Dec 06, 2022, at 08:08 pm
New Delhi: Melinda French Gates, Co-Chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, called on Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya here on Dec 5 and said it was an exciting experience to see the country progress toward providing quality health services to everyone.
Arvind Kejriwal reacts to exit polls claiming BJP sweeping Gujarat
Dec 06, 2022, at 07:31 pm
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has reacted to the exit polls that have predicted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will thwart the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) scare in registering its seventh straight assembly win in Gujarat.
PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi pay homage to BR Ambedkar
Dec 06, 2022, at 06:16 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Diwas and recalled his exemplary service to the nation.
Dec 06, 2022, at 03:32 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata:Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Tuesday claimed the Gujarat police have arrested Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale over a tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse incident.
G20 Presidency belongs to the entire nation: Narendra Modi after all-party meet
Dec 06, 2022, at 02:03 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday attended the all-party meeting to discuss various aspects relating to India’s G20 Presidency and said the meet remained a 'productive one'.
Mallikarjun Kharge raises China issue in all-party meet
Dec 06, 2022, at 05:39 am
New Delhi/UNI: Congress President Mallikaarjun Kharge on Monday raised a wide range of issues, including alleged Chinese incursion, terror funding, and how to deal with the fugitive at the all-party meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India assuming the G20 Presidency.
PM Modi chairs all-party meet over India's G20 presidency
Dec 06, 2022, at 05:12 am
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired an all-party meeting in Rashtrapati Bhawan to brief various political parties and chief ministers over India assuming the G20 Presidency.
'Cocaine started coming into India': Nirmala Sitharaman warns officers, asks to up vigil
Dec 06, 2022, at 05:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday asked enforcement agencies to spike up their vigil as smugglers, involved in drug trafficking are sending 'mountains' of illegal drugs into the country.
Dec 06, 2022, at 03:04 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to comfortably win the Gujarat polls while it's going to be a tight fight between the saffron party and Congress in Himachal Pradesh, the exit polls predicted on Monday.
Gujarat: Congress accuses PM Narendra Modi of violating model code of conduct
Dec 06, 2022, at 12:18 am
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of violating the model code of conduct (MCC) while enroute to a polling station to exercise his franchise in the final phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections, in Ahmedabad.
New design of the President's Standard and Colour, Indian Navy Crest unveiled
Dec 05, 2022, at 11:55 pm
New Delhi: President of India Droupadi Murmu has approved introduction of a new design for the President’s Standard and Colour and Indian Navy Crest for the Indian Navy, which were unveiled at Visakhapatnam on Navy Day on Sunday.
Odisha: Maoists - Seeking a Safe Haven
Dec 05, 2022, at 11:28 pm
On November 24, 2022, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead a 48-year-old man, identified as Lalbati Majhi, in Panchakul village under Sadar Police Station limits in Bhawanipatna in the Kalahandi District. According to reports, while Lalbati was sleeping in his house, he was forcibly taken away by Maoists and killed near the Katlang village. Some posters were left behind at the spot, in which the Maoists claimed that Lalbati was punished since he was working as a ‘Police informer’. They also warned that others in the area who were working as Police informers would be punished soon.
Dec 05, 2022, at 11:24 pm
In a statement released on Umar Media, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP’s) official web site on November 28, 2022, Mufti Muzahim, the TTP’s ‘Minister of Defence’ announced an end to the seven months-long ceasefire. Muzahim “ordered” TTP forces throughout Pakistan “to launch attacks anywhere in the country” in response to Pakistani military operations. The outfit claimed that it chose to end the ceasefire after “the army and intelligence agencies continue to raid and attack” its forces. “And now our revenge attacks will continue in the whole country,” the TTP statement concluded.
India-Papua New Guinea host first round of Foreign Office Consultations
Dec 05, 2022, at 10:20 pm
New Delhi: The first round of Foreign Office Consultations (FoC) between India and Papua New Guinea (PNG) was held on Dec 5 in Port Moresby.
Singer Lucky Ali alleges encroachment of his land
Dec 05, 2022, at 09:10 pm
Bengaluru: Lucky Ali, son of famous comedian Mehmood, has complained to Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood that his property has been encroached upon by the land mafia in collusion with an IAS officer.
PM Modi thanks global leaders for support to India's G20 presidency
Dec 05, 2022, at 08:28 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed gratitude and thanked global leaders for their support towards India's G20 presidency.
Supreme Court junks plea on Taj Mahal age
Dec 05, 2022, at 06:53 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking determination of the age of the Taj Mahal and removing "wrong facts" about its construction from all text books of the Mughal era monument defined as one of wonders of the world.
Kashmir: Polling underway in 2 DDC seats
Dec 05, 2022, at 05:41 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Amid cold weather, polling got underway on Monday morning for two District Development Council (DDC) constituencies of Bandipora and Kupwara districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
Odisha: Polling begins peacefully for Padampur Assembly by-poll
Dec 05, 2022, at 05:24 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Polling began peacefully at 7 am for the by-election to Padampur Assembly seat in Odisha amid tight security.
Bihar: Polling begins for by-election in Kurhani assembly seat
Dec 05, 2022, at 05:20 pm
Patna/UNI: Polling began amid tight security arrangements at 7 am for the by-election in Kurhani assembly seat of Bihar where 3.11 lakhs electorate will be exercising their franchise to decide the fate of 13 candidates.
Gujarat Assembly Polls: Narendra Modi casts his vote
Dec 05, 2022, at 03:32 pm
Ahmedabad: PM Narendra Modi on Monday cast his vote in the second phase of the ongoing Assembly polls in Gujarat.
Gujarat voting in second phase of Assembly polls today
Dec 05, 2022, at 02:25 pm
Gandhinagar: Gujarat is voting in the second phase of the Assembly polling as fates of several key leaders including, CM Bhupendra Patel (Ghatlodia), Patidar leader Hardik Patel (Viramgam), will be decided on Monday.
Indian aviation safety ranking jumps to 48th position in latest ICAO report
Dec 05, 2022, at 04:33 am
New Delhi: The Indian Civil Aviation Ministry has said the country has touched its highest ever rank on the ICAO aviation safety ranking list.
Jammu and Kashmir: Srinagar farmer creates magic by growing lotus stems in a field instead of lakes
Dec 05, 2022, at 03:45 am
Srinagar: Abdul Ahad Wani from Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar district has created magic by growing Nadru or lotus stems in a field instead of lakes.
Madhya Pradesh: Five die in road mishap in Ratlam
Dec 05, 2022, at 03:22 am
Ratlam: At least five persons died and approximately a dozen were injured – some of them critically – when an Indore-Ratlam truck veered out of control, after a tyre burst on Sunday.
Dec 05, 2022, at 03:12 am
Srinagar: Hearing and speech-impaired children in Jammu and Kashmir are facing trouble as the only school for them in the Valley is facing a funding crisis, media reports said on Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorist hideout busted in Kishtwar
Dec 05, 2022, at 02:38 am
Jammu: Security forces on Sunday recovered cache of arms and ammunition from a terrorist hideout busted in Nawapachi area of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir.
President Murmu witnesses operational demonstration by Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam
Dec 05, 2022, at 02:25 am
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu witnessed the operational demonstration by the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam on Sunday on the occasion of Navy Day.
Govt empowered 30,000 JK youth through various employability skills
Dec 05, 2022, at 02:19 am
The Jammu and Kashmir government has empowered more than 30,000 youth, including more than 12,000 girls, by helping in developing various employability skills among them in the 2021-2022 period, media reports said.
Indian Navy aims to become Aatm Nirbhar by 2047: R Hari Kumar
Dec 05, 2022, at 01:43 am
New Delhi: The Indian Navy has assured the government that it will become Aatm Nirbhar by 2047, Admiral R Hari Kumar said here during his annual interaction with the media on Saturday ahead of Navy Day.