For first time after Article 370 abrogation, Jammu and Kashmir delegation meets Amit Shah
Sep 03, 2019, at 02:08 pm
New Delhi: A delegation of about 100 people from Jammu and Kashmir met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here in North Block on Tuesday.
Pakistan skips UN Summit on combating desertification hosted by India
Sep 03, 2019, at 12:15 pm
New Delhi: Amid bilateral tension with New Delhi, Pakistan has skipped the United Nations (UN) Summit on combating desertification and restoration of land which is hosted by India, media reports said.
ONGC fire in Navi Mumbai: Death toll rises to 7
Sep 03, 2019, at 12:07 pm
Mumbai: At least seven people including two firemen were killed in a massive fire which broke out at the Uran ONGC gas complex near JNPT port in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday, media reports said.
IAF formally inducts 8 Apache choppers at Pathankot air base
Sep 03, 2019, at 12:04 pm
Pathankot: Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday formally inducted eight US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters at Air Force Station here.
Fire at Uran ONGC gas complex in Navi Mumbai kills three
Sep 03, 2019, at 10:54 am
Mumbai: A massive fire which broke out at the Uran ONGC gas complex near JNPT port in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday killed at least three people, media reports said.
UP midday meal controversy: Editors Guild urges govt to withdraw case filed against journalist
Sep 03, 2019, at 10:17 am
New Delhi/Lucknow: Slamming the Yogi Adityanath government for "shooting the messenger", the Editors Guild on Tuesday urged the State to withdraw the case filed against journalist Pawan Jaiswal who had shot a video showing students of a state-run school were served rotis with salt in midday meal.
Navi Mumbai: Major fire breaks out at Uran ONGC gas complex
Sep 03, 2019, at 09:20 am
Mumbai, Sept 3 (IBNS): A massive fire broke out at the Uran ONGC gas complex, near JNPT port, in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday, officials said.
New Delhi: Four-storey building collapses in Seelampur, two die
Sep 03, 2019, at 09:06 am
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS/UNI) Two people, including a female, died while three others were hurt after a four-storey building collapsed in North East Delhi 's Seelampur area on Tuesday night, police said.
Pollution levels high in several districts in Kerala, says study
Sep 02, 2019, at 11:13 pm
Kottayam, Sept 2 (UNI) Pollution due to dust particles in the atmosphere is higher in Kottayam, Kochi, Kannur, Palakkad and Wayanad, a study by the School of Environmental Sciences of Mahatma Gandhi University revealed here on Monday.
Mamata to discuss rehabilitation of 375 displaced people with Metro officials
Sep 02, 2019, at 09:56 pm
Kolkata, Sept 2 (UNI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting on Tuesday at Nabanna to discuss rehabilitation of 375 displaced people, who had to be evacuated after their houses caved-in under the impact of East-West Metro tunnel construction in central Kolkata.
JD(U) leader shot dead in Bihar's Samastipur
Sep 02, 2019, at 09:48 pm
Samastipur, Sept 2 (UNI): A local JD(U) leader Sant Kumar Singh was shot dead by criminals at Mahthi village under Ujiyarpur police station area in bihar's Samastipur district.
80 per cent villagers of Hindu-Bengali dominated Pub Malaybari excluded from Assam NRC
Sep 02, 2019, at 08:56 pm
Guwahati, Sept 2 (IBNS): More than 80 per cent resident of Pub Malaybari – a revenue village in Assam’s Kamrup (Metro) district, are now spending sleepless nighst after their names were missing in the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) that was published on Aug 31, leaving out more than 19 lakh people across the state.
Kulbhushan under extreme pressure to parrot Pak's false narrative: MEA
Sep 02, 2019, at 07:43 pm
New Delhi, Sept 2 (IBNS): Hours after the Pakistan government granted consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death in the neighbouring nation on charges of espionage, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday declared that the detained Indian national appeared to be under "extreme pressure to parrot a false narrative to bolster Pakistan’s untenable claims."
Ex-Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram's CBI custody extended till Tuesday
Sep 02, 2019, at 06:25 pm
New Delhi, Sept 2 (IBNS): A Delhi court on Monday granted one more day of custody of former Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Sep 02, 2019, at 06:05 pm
New Delhi, Sept 2 (IBNS): Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa was joined by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman as they flew together in a MiG-21 Trainer aircraft in Pathankot on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Jawan martyred in Pakistan firing along LoC in Poonch
Sep 02, 2019, at 04:00 pm
Jammu, Sep 2 (UNI) One Army jawan attained martyrdom as Pakistan violated ceasefire by firing unprovoked along the Line of Control in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Spokesperson said here on Monday.
PM Modi to receive award from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Clean India initiative
Sep 02, 2019, at 03:31 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive an international recognition for his Clean India initiative which was launched during his first term, officials said on Monday.
PM Modi likely to celebrate his 69th birthday in Kashi
Sep 02, 2019, at 01:39 pm
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to celebrate his 69th birthday in his Varanasi parliamentary constituency on September 17.
Woman gang-raped in Ballia, three arrested
Sep 02, 2019, at 01:35 pm
Ballia: A woman was allegedly gang-raped by three persons in Chitbada Village area here, police said on Monday.
Tejashwi Yadav attacks Nitish Kumar-led Bihar govt on crime and corruption
Sep 02, 2019, at 01:19 pm
Patna: Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav on Monday sought to the counterclaim of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his stated principle of no compromise with crime and corruption by accusing him of shielding criminals, mafia, rapists and corrupt people.
UP: Road mishap kills one, injures two
Sep 02, 2019, at 01:16 pm
Ghazipur: One person was killed and two others sustained critical injuries when a speeding truck crushed three members of a family sleeping on the roadside, early Monday morning in the Nandganj area of this district of Uttar Pradesh.
Case against journalist who shot video of roti, salt served to UP students
Sep 02, 2019, at 12:56 pm
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has filed a case against the journalist who had shot a video which shown students in a state-run school were served roti and salt in midday meals, media reports said.
Worse than insult: Shashi Tharoor slams JNU for asking CV from Romila Thapar
Sep 02, 2019, at 12:16 pm
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has hit out at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration for asking historian and Padma Bhushan Romila Thapar to submit her Curriculum Vitae (CV) to continue as a professor emeriti, calling the move as "worse than insult".
Family members of former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed left out of Assam NRC list
Sep 02, 2019, at 08:27 am
Guwahati, Sept 2 (IBNS): Among the 19 lakh people, who were left out from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list, which was published on Aug 31, one was the family of former President of India late Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
Assam: Son of a freedom fighter and retired IAF officer excluded from final NRC list
Sep 02, 2019, at 08:17 am
Guwahati, Sept 2 (IBNS): Retired Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Sabindra Sharma is among the 19 lakh people whose name was missing from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list that was published on Aug 31.
Pakistan to grant consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav today
Sep 02, 2019, at 07:53 am
Islamabad, Sept 2 (IBNS): The Pakistan government on Sunday said it will grant consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death in the neighbouring nation on charges of espionage, on Monday.
Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur slams Imran Khan over forced conversion of Pakistani Sikh girl
Sep 02, 2019, at 12:19 am
New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS): Appealing all Indians to protest against the abduction and conversion of a Sikh girl in Pakistan, Dalbir Kaur, sister of Sarabjit Singh, who died in a Pakistani jail from assault, on Sunday attacked PM Imran Khan and called him a 'liar'.
West Bengal BJP MP Arjun Singh hurt, claims attack by police during clashes
Sep 01, 2019, at 10:32 pm
Kolkata, Sept 1 (IBNS): BJP MP Arjun Singh on Sunday alleged that the police resorted to lathi-charge at Kankinara in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district to lift a road blockade, leaving him injured.
Tiger kills farmer near Bandipur Tiger Reserve
Sep 01, 2019, at 10:11 pm
Chamarajanagara, Sept 1(UNI) A 55 year-old farmer returning home with cattle’s was killed on the spot by a tiger at Yelechatte in Gudlupet Taluk on the border of Bandipur Tiger Reserve in the District late last evening.
Kolkata: Two hurt as jetty collapses at Ahiritola Ghat
Sep 01, 2019, at 09:46 pm
Kolkata, Sept 1 (UNI) Two persons were injured when a jetty at the Ahiritolla ghat in north Kolkata collapsed triggered by sudden high tide at Bhagirati river today.