India-Japan agree to step up military exercises
Sep 08, 2022, at 11:50 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Amid China's growing assertiveness, India and Japan Thursday agreed to increase the scope and complexities of their joint military exercises.
Digital Gujarat: QR code scanner to help pilgrims locate their little ones
Sep 08, 2022, at 10:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Moving ahead on the path of Digital India, Gujarat has started the Matrimilan project to help elders locate lost children with the help of a QR scan code.
Mamata Banerjee to skip Netaji statue event in Delhi; says she wasn't invited properly
Sep 08, 2022, at 10:28 pm
Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she would not attend the unveiling of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's statue near the India Gate in Delhi as she wasn't given a proper invitation for the event, media reports said.
DRDO, Indian Army successfully test fire Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile
Sep 08, 2022, at 09:54 pm
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Army have successfully completed six flight tests of the Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off Odisha.
Dialogue & diplomacy way to address geopolitical conflicts, says Jaishankar at India-Japan 2+2
Sep 08, 2022, at 09:23 pm
Tokyo: Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Thursday said that "dialogue and diplomacy" were the way to address challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing geo-political conflicts.
Rahul Gandhi-led Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra begins
Sep 08, 2022, at 06:31 pm
Kanyakumari/UNI: Bharat Jodo Yatra -- the Congress' long march aimed at "uniting" the nation "amid growing divisive politics and practices" started from Kanyakumari on Thursday, with top leader Rahul Gandhi leading from the front.
Punjab govt clears salaries of employees after 6-day delay, AAP faces BJP ire
Sep 08, 2022, at 06:24 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab Wednesday cleared the pending salaries of its employees six days after its due date following the staunch criticism from the Opposition, particularly the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), media reports said.
PM Modi to inaugurate Kartavya Path today
Sep 08, 2022, at 04:01 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Thursday evening inaugurate Kartavya Path -- the newly-christened erstwhile Rajpath -- a stretch of national pride that is venue to the Republic Day parade each year.
PM Modi to unveil 28ft statue of Netaji in Delhi today
Sep 08, 2022, at 03:48 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil a grand 28-feet statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose near India Gate Thursday evening as Azad Hind Fauj's iconic song "Kadam Kadam Badhaye jaa" will play to mark the occasion.
Court rejects Indrani Mukerjea daughter's plea to stay with her mother
Sep 08, 2022, at 05:52 am
Mumbai/UNI: A special court here on Wednesday rejected the application by Vidhie Mukerjea, daughter of Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, seeking a court nod to permitting her to stay with her mother when she comes to India from the UK.
Bengaluru flood forces billionaires to leave homes on boats as posh localities pass out
Sep 08, 2022, at 04:41 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: As cities across India struggle to cope with flooding, submergence and water stagnation during the monsoon owing to unchecked urbanisation, the country's IT capital Bengaluru has joined the urban sprawl. So much so that the city's billionaires are being rescued on boats.
PM Modi, his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina pledge to bring down border killings to zero
Sep 08, 2022, at 02:23 am
New Delhi/UNI: The incidents of border killing have decreased significantly -- that has made two top leaders of India and Bangladesh satisfied, claimed a joint statement that was issued on Wednesday following a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina
Kashmir: Two militants of radical outfit AGuH killed in Anantnag gunfight
Sep 08, 2022, at 01:29 am
Srinagar/UNI: Security forces shot dead two militants of radical Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH) in a brief gunfight in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said.
Drugs worth Rs 9.5 crore seized in Mizoram
Sep 08, 2022, at 12:06 am
Aizawl: Following a specific lead, Aizawl District Special Branch of Mizoram police on Tuesday evening conducted an operation and seized 3,80,000 tablets of suspected Methamphetamine worth Rs 9.5 crore in International Market, concealed and packed in 38 polythene bags each containing 10,000 tablets from the possession of a Myanmarese national identified as Laldika (52 years old).
Large number of arms-ammu, explosives recovered along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border
Sep 08, 2022, at 12:04 am
Guwahati: In a joint operation police and Indian Army on Wednesday recovered a large number of arms, ammunition, grenades, explosives in Assam's Sonitpur district along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.
Cabinet approves a new centrally sponsored Scheme - PM SHRI Schools
Sep 07, 2022, at 11:13 pm
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved a new centrally sponsored scheme - PM SHRI Schools (PM ScHools for Rising India).
India means opportunities: Piyush Goyal tells Stanford students
Sep 07, 2022, at 11:02 pm
New Delhi: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal today said that ‘India’ meant ‘opportunities’ and added that this is not just India’s decade, it is India’s century.
India sent 4 lakh metric tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh, announces Kwatra
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:40 pm
New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Tuesday said India has sent four lakh metric tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh.
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:34 pm
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 'Kartavya Path' on Sept 8 at 7 PM.
Delhi govt extends blanket ban on firecrackers till Jan 1
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:32 pm
New Delhi: The Delhi government has extended a blanket ban on production, storage, sale and use of firecrackers till Jan 1 next year in the national capital.
Supreme Court to decide on Shiv Sena election symbol on Sep 27
Sep 07, 2022, at 07:17 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court Wednesday said that it will consider on Sept 27 whether the Election Commission should proceed to decide which faction of the Shiv Sena should have the claim to the "bow and arrow" election symbol.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina meets Indian VP Dhankar
Sep 07, 2022, at 07:12 pm
New Delhi: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, who is currently on a four-day visit to India, met Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar here on Tuesday.
Kanpur: IIT student commits suicide
Sep 07, 2022, at 06:54 pm
Kanpur: A PhD student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here committed suicide, police sources said on Wednesday.
Sep 07, 2022, at 06:37 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday urged Indian industrialists to invest in her country, saying Dhaka had the most liberal ecosystem for investment in infrastructure, manufacturing, energy and transport sectors.
Court grants bail to KRK in molestation case
Sep 07, 2022, at 05:39 pm
Mumbai/UNI: A local court in Mumbai has granted bail to actor Kamaal R Khan, popularly known as KRK, in an actress molestation case registered against him by the suburban Versova police.
CBI raids Mamata's Law Minister Moloy Ghatak in coal scam case
Sep 07, 2022, at 05:26 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a fresh activity of the probe agency in the state, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday raided West Bengal Law Minister Moloy Ghatak's premises in connection with the coal scam case, media reports said.
Rajnath Singh to participate in India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in Tokyo tomorrow
Sep 07, 2022, at 03:18 pm
New Delhi: Upon completion of his visit to Mongolia, India Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will leave for Japan on September 07, 2022 on a three-day official visit.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina meets President Murmu
Sep 07, 2022, at 03:02 pm
New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently visiting India, met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday.
Ruckus outside Ujjain temple ahead of Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt's visit
Sep 07, 2022, at 05:51 am
Ujjain/IBNS: A huge ruckus was reported outside the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain Tuesday ahead of the visit of Brahmastra stars Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and director Ayan Mukerji.
Schools in parts of Bengaluru to remain closed tomorrow as flood batters city, puts life out of gear
Sep 07, 2022, at 05:28 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Schools in parts of Bengaluru will remain closed on Wednesday as the city grapples with unprecedented floods that have ravaged it for three straight days.