Imran Khan tweets fake video 'exposing UP police atrocities on Muslims'
Jan 03, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday tweeted a fake video that he claimed to 'expose' "Indian police's pogrom against Muslims in UP".
Devendra Fadnavis demands ban on booklet maligning Veer Savarkar
Jan 03, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday demanded a ban on the booklet, being circulated by a Congress affiliated organisation, that maligned the character of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Ex-DGP of Assam Kuladhar Saikia elected Asom Sahitya Sabha president
Jan 03, 2020, at 08:08 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer and former DGP of Assam Kuladhar Saikia has been elected as the president of Asom Sahitya Sabha – one of the biggest literary body of the country.
Qasem Soleimani: India calls for 'peace, stability, security' in regionÂ
Jan 03, 2020, at 06:29 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid heightened tension between Tehran and Washington over the killing of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Qasem Soleimani in US airstrike, India on Friday called for “peace, stability and security” in the region.
Jamshedpur: Court awards life imprisonment to doctor for killing girlfriend
Jan 03, 2020, at 06:09 pm
Jamshedpur/UNI: A local court here awarded life imprisonment to a doctor who was earlier held guilty of murdering his girlfriend.
Chill intensifies as Western Disturbance eludes Kashmir; Drass shivers at minus 26.3 degree
Jan 03, 2020, at 06:04 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Chilly weather conditions have intensified as the Western Disturbance (WD) once again eluded Kashmir valley, where the mercury during the night dipped and settled below normal at most places.
Two Maoists arrested in Kukadu Haat incident
Jan 03, 2020, at 06:00 pm
Saraikela-Kharsawan/UNI: Police has arrested two more ultras who were involved in killing of five policemen in Kukadu Haat located under Tiruldih Police Station area of this district on June 14, 2019.
Congress to join hands with Anti-CAA forces in Assam
Jan 03, 2020, at 05:52 pm
Guwahati/UNI: The Congress party in Assam will join hands with all anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) forces to fight for the protection of the indigenous people of the state.
Internet restored in many hospitals in Kashmir
Jan 03, 2020, at 05:51 pm
Srinagar/UNI: The broadband internet services have been restored in many hospitals and health centres after remaining suspended for about five months, bringing some relief to people associated with health sector.
Ultras set six vehicles involved in bridge construction project on fire in Hazaribagh
Jan 03, 2020, at 05:43 pm
Hazaribagh/UNI: Suspected ultras set on fire six vehicles involved in a bridge construction project being executed on Kirigada river between Keredari and Piparwar Police Station areas in this district.
Akhilesh Yadav questions Yogi's silence on Gorakhpur deaths
Jan 03, 2020, at 05:31 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Hitting out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who has been consistently attacking the Congress government in Rajasthan over the death of 100 infants in a Kota hospital, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday asked as to why Mr Yogi was silent on the deaths of children in Gorakhpur.
Cold wave sweeps India; Amritsar records lowest min temp of 4.4 deg C
Jan 03, 2020, at 05:19 pm
Pune/UNI: Night temperatures were above normal in some parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat region and Kerala as well as in remaining parts of Odisha, madhya Maharashtra, Vidarbha, Tamil Nadu and south interior Karnataka.
Explosion at cracker factory in West Bengal's Naihati
Jan 03, 2020, at 05:07 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A major explosion razed a cracker factory at Debok neigbourhood of Naihati town in North 24 Parganas district, police and eyewitnesses said.
Locals protest before police station over murder of youth
Jan 03, 2020, at 05:03 pm
Hajipur/UNI: Enraged over the murder of a youth, locals today protested before Raja Pakar police station demanding immediate arrest of culprits involved in the incident in Vaishali district.
India's growth saga depends on its success in Science and Technology: Modi
Jan 03, 2020, at 04:23 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Exhorting the Scientists and technocrats to strive hard to empower the rural masses in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday opined that India's future growth story will depend on the success of Science and Technology.
Twenty holidaymakers injured after chartered bus hits truck on Mumbai Road
Jan 03, 2020, at 04:06 pm
Kolkata/UNI: At least 20 people were today wounded, some of them seriously, when a Digha bound charted bus in which they were travelling hit a goods laden truck parked on Mumbai Road in West Bengal's Howrah district, official sources said.
Light and Sound show at Lucknow Residency from Republic day
Jan 03, 2020, at 03:46 pm
Lucknow/UNI: The much-awaited 'Light and Sound Show' at the Residency in the state capital will be restarted from January 26.
Are you the ambassador of Pakistan? Mamata asks PM Modi
Jan 03, 2020, at 03:26 pm
Siliguri/IBNS: Hitting out at Narendra Modi who has accused the Opposition of criticising Parliament instead of Pakistan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday asked the Prime Minister whether he is an "ambassador of Pakistan" due to his repeated references to the neighbouring country.
After Bengal, Maharashtra, Bihar, Centre now rejects Kerala's Republic Day tableau proposal
Jan 03, 2020, at 02:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After West Bengal, Maharashtra and Bihar, the central government has now rejected Kerala's tableau proposal for the Republic Day parade which will be held on Jan 26.
After gaining Deputy CM's post, Pawar's NCP set to bag major portfolios in Maharashtra govt
Jan 03, 2020, at 02:16 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: After gaining the Deputy Chief Minister's post, Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is set to bag major portfolios including Home Ministry in the newly-formed Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, media reports said.
Absurd and funny: Javed Akhtar on terming Faiz's 'Hum Dekhenge' poem as 'anti-Hindu'
Jan 03, 2020, at 12:40 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Reacting to the terming of legendary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poem 'Hum Dekhenge' as "anti-Hindu" by some faculty members of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, lyricist Javed Akhtar called the incident "absurd and funny", media reports said.
Assam government will distribute land pattas to 40,000 landless people on Jan 28
Jan 02, 2020, at 09:48 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government will provide land pattas to 40,000 landless indigenous people of the state on Jan 28.
Assam Rifles personnel help accident victims in Nagaland
Jan 02, 2020, at 09:33 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Mokokchung battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) provided timely assistance and carefully rescued four occupants from a car when it skid off the road and went down the slope in Nagaland’s Mokokchung.
BJP moves Calcutta HC challenging TMC's no-confidence meeting at Bhatpara municipality
Jan 02, 2020, at 08:53 pm
Kolkata/UNI: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday admitted a lawsuit of BJP challenging a no-confidence meeting called by Trinamool Congress recently at Bhatpara Municipality in the industrial township of Barrackpur.
Jan 02, 2020, at 08:02 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The special court of CBI in Guwahati on Thursday convicted four retired government officials including retired Deputy Secretary and Director of the Assam veterinary department and five other persons and sentenced to three years imprisonment in connection with a 26 years old crore of rupees scam case.
Gehlot sparks row after saying child death figures improved since last year in Rajasthan
Jan 02, 2020, at 07:39 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday sparked a controversy by pointing out that the child deaths in the state declined in comparison to the previous year even as two infants reportedly died in the course of last 48 hours in a state-run hospital taking the toll to 100 for the month, media reports said.
Assam BJP claims PFI, Maoists involved in violent incidents during anti-CAA protests
Jan 02, 2020, at 06:41 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam BJP has claimed that Popular Front of India (PFI), Maoists were involved in the recent violent incidents happened in the state during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests.
CAA accepted by most countries as India's internal matter: MEA
Jan 02, 2020, at 06:27 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The government on Thursday asserted that most countries globally have accepted that the contentious new Citizenship law is strictly an 'internal' matter of India.
India putting all resources to ensure early extradition of Nirav Modi: MEA
Jan 02, 2020, at 06:19 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The government on Thursday said that India is putting "all resources on the ground" to ensure an early extradition of fugitive economic offender Nirav Modi to India.
Section 144 was imposed in Varanasi for 359 out of 365 days: Priyanka hits out at Modi
Jan 02, 2020, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for imposition of Section 144 at his constituency Varanasi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said the former has the 'gall' to say nothing to fear.