

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Centre of doing politics over the suffering of Kashmiri Pandits and said all revenue earned from the film "The Kashmir Files" should be spent on rehabilitating the community.

S Jaishankar to visit Maldives, Sri Lanka

Mar 26, 2022, at 10:36 pm

New Delhi: At the respective invitations of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Prof. G.L.Peiris, External Affairs Minister (EAM), Dr. S Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka from Mar 26-30.

360.85 million kg of tea sold at Guwahati Tea Auction Centre in last two years

Mar 26, 2022, at 09:03 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Despite COVID-19 pandemic, the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre has witnessed a sharp rise in tea selling in the last two years.

Three persons injured in black panther attack in Assam's Mangaldoi

Mar 26, 2022, at 09:00 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: At least three people including a forest personnel were injured after a rare black panther strayed into Mangaldoi town in Assam's Darrang district, attacking them.

Yogi govt 2.0 extends free ration scheme till June

Mar 26, 2022, at 07:40 pm

Lucknow/UNI: The Yogi Adityanath government beginning its second term on Saturday announced extension of Uttar Pradesh government's free ration scheme covering 15 crore people for three months up to June.

Manish Sisodia presents Delhi's 'employment budget'

Mar 26, 2022, at 07:31 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi Budget for 2022-23 will be an "employment budget", Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia said on Saturday, adding it will try to create 20 lakh new jobs in the national capital.

PM Modi to attend virtual BIMSTEC summit on Mar 30

Mar 26, 2022, at 07:15 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the 5th BIMSTEC Summit on Mar 30 that is being hosted by Sri Lanka in virtual mode.

Talk about people's issues, not the Hindu-Muslim discourse: Left's Ballygunge bypoll candidate Saira Shah Halim

Mar 26, 2022, at 06:42 pm

Countering the charge that it feeds only an ageing party organisation, the Left, much like the 2021 assembly elections, has fielded Saira Shah Halim as a young CPI-M candidate from Ballygunge seat in south Kolkata. Halim also happens to be the niece of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah and daughter-in-law of late politician Hashim Abdul Halim. In the middle of her campaigning amid the soaring temperature in Kolkata, Saira, who fought against the CAA-NRC and very recently the hijab ban, exclusively speaks to India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh ahead of the Apr 12 bypoll to the seat, which fell vacant by the demise of Mamata Banerjee's senior colleague Subrata Mukherjee

Odisha: Youth beheads minor girl in rural Sambalpur, roams around village with severed head

Mar 26, 2022, at 02:26 pm

Sambalpur: In a shocking incident, a youth beheaded an eight-year-old girl on Friday when she went to attend nature's call in her village.

'Unsatisfactory but unsurprising': US over India's stand on Russia-Ukraine war

Mar 26, 2022, at 06:16 am

Washington/IBNS: A senior White House official on Friday said India's position at the United Nations over the Ukraine crisis has been "unsatisfactory", reports said.

Sons of mechanic, weaver part of Yogi Adityanath 2.0 govt

Mar 26, 2022, at 04:51 am

Lucknow/UNI: The Yogi Adityanath cabinet that was sworn in at a mega gala event here on Friday, made every effort to reflect an all-inclusive spirit, claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday.

'Don't harras family; if you want me jailed, come to power': Uddhav Thackeray to BJP on ED raids

Mar 26, 2022, at 03:05 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), three days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) froze assets worth Rs. 6.45 crores of his brother-in-law in a money laundering case.