Centre's responsibility to restore J&K's full statehood: Omar Abdullah after meeting PM Modi
Jun 25, 2021, at 05:39 am
New Delhi/IBNS: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, who attended the crucial meeting hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday evening, said it was the duty of the Centre to restore the broken trust of the people.
Delimitation has to happen at quick pace so that polls can be conducted in J&K: PM Modi
Jun 25, 2021, at 04:55 am
New Delhi/INS: After concluding the crucial meeting with political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said delimitation has to happen at a 'quick pace so that polls can happen'.
Hyderabad: Speeding Mercedes runs over eight pedestrians, hits autorickshaw, one killed
Jun 25, 2021, at 03:44 am
Hyderabad/IBNS: A 70-year-old woman was killed and at least seven others were injured in a hit-and-run case involving a Mercedes Benz SUV reported from the Shahalibanda area in Hyderabad's Old City in the wee hours of Wednesday.
CBI files FIR on conspiracy in ISRO espionage case
Jun 25, 2021, at 02:14 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team, probing the conspiracy in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) espionage case, has filed an FIR before the Chief Magistrate Court here.
Centre signs $32 million loan with World Bank for improving healthcare services in Mizoram
Jun 25, 2021, at 01:48 am
Aizawl/IBNS: The Government of India, Government of Mizoram and the World Bank have signed a $32 million Mizoram Health Systems Strengthening Project to improve management capacity and quality of health services in Mizoram, particularly for the benefit of under-served areas and vulnerable groups.
Jun 25, 2021, at 01:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with the Kashmir leaders, which was called two years after the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, ended on a positive note as majority of the regional players expressed confidence in the PM who assured them of early restoration of statehood and elections.
PM Modi's meeting with Kashmiri leaders concludes with assurance of statehood and polls
Jun 25, 2021, at 12:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-hour-long meeting with all political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir has concluded with the former assuring the leaders of early restoration of statehood and assembly election process following the completion of delimitation exercise.
Workshop explores business collaborations between India and Canada
Jun 24, 2021, at 11:52 pm
Toronto/IBNS: Bharat Centre of Canada and ICICI-Bank Canada’s Indian @Heart Club in association with the Consulate General of India in Toronto, organised a workshop titled "Pathways for Canada India Collaborations" recently (May 28, 2021).
Twitter India head gets temporary relief from Karnataka HC in Ghaziabad incident
Jun 24, 2021, at 11:52 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: In a temporary relief for Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari, the Karnataka High Court has stated it will hear the matter related to the video of a Muslim man allegedly assaulted in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Saturday, media reports said.
What was the need to strip Kashmir of statehood? Mamata questions Modi govt
Jun 24, 2021, at 11:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday questioned the Centre's action to strip Jammu and Kashmir of its statehood, on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a crucial meeting with the leaders from the valley.
PM Modi chairs all party meet of Jammu Kashmir leaders
Jun 24, 2021, at 09:43 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The meeting between the political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has begun at his residence in his first outreach after the abrogation of article 370 in 2019.
Kashmir all party meet: Leaders reach PM's residence
Jun 24, 2021, at 09:12 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Home Minister Amit Shah and the leaders of political parties of Jammu Kashmir have reached Prime Minister's residence for the all party meeting scheduled Thursday.
Dreaded criminal shot dead in Assam
Jun 24, 2021, at 09:09 pm
Sivsagar/UNI: A dreaded criminal, Bubu Knowar alias Bindo Gogoi, involved in at least 40 killings in Upper Assam and part of an inter-state car lifting was shot dead in an encounter with the police in Sivasagar district.
Twitter India chief moves Karnataka High Court before questioning by UP Police
Jun 24, 2021, at 08:08 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka High Court will hear a petition filed by Twitter India chief Manish Maheshwari, seeking a transit anticipatory bail in a police case filed in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the tweets and the videos shared on the microblogging site about the assault of a Muslim man in the state's Ghaziabad district.
Rahul Gandhi appears in Gujarat court in defamation case, records statement
Jun 24, 2021, at 06:59 pm
Surat/UNI: Senior Congress leader, Lok Sabha MP and former party president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday appeared in a court here in connection with a defamation case filed two years ago by local BJP MLA Purnesh Modi for his alleged derogatory remarks against the 'Modi' surname during an election rally.
Supreme Court asks state boards to declare class 12 results by Jul 31
Jun 24, 2021, at 06:43 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the state education boards to declare class 12 results by Jul 31, media reports said.
Nandigram case: Mamata Banerjee joins Calcutta HC hearing virtually
Jun 24, 2021, at 06:16 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday virtually joined the Calcutta High Court hearing on the case pertaining to the result of Assembly Elections in Nandigram.
PM Modi to chair all-party meeting on Kashmir today
Jun 24, 2021, at 05:02 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to chair a meeting with the mainstream political parties of Jammu and Kashmir here this afternoon to discuss the future course of action for the Union Territory.
Jun 24, 2021, at 03:21 pm
Guwahati: The Assam government on Wednesday issued an order and directed all departmental heads to check the COVID-19 vaccination of the frontline government servants before releasing their monthly salary.
Kerala woman who sent WhatsApp messages on 'dowry torture' found dead
Jun 24, 2021, at 05:32 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: In a tragic story, a 24-year-old woman, who had sent WhatsApp messages to her family sharing photos of alleged torture over dowry, was found dead at her husband's home on Monday, media reports said.
Sitalkuchi firing: Bengal CID seizes then Cooch Behar SP Debasish Dhar's mobile phone
Jun 24, 2021, at 04:48 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after interrogating suspended IPS officer Debasish Dhar for the second time in connection with the Sitalkuchi firing incident, West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday seized the mobile phone of the then Cooch Behar SP, officials said.
Goa has become the first rabies-free state in India: CM Sawant
Jun 24, 2021, at 04:24 am
Panaji/UNI: The Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that the state had not reported a single rabies case in the last three years, making it the first rabies-free state in the country.
Tripura Congress seeks out Governor's attention on child nutrition scam
Jun 24, 2021, at 04:11 am
Agartala/UNI: Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee sought the attention of Governor Ramesh Bais over a massive corruption by Tripura State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd while purchasing food and nutrition for children studying at a basic level.
Bhutan’s Tax Inspectors Without Borders programme launched in partnership with India
Jun 24, 2021, at 03:37 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB), a joint initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), launched its programme in Bhutan on June 23.
Navi Mumbai airport name tussle: Ahead of gherao, roads to CIDCO Bhavan blocked
Jun 24, 2021, at 02:36 am
Thane/UNI: All the roads leading to the CIDCO Bhavan have been barricaded following the gherao announced by the groups demanding the naming of the new Mumbai airport after Dinkar Balu Patil, police said on Wednesday.
India likely to resume vaccine export to neighbors by July-August
Jun 24, 2021, at 02:21 am
New Delhi: The Indian government is believed to be planning to resume vaccine export, at least in its neighborhood, by July end or August, which it had halted in April following the deadLY Covid surge, an Indian media report says, citing sources in the government.
Kolkata: TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty duped by fake IAS's vaccination drive, racket busted
Jun 24, 2021, at 01:55 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP from Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency, Mimi Chakraborty, on Wednesday unearthed an unauthorised vaccination drive flagged off by a fake IAS officer, days after she was reportedly jabbed from the same camp.
Jharkhand: Woman dies under mysterious circumstances in Giridih
Jun 23, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Giridih/UNI: A woman died under mysterious circumstances in Pihara Dhardharwa village under the Gawan Police Station area of this district.
Underworld don Dawood’s brother Iqbal Kaskar held in drug case
Jun 23, 2021, at 11:40 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar was arrested here on Wednesday by the NCB in connection with a drugs case in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir: Militant killed in encounter with security forces in Shopian
Jun 23, 2021, at 11:30 pm
Srinagar/UNI: One militant was on Wednesday killed in an encounter which ensued after security forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian.