JK Women Helpline encourages people to break silence on sexual harrassment

Feb 15, 2022, at 06:19 am

Srinagar/IBNS: The Jammu and Kashmir Women Helpline (WHL-181) organised an awareness programme in local buses at Kangan, Prang, Wusson, Wangat areas of the Ganderbal District .

Kashmir: Chinar Corps evacuate woman to hospital from snow-bound area of Bandipora

Feb 15, 2022, at 06:01 am

Bandipora/IBNS:The Indian Army's Chinar Corps warriors Saturday evacuated Fazali Begum from the Baraub area of North Kashmir's Bandipora district.

PM Modi likely to inaugurate Assam's second AIIMS campus in November: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Feb 15, 2022, at 05:44 am

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday performed bhumi puja of the second medical college in Guwahati at both Kalapahar and MMCH campuses. The project is being implemented for a total cost of Rs 998.30 crore covering an area of 62 bighas.

Hijab row: Karnataka schools for classes 11-12 and colleges to reopen Wednesday

Feb 15, 2022, at 05:25 am

Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai ordered that proper security arrangements should be made at campuses as schools and colleges will reopen this Wednesday after closure over the hijab row.

'My chopper was held up by Yuvraj during 2014 campaign': PM Modi's fresh dig at Rahul Gandhi in Punjab

Feb 15, 2022, at 04:20 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over a 2014 incident in which, the former said, his helicopter was held up in Punjab as "Yuvraj" (prince-a remark that Modi often refers to Rahul) was flying to Amritsar.

'Am not terrorist': Charanjit Channi on being denied permission to fly amid PM's visit to Jalandhar

Feb 15, 2022, at 03:15 am

Chandigarh/IBNS: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Singh on Monday alleged that he was forced to miss Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's rally as he was denied permission to fly due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jalandhar.

Uttarakhand assembly polls: 59.37 pc voting recorded till 5 pm

Feb 15, 2022, at 02:51 am

Dehradun/UNI: A total of 59.37 per cent polling was recorded till 5 pm on Monday in all 70 assembly segments of Uttarakhand.

Jammu and Kashmir: Students take out rallies in Kupwara to pay tributes to Pulwama martys

Feb 15, 2022, at 01:33 am

Srinagar: Students in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district took out rallies in Krusan and Dherian areas on Monday to pay tributes to the martyrs of Pulwama attack.

60.44 per cent voter's turnout recorded in UP second phase polling

Feb 15, 2022, at 01:23 am

Lucknow/UNI/IBNS: More than 60 per cent of the 2.02 crore strong electorate voted by 5 pm on Monday in the second phase of the staggered assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh for 55 seats in nine districts.

Karnataka: Students asked to remove hijab before entering a school campus in Mandya

Feb 14, 2022, at 10:10 pm

Mandya: An argument broke out between a teacher and guardians as students were asked to enter a school campus after removing their hijab (a head scarf worn by Muslim girls) in Karnataka's Mandya region, media reports said on Monday.

Mamata sweeps four Bengal civic polls, breaches Siliguri hurdle

Feb 14, 2022, at 09:03 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) maintained its absolute dominance in the state politics sweeping four more chaos-ridden civic polls including one in Siliguri, which was always a sticky ground for her party.

Is this secularism? PM Modi attacks TMC's Mahua Moitra over 'Hindu consolidation' remark

Feb 14, 2022, at 08:12 pm

Kanpur/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, who in a recent interview said her party has prevented the consolidation of Hindu votes in Goa by tying up with Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) as the coastal state is polled on Monday.

TMC skipped UP polls to avoid making Akhilesh Yadav weak: Mamata Banerjee

Feb 14, 2022, at 07:22 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) skipped the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to help Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav to remain strong in his fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

CBI to probe suicide of Thanjavur girl student: Supreme Court

Feb 14, 2022, at 07:02 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue probing into the suicide by a girl student at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu.

India bans 54 Chinese apps over national security threat

Feb 14, 2022, at 06:50 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the hostile relationship between the two Asian giants, India on Monday banned 54 more Chinese applications or apps that allegedly pose threats to the country's national security, media reports said.

India will be run as per Constitution not Shariat, Gazva-e-Hind will not be fulfilled: Yogi Adityanath as UP votes in second phase

Feb 14, 2022, at 05:02 pm

Lucknow/IBNS: Amid a heated debate over the hijab row in the country, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reminded that the country will be run as per the Constitution and not Sharia law (law forming a part of Islamic tradition) on a day his state went to polls in the second phase.

West Bengal: TMC set to sweep four civic polls; BJP, Left lose more grounds

Feb 14, 2022, at 04:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Further consolidating its hold in West Bengal, the state's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set for a sweeping victory in four municipal elections, which were held in Asansol, Bidhannagar, Chandernagore and Siliguri late last week, as the results are coming out on Monday. 

Narendra Modi pays tribute to CRPF jawans who died during 2019 Pulwama attack

Feb 14, 2022, at 03:52 pm

New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to Indian Central Reserve Police Force  jawans who were killed during a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama region in 2019.

Ex-Kenyan PM Raila Amolo Odiga meets Narendra Modi

Feb 14, 2022, at 03:43 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met former Prime Minister of Kenya Raila Amolo Odinga who is currently in India on a private visit.

Assembly Polls: Voting kicks off in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa

Feb 14, 2022, at 02:46 pm

Lucknow/Panaji: Voting began at 55 Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, spread across nine districts, for the second phase amid tight security.

J&K: Jitendra Singh chairs DISHA district meeting, says River Devika project will be completed by June

Feb 14, 2022, at 07:24 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The historic River Devika project, built at the cost of over Rs 190 crore, will be complete by June this year, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said Sunday.

Restore water channels of Shahar-e-Khas for transportation: Kashmir Div Com to Officials

Feb 14, 2022, at 04:47 am

Srinagar: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandering K Pole Saturday chaired a meeting to review development of Jhelum River Front and Water Transport under Srinagar Smart City Limited Project, here.

JK: DC Srinagar chairs meeting of District Registering Authority

Feb 14, 2022, at 03:55 am

Srinagar: A meeting of District Registering Authority under ISM (AYUSH) was held on Saturday under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner/District Magistrate Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, here to ensure regulated operation of Ayush Clinical Establishments in the District.

Rejuvenation of Tawi river front will generate employment opportunities: LG Manoj Sinha

Feb 14, 2022, at 03:24 am

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday laid the foundation stone for the Tawi Riverfront development project.

JK: Lt Governor lays foundation stone for Tawi River front project

Feb 14, 2022, at 03:06 am

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday laid the foundation stone for the Tawi Riverfront development project.

Assam: One Bangladeshi cattle smuggler killed during BSF firing along Indo-Bangladesh border

Feb 14, 2022, at 02:58 am

Guwahati: One Bangladeshi cattle smuggler was shot dead by BSF personnel at Kukurmara area in Assam’s South Salmara Mankachar district along Indo-Bangladesh border on Sunday morning.

Jammu and Kashmir: Class 12 topper trolled for not wearing 'hijab'

Feb 14, 2022, at 02:05 am

Srinagar: A class 12 topper in the science stream from Jammu and Kashmir UT recently faced online trolls for not wearing a 'hijab'.

Locals vandalise West Bengal school after principal asks girls not to wear burqa and hijab, 18 detained

Feb 13, 2022, at 11:20 pm

Locals vandalised a school in West Bengal's Muslim-majority Murshidabad district on Saturday when the principal of the institution allegedly forbade girl students from wearing a hijab and burqa in the classroom.

Change in Punjab leadership as Amarinder govt was run by BJP from Centre: Priyanka

Feb 13, 2022, at 09:32 pm

Kotkapura/UNI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday launched a scathing attack on former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, saying that he was running the government under the directions of the "BJP from the Centre" under a tactical understanding.

Madhya Pradesh tunnel collapses, seven labourers rescued, two trapped

Feb 13, 2022, at 04:20 pm

Bhopal/IBNS: Nine labourers were trapped after an under-construction tunnel of the Bargi canal project collapsed at Sleemanabad in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district. Seven of them have been rescued so far while two are still trapped.