CRPF ready to help Kashmiris outside despite losing 40 jawans in JeM attack
Feb 17, 2019, at 01:31 pm
Srinagar, Feb 17 (UNI) The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has set up 'CRPF Madadgaar' 24X7 helpline for speedy assistance to Kashmiri students, businessmen and others, in case they face any difficulties or harassment outside the valley, following protests in different parts of the country against the fidayeen attack in Pulwama, in which 40 personnel were martyred on Thursday.
Rajinikanth declares he will not contest in Lok Sabha polls
Feb 17, 2019, at 12:59 pm
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IBNS): Ending months of speculation, superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday announced that he will not contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Security for separatist leaders - Shabir Shah, Abdul Ghani Bhat, 3 others to be withdrawn
Feb 17, 2019, at 12:27 pm
New Delhi/Srinagar, Feb 17 (UNI/IBNS) In a major post-Pulwama terror attack decision and in a pro-active step against 'separatist' leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, the government has decided to withdraw "all security and government facilities" to five such leaders.
Feb 17, 2019, at 11:00 am
Srinagar, Feb 17 (IBNS): Days after the Pulwama terror attack, which claimed the lives of 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans, reports have surfaced that Kashmiri people are now being targeted with hostility in other parts of the country prompting the Union Home Ministry to issue an advisory, said media reports. However, fake news is also doing the rounds.
Amit Shah to visit Assam today
Feb 17, 2019, at 09:50 am
Guwahati, Feb 17 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah will visit Assam on Sunday.
Narendra Modi to visit Bihar today to launch a series of development projects
Feb 17, 2019, at 09:35 am
Patna, Feb 17 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bihar on Sunday.
PM Narendra Modi to visit Jharkhand today
Feb 17, 2019, at 09:28 am
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will visit Hazaribagh and Ranchi in Jharkhand on Sunday.
After MFN and hiked Customs duty, India now eyes 'downgrading' of Pakistan before IMF, World Bank
Feb 17, 2019, at 09:07 am
New Delhi, Feb 17 (UNI) In its pursuits to build up pressure on Pakistan to act against terror groups and to make it feel economic distress, India will be now approaching Financial Action Task Force (FATF) with a dossier on Pakistani agencies' links with the JeM and how the terror group is being aided by them.
Sushma Swaraj visits Bulgaria, meets Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva
Feb 17, 2019, at 08:31 am
Sofia, Feb 17 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has met her Bulgarian counterpart and Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria Ekaterina Zaharieva during her two-day visit to the country.
Feb 17, 2019, at 08:10 am
Karachi, Feb 17 (IBNS): The Directorate of Inspection and Registration of Private Institutions Sindh (DIRPIS) in Pakistan has suspended the registration of a school in Karachi city for allegedly promoting Indian culture, media reports said.
Himachal Pradesh: Student arrested for offensive post on Pulwama attack
Feb 17, 2019, at 07:49 am
Shimla, Feb 17 (UNI/IBNS) Two days after Pulwama terror attack on CRPF convoy, Himachal Pradesh police on Saturday nabbed a private university student in connection with social media posts regarding this attack.
Goa: Govt employee booked for wearing burka, entering ladies toilet
Feb 17, 2019, at 07:43 am
Panaji, Feb 17 (UNI/IBNS): A 35-year-old man was booked for allegedly dressing as a Muslim woman and entering ladies toilet at KTC Bus Stand in the city on Saturday.
Screening of filmmaker Anik Dutta's political satire stopped across West Bengal
Feb 17, 2019, at 12:00 am
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IBNS): Drawing sharp criticism from a section of film fraternity, screening of director Anik Dutta's latest Bengali film Bhobishyoter Bhoot (Ghosts of the Future), reportedly a political satire from a filmmaker who was critical of the ruling government in West Bengal, was stopped across the state on Saturday.
Feb 16, 2019, at 11:27 pm
Seuri, Feb 16 (UNI) Riot police today rescued Trinamool Congress MLA Manirul Islam from a group stone throwing irate mob, who has been protesting the alleged abduction of a daughter of a local BJP worker since Thursday evening.
India hikes customs duty on all goods from Pakistan to 200 per cent
Feb 16, 2019, at 10:24 pm
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IBNS): A day after withdrawing Most Favoured Nation (MFN) Status of Pakistan in the wake of the Pulwama attack, India on Saturday hiked customs duty on all goods exported from the neighbouring nation to 200 per cent with an immediate effect.
Coffin of slain CRPF jawan arrives in Guwahati
Feb 16, 2019, at 08:35 pm
Guwahati, Feb 16 (IBNS): The mortal remains of CRPF jawan Maneswar Basumatary, who was martyred in the Pulwama terror attack, reached here wrapped in tricolour on Saturday evening.
Khalistan supporter arrested in UP for arms supply
Feb 16, 2019, at 08:05 pm
Lucknow, Feb 16 (UNI) On the inputs of the Special Operation Cell, Amritsar, the sleuths of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) claimed to have laid a trap on a cohort of Khalistan supporters.
Robbery in Axis bank in rural Gandhinagar, looters fire gun shots
Feb 16, 2019, at 07:29 pm
Gandhinagar, Feb 16 (UNI): In a sensational bank loot incident- part of which has also been captured on CCTV cameras, three unidentified robbers looted Rs 43.28 lakh from a private bank in Chhatral GIDC area under Kalol Taluka of Gandhinagar district.
Navjot Singh Sidhu says his remarks on Pulwama attack was 'distorted'
Feb 16, 2019, at 07:15 pm
Amritsar, Feb 16 (IBNS): Amid criticisms, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday said his remarks on Pulwama attack was 'distorted'.
Feb 16, 2019, at 06:55 pm
Ranchi Feb 16 (UNI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das along with his cabinet colleagues have donated there one month salary for the kin of martyrs of Pulwama attack.
Madhya Pradesh to have Info Tech Directorate
Feb 16, 2019, at 06:50 pm
Bhopal, Feb 16 (UNI) The Madhya Pradesh Government on Saturday approved constitution of a Directorate of Information Technology.
Feb 16, 2019, at 06:08 pm
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of floor leaders of political parties in both the houses of parliament, here on Saturday in the wake of Thursday’s Pulwama attack.
Housing for all will be achieved by 2022: Narendra Modi says in Maharashtra
Feb 16, 2019, at 05:57 pm
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Yavatmal in Maharashtra on Saturday.
Jammu and Kashmir: IED blast in Nowshera leaves Army Major dead
Feb 16, 2019, at 05:49 pm
Srinagar, Feb 16 (IBNS): An IED blast in Jammu and Kashmir's Nowshera sector left one Army major killed, media reports said on Saturday.
Our seats to increase in LS polls in Telengana : State BJP chief
Feb 16, 2019, at 05:32 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 16 (UNI/IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana Unit President K Laxman on Saturday predicted that the party's voting percentage and seats will go up in the state in the next Lok Sabha Election.
Feb 16, 2019, at 05:28 pm
Pune, Feb 16 (UNI) As anger and protests are seen all over the country after the attack on CRPF convoy at Pulwama, the Punekar has brunt more than 200 Pakistani flags at various places in the city since yesterday.
POCSO Court orders CBI to probe role of Nitish in Muzaffarpur based shelter home case
Feb 16, 2019, at 05:24 pm
Muzaffarpur, Feb 16 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar received a jolt after a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) court today directed CBI, already investigating the Muzaffarpur based shelter home inmates sexual abuse case, to probe his role and that of Principal Secretary of state welfare department Atul Prasad and the then district magistrate of Muzaffarpur.
Substituting Punjabi with Sanskrit as 2nd language in HP schools, denial of rights: AAP
Feb 16, 2019, at 05:22 pm
Chandigarh, Feb 16 (UNI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has expressed its displeasure over substituting Punjabi as second language with Sanskrit language in the state-run school there, saying it would deny the Punjabi-speaking people their legitimate rights, a statement said on Saturday.
Feb 16, 2019, at 05:19 pm
New Delhi, Feb 16 (UNI) Strongly condemning the ‘dastardly terror act in Pulwama on February 14’, in which 40 jawans of the CRPF lost their lives, an all party meeting here on Saturday said the country stands united in solidarity with security forces in fighting terror and in defending the unity and integrity of India.
Two new districts come into being in Telangana from tomorrow
Feb 16, 2019, at 05:17 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 16 (UNI) Two new districts have been constituted in Telangana taking the total number of districts in the state to 33.