After TMC's landslide win, Mamata Banerjee to pick Kolkata Mayor today
Dec 23, 2021, at 04:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Thursday pick Kolkata's new Mayor two days after her Trinamool Congress (TMC) registered a landslide victory in the city civic polls.
Haryana lowers drinking age from 25 to 21 years
Dec 23, 2021, at 05:13 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: The Haryana government on Wednesday amended its Excise Act, lowering the legal age for consumption of liquor from 25 years to 21 years in the state.
11 bills meet approval, Centre criticized for rushing
Dec 23, 2021, at 04:22 am
New Delhi/UNI: The winter session of the Parliament passed 11 bills in both its houses and secured a 82 percent productivity rate in Lok Sabha and 48 percent in Rajya Sabha.
Civilian, cop killed in twin attacks in Kashmir
Dec 23, 2021, at 01:12 am
Srinagar/UNI: A police officer and a civilian were killed in two separate attacks in Kashmir on Wednesday evening, officials said.
Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav, daughter test COVID-19 positive
Dec 22, 2021, at 11:28 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav's wife and former MP Dimple Yadav and her daughter Teena have tested positive for COVID, here on Wednesday.
TMC stands nowhere in Goa race, says Kejriwal; Mamata's party hits back
Dec 22, 2021, at 10:59 pm
Panaji/IBNS: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Trinamool Congress, the two anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forces, have locked horns in the race to triumph over the saffron brigade in the upcoming state polls in Goa where assembly elections are due to be held early 2022.
Aadhaar linkage with Voter ID cards to help to remove duplicate voters: Former CEC Brahma
Dec 22, 2021, at 09:04 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Hari Shankar Brahma said that linking Aadhaar cards with Voter cards will help to remove a large number of duplicate and spurious voters in the electoral rolls in the country and will help to purify the election database.
BSF foils smuggling bid, kills Bangladeshi man
Dec 22, 2021, at 08:42 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi man early on Wednesday when a group of Indians and Bangladeshis tried to smuggle narcotics into Malda district in West Bengal.
Maharashtra: Shiv Sena leader Waikar questioned by ED
Dec 22, 2021, at 08:23 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Shiv Sena senior leader Ravindra Waikar on Wednesday said he has submitted certain documents to the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday.
Central govt issues instructions to states to deal with Omicron
Dec 22, 2021, at 08:21 pm
Aurangabad/UNI: In the backdrop of the spread of new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron' across the country, the central government has issued some instructions to the states and union territories.
BJP demands hand over of CM post to someone else till Uddhav Thackeray's health improves
Dec 22, 2021, at 08:17 pm
Mumbai/UNI: The main opposition party in Maharashtra, BJP, on Wednesday demanded that the post of chief minister should be handed over to someone else till Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's improves.
PM to address convocation ceremony of IIT-Kanpur on Tuesday
Dec 22, 2021, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will be addressing the convocation ceremony of IIT, Kanpur on Tuesday.
Dec 22, 2021, at 08:06 pm
New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted maiden flight test of indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile ‘Pralay’, from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on Dec 22, 2021.
Nora Fatehi to appear as ED witness against Sukesh Chandrasekhar in 200-cr extortion case
Dec 22, 2021, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Bollywood actress-dancer Nora Fatehi will turn up as the prosecution's witness against conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar in a 200-crore extortion case, which is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), media reports said.
Majority of our population still not vaccinated, Rahul Gandhi alleges
Dec 22, 2021, at 06:38 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday raised questions on the vaccination process in the country and alleged that the majority of the population is still not vaccinated.
Let's be civil in victory: TMC 'sympathiser' Parambrata amid post KMC poll result violence
Dec 22, 2021, at 06:23 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Indian actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay has urged the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has decimated the Opposition in the Kolkata civic polls, to restrain with several reports of vandalisation of rival party offices allegedly by the ruling dispensation members.
Dec 22, 2021, at 05:28 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, was adjourned sine die on Wednesday, a day ahead of schedule.
PM Modi to kickstart multiple development initiatives in Varanasi tomorrow
Dec 22, 2021, at 03:06 pm
Varanasi: PM Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi and kickstart multiple development initiatives on Dec 23 at around 1 PM.
PM Modi to kickstart multiple development initiatives in Varanasi
Dec 22, 2021, at 05:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi and kickstart multiple development initiatives on Dec 23 at around 1 PM.
'Daughters wanted time to pursue studies': PM Modi on raising marriage age of women
Dec 22, 2021, at 04:28 am
Prayagraj/UP/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday showcased his government's contributions towards women's welfare and defended Centre's big plan to raise the marriage age for women and put it on par with men.
West Bengal: At least 3 killed, dozens injured in Haldia IOC refinery fire
Dec 22, 2021, at 04:04 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A major fire broke out in an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) refinery in Haldia in West Bengal's East Medinipur district on Tuesday afternoon, leaving at least three people dead and nearly 50 others injured, officials said.
TMC MP Derek O'Brien suspended from Parliament for rest of Winter Session
Dec 22, 2021, at 03:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien was suspended from the Parliament on Tuesday for the rest of the Winter Session after he threw the rule book at the Chair and walked out amid protests over the bill to introduce election reforms.
Amitabh Bachchan may be questioned in Panama Papers case: ED sources
Dec 22, 2021, at 01:30 am
Mumbai/UNI: After recording her statement before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi, Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has returned to her home here.
Anti-conversion bill tabled in Karnataka Assembly despite pandemonium
Dec 22, 2021, at 12:20 am
Belagavi/UNI: A day after the state cabinet approved the anti-conversion bill, the Karnataka government here on Tuesday tabled it in the assembly amidst pandemonium where the House witnessed KPCC President DK Shivakumar tearing it.
Jammu and Kashmir: Indian Army raises objections over construction work in PoK near the LoC
Dec 22, 2021, at 12:01 am
Srinagar/UNI: Indian Army raised objections to the construction of certain structures coming up in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) near the Line of Control and across the Teetwal sector of Kupwara district, defence sources said on Tuesday.
Rajnath Singh witnesses multi-agency HADR exercise PANEX-21 in Pune
Dec 21, 2021, at 11:50 pm
New Delhi: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh witnessed a Multi-Agency Exercise (MAE) and inaugurated an equipment display on the second day of PANEX-21, a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise for BIMSTEC member nations, organised at College of Military Engineering in Pune, Maharashtra on Dec 21, 2021.
India govt voices concern at detention of 68 Indian fishermen, boats by Sri Lanka
Dec 21, 2021, at 11:28 pm
New Delhi: India on Tuesday voiced concern at the detention of 68 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu and 10 boats by the Sri Lanka authorities.
Mamata's TMC sweeps Kolkata civic polls, BJP-Left-Cong restricted to single digit
Dec 21, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Maintaining its dominance over West Bengal politics, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday registered a landslide victory in Kolkata civic elections, which were marred by sporadic violence on the polling day, leaving the opposition parties in disarray.
Rajya Sabha passes Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, opposition walkout
Dec 21, 2021, at 11:17 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, that seeks to link the electoral roll data with the Aadhar ecosystem, amid a walkout by the Opposition.
India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla to visit Myanmar tomorrow
Dec 21, 2021, at 10:34 pm
New Delhi: India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will pay a two-day working visit to Myanmar on Dec 22 and 23, 2021,the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday.