Sep 04, 2019, at 05:08 pm
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): The Indian government on Wednesday designated Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, Lashkar-e-Taiba's Hafiz Saeed, his deputy Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim as 'terrorists' under the new anti-terror law passed by the Indian Parliament recently.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to visit Indonesia today
Sep 04, 2019, at 03:54 pm
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will visit Indonesia from Sept 4-6, officials said on Wednesday.
India describes attack on its High Commission in London as 'unacceptable'
Sep 04, 2019, at 03:47 pm
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): Describing the entire incident as 'unacceptable', Indian on Wednesday expressed 'deep concern' over the attack on Indian High Commission in London by the protesters who were reportedly carrying Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) flags and even raised freedom slogans.
S Jaishankar visits Male, meets President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
Sep 04, 2019, at 03:30 pm
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar (EAM) visited Male on Sept 3-4, 2019, officials said.
Amit Shah hospitalised, likely to undergo minor surgery
Sep 04, 2019, at 03:10 pm
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah was on Wednesday admitted to a private hospital for a possible minor surgery.
Heavy rains lash Mumbai, more downpour predicted in next 2-3 days
Sep 04, 2019, at 02:53 pm
Mumbai: Heavy rains lashed this metropolis as well as the coastal Konkan region with waterlogging being reported from several areas, officials said here on Wednesday.
PM Modi holds bilateral talks with Russian President Putin
Sep 04, 2019, at 02:23 pm
Vladivostok: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and lauded the Russian leader's far-sighted vision and commitment for the development of Far East Russia.
Karnataka bandh: Buses torched as Congress protests against Shivakumar's arrest
Sep 04, 2019, at 11:44 am
Bengaluru: Several buses were torched in Karnataka as the state on Wednesday is witnessing a bandh called by the Congress to protest against the arrest of party's trouble-shooter DK Shivakumar by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money-laundering case, media reports said.
Indian High Commission in London attacked over Kashmir protest
Sep 04, 2019, at 11:31 am
London: In an ugly protest against New Delhi's move to abrogate Article 370, the Indian High Commission in London was attacked and vandalised on Tuesday.
29,000 in Kashmir turn up for Indian Army recruitment rally, says defence official
Sep 04, 2019, at 10:11 am
Srinagar, Sept 3 (IBNS): While Kashmir continued to remain a zone of divide between foreign media and Indian media reporting, there is one news heartening for New Delhi amid a negative global campaign over the lockdown. Some 29000 young people of Kashmir from seven districts have applied for the Army recruitment rally at Talwara.
Narendra Modi arrives in Russia
Sep 04, 2019, at 09:07 am
New Delhi/ Vladivostok, Sept 4 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi commenced his Russia trip as he reached the nation on Wednesday.
Arrest of Shivakumar, clear case of political vendetta:Cong
Sep 04, 2019, at 12:18 am
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) Terming arrest of party leader D K Shivakumar by the Enforcement directorate in connection with a money laundering case as 'a clear case of political vendetta' by the BJP government at the Centre', the Congress on Tuesday said it was yet another attempt by the government to distract the public from their failed policies and the sorry state of the economy.
ED arrests Karnataka Cong leader DK Shivkumar in money laundering case
Sep 04, 2019, at 12:11 am
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) After the four days of questioning by the Enforcement Directorate, the Karnataka former Minister and Congress leader DK Shivkumar was arrested on Tuesday night here under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), a Government source said.
Congress workers to stage protest against D K Shivakumar's arrest
Sep 03, 2019, at 11:54 pm
Bengaluru, Sept 3 (UNI): Alleging that the Union government was misusing the Enforcement agencies to browbeat the Opposition leaders, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has called upon its party cadre to stage a protest at all the districts on Wednesday.
Damaged houses to be rebuilt, cracked ones to be repaired: Mamata
Sep 03, 2019, at 11:26 pm
Kolkata, Sept 3 (UNI): A meeting was called at Nabanna by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday in the aftermath of several houses either crashing or developing major cracks and their residents having to evacuate following water and mud leakage in the East-West Metro tunnel.
Pak lacks evidence to prove genocide presence in Kashmir: Lawyer at ICJ
Sep 03, 2019, at 10:59 pm
Islamabad, Sept 3 (IBNS): In a major embarrassment to Pakistan, its lawyer at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Khawar Qureshi stated that it would be "extremely difficult" for his country to prove the presence of genocide in Kashmir if the evidence is required.
Sep 03, 2019, at 09:59 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu attended a prayer meeting held in memory of Late Arun Jaitley, the former Union Finance Minister, in New Delhi on Tuesday and paid his respects.
Chandrayaan-2: 16 Kendriya Vidyalayas students to witness landing with PM
Sep 03, 2019, at 08:03 pm
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) Around 16 students from various Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country will get an opportunity to witness the historic landing of Chandrayaan 2 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sept 7.
PM Narendra Modi interacts with the recipients of National Teacher Awards’ 2018
Sep 03, 2019, at 06:30 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with the recipients of National Teacher Awards 2018, at LokKalyan Marg.
Excluded people from NRC fear about losing their citizenship, FTs set to hear appeals
Sep 03, 2019, at 06:26 pm
Guwahati, Sept 3 (IBNS): After publishing the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), 19 lakh people who were left out from the list are now fearing about their citizenship right.
Indian market witnesses major slip: Sensex drops by 770 points, Nifty moves down by 225 points
Sep 03, 2019, at 06:13 pm
Mumbai, Sept 3 (IBNS): The Indian market on Tuesday witnessed a massive slide as the Sensex moved down by 770 points or 2 per cent to settle at 36,563.
Ayodhya title issue: Muslim side in apex court picks holes in Nirmohi Akhara stance
Sep 03, 2019, at 05:29 pm
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) One of the Muslim parties in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute on Tuesday submitted to the Supreme Court's five-judge Constitution bench that the stand of the other side, Nirmohi Akhara, has always been contradictory from the very beginning of the case.
P Chidambaram's CBI custody extended till September 5
Sep 03, 2019, at 05:27 pm
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that the status quo would be maintained and former union minister P Chidambaram would stay in CBI custody till September 5, for his alleged involvement in the INX media case.
Jammu and Kashmir situation is improving, says Prakash Javadekar
Sep 03, 2019, at 05:25 pm
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) The Government on Tuesday categorically said that there is improvement in situation in Jammu and Kashmir since Article 370 was abrogated nearly a month ago.
Gujarat: Slowdown now hits Induction Furnace Industry, 7,000 workers go jobless
Sep 03, 2019, at 05:24 pm
Ahmedabad, Sep 3 (UNI) Amid ongoing slowdown in the auto and other sectors that consume iron ingots or billets as raw material, around 7000 on pay-roll workers of the steel induction furnace industry in Gujarat, have become jobless in last three months, Gujarat Induction Furnace Association said on Tuesday.
Sep 03, 2019, at 05:21 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (UNI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday requested Central government to take adequate steps to rehabilitate and provide essential commodities to people from tribal communities in his constituency Wayanad, which was badly affected in the recent floods and landslides.
Narendra Modi to visit Russia, hopes to discuss entire gamut of bilateral ties & global issues
Sep 03, 2019, at 05:17 pm
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) Indian PM Narendra Modi will travel to Vladivostok in Russia on Wednesday to attend the fifth Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) meet and said he is looking forward to meeting country's President Vladimir Putin.
Four dies as fire breaks out at ONGC plant near Mumbai
Sep 03, 2019, at 05:10 pm
Navi Mumbai, Sept 3 (IBNS): The state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) on Tuesday confirmed that four people lost their lives in the massive fire which broke out in their Uran plant, which is located close to Navi Mumbai area, of Maharashtra on Tuesday.
Pathankot: IAF inducts AH-64E Apache attack helicopter into its inventory
Sep 03, 2019, at 04:41 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): The Indian Air Force on Tuesday formally inducted the Pathankot: AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter into its inventory at Air Force Station Pathankot.
Ayodhya Case: Supreme Court issues notice to elderly man for threatening lawyer
Sep 03, 2019, at 02:11 pm
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to an 88-year-old man from Tamil Nadu for threatening a senior advocate for appearing on behalf of the Sunni Waqf Board and other Muslim parties in the Ayodhya land dispute case.