West Bengal: Police recover 27 crude bombs in Birbhum

Jul 06, 2019, at 05:16 pm

Bolpur, Jul 6 (UNI) West Bengal police recovered about 27 live crude bombs concealed in containers and the bomb squad defused them before any damage was done in Birbhum's Sadaipur area, official sources said today.

Two electrocuted to death in Uttar Pradesh

Jul 06, 2019, at 05:13 pm

Ballia, Jul 6 (UNI) Two people were electrocuted to death in separate areas of this district in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.

Bihar Crime: Woman stoned to death

Jul 06, 2019, at 05:10 pm

Begusarai, Jul 6 (UNI) A woman was stoned to death at Raseedpur village under Bachhwara police station area in Begusarai district late last night.

Uttar Pradesh: Three students injured in explosion

Jul 06, 2019, at 05:09 pm

Gonda, Jul 6 (UNI) Three female students were injured in an explosion that occurred near the Banghusra village of the rural Kotwali area in this district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.

Pained over senior Congress leaders resigning at this Juncture: H K Patil

Jul 06, 2019, at 05:05 pm

Bengaluru, July 6 (UNI) Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Minister H K Patil today said that he was much pained over Senior Congress leaders, who had built the party, have tendered resignation to the Assembly when the party is passing through bad time.

Ex-Mumbai Mayor Milind Vaidya caught on camera hurling abuses, assaulting chicken-laden truck drivers

Jul 06, 2019, at 05:01 pm

Mumbai, Jul 6 (UNI) In the latest incident of misconduct by a public representative, Shiv Sena corporator and former city mayor Milind Vaidya was caught on camera while allegedly hurling abuses and assaulting chicken-laden truck drivers here over the parking issue.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal meets rape survivor, announces Rs 10 lakh financial aid

Jul 06, 2019, at 05:00 pm

New Delhi, Jul 6 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday met the six-year-old rape survivor at Safdurjung Hospital, where the girl was undergoing treatment and announced financial help of Rs 10 lakh for her treatment.

Mumbai: One killed, 5 injured in truck-car collision on flyover

Jul 06, 2019, at 04:58 pm

Mumbai, Jul 6 (UNI) One person was killed and five others were injured in a collision between a truck and a car on a flyover in Jogeshwari suburb of city on Saturday.

Maharashtra: Three killed as jeep crashes into 2 motorcycles in Aurangabad

Jul 06, 2019, at 04:57 pm

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Jul 6 (UNI) Three people, including two motorcyclists and a pillion rider, were killed after a jeep crashed into two motorbikes on Vaijapur-Khandala road in front of the MIT Colony here.

BJP is not behind resignation by 12 Congress-JDS MLAs in Karnataka: BS Yeddyurappa

Jul 06, 2019, at 04:55 pm

Bengaluru, July 6 (UNI) Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also BJP State President, said that his party was not behind the alleged resignation tendered by 12 MLAs of Coalition partners Congress and JDS.

Rahul Gandhi says he will continue to raise voice of poor and labourers

Jul 06, 2019, at 04:53 pm

Patna, Jul 7 (UNI) In his first visit to Bihar after crushing defeat of the party in Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said he would continue to raise the voice of poor, labourers and farmers with renewed vigour.

Foreign Secretary of India Vijay Gokhale visits Bhutan

Jul 06, 2019, at 04:25 pm

New Delhi, July 6 (IBNS): Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale paid an official visit to Bhutan on July 4 and 5, officials said.

Congress-JDS coalition in trouble in Karnataka: 11 lawmakers submit resignations

Jul 06, 2019, at 03:58 pm

Bangalore, July 6 (IBNS/UNI): The Congress-JDS coalition government in Karnataka is facing trouble as eight Congress and three Janata Dal Secular legislators have submitted their resignations to the office of the Speaker in his absence, media reports said.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appears in court in defamation case, granted bail

Jul 06, 2019, at 03:55 pm

Patna, Jul 6 (UNI/IBNS) In a major development, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday granted bail after he appeared before a local court here in connection with a defamation case filed against him for his alleged derogatory remark against all those having surname of Modi during an election speech in Bengaluru in recently held Lok Sabha elections.

Jai Shree Ram not associated with Bengali culture: Amartya Sen

Jul 06, 2019, at 03:36 pm

Kolkata, July 6 (IBNS): Weeks after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had objected to the "Jai Shree Ram" chant by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen said the slogan is not associated with the Bengali culture, media reports said.

Rahul Gandhi gets bail in defamation case filed by Sushil Modi

Jul 06, 2019, at 02:54 pm

Patna, July 6 (IBNS): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been granted bail in the defamation case filed against him by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi, media reports said.

Japanese Encephalitis claims 49 lives in Assam, state government puts doctors' leaves on hold

Jul 06, 2019, at 01:42 pm

Guwahati, July 6 (IBNS): With reports of 49 deaths and 190 positive cases of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the state, the Assam government has kept on hold leaves for all doctors and paramedical staff including surveillance workers up to Sept 30.

Modi explains Budget 2019 to people from Varanasi, shares road to 5 trillion economy

Jul 06, 2019, at 01:24 pm

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BJP membership drive in Varanasi said to make the journey of India to a $ 5 trillion dollar economy as envisaged in the Budget 2019 easier, his government is focusing on involving farmers in big way and turning them into exporters. He said creating clean healthy and beautiful India would aid the journey and bigger the target bigger would be the pie for everyone in this journey. He also called the critics of the budget as "professional pessimists." 

Amarnath Yatra: Fresh batch of yatris leave base camps for holy cave, 68,500 have darshan so far

Jul 06, 2019, at 12:02 pm

Srinagar, Jul 6 (UNI) Fresh batches of pilgrims on Saturday left Nunwan Pahalgam and Baltal base camps for the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, where about 68,500 yatris had darshan of the self made Ice-Shivlingam so far.

Security personnel of BJP MP assault Toll Plaza employees in Agra

Jul 06, 2019, at 11:54 am

Agra, Jul 6 (UNI) Security personnel of a senior BJP MP from Etawah and chairperson of the National Schedule Caste commission Dr Ramshanker Kateharia assaulted the employees of the toll plaza and fired in the air to frighten them here on Saturday.

PM unveils bronze statue of former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri at Babatpur airport

Jul 06, 2019, at 11:49 am

Varanasi, Jul 6 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled an 18-feet high bronze statue of former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri at LBS International Airport, Babatpur here on Saturday during his visit to the temple town—also his Parliamentary constituency.

Police arrest three in mob lynching incident in Tripura

Jul 06, 2019, at 11:04 am

Ambassa(Tripura), Jul 06(UNI) Three persons, arrested in connection with the mob lynching of Budhdhiram Tripura on suspicion of cattle lifting in Gandacharra in the northern Tripura district of Dhalai, have been remanded in judicial custody till July 8.

Narendra Modi to visit Varanasi today to launch BJP's countrywide membership drive

Jul 06, 2019, at 07:18 am

New Delhi, July 6 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi city on Saturday to start the Bharatiya Janata Party's countrywide membership drive.

Top CBI officer Nageshwar Rao shunted out of probe agency

Jul 05, 2019, at 11:48 pm

New Delhi, Jul 5 (IBNS): Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) additional director Nageshwar Rao, who served as the acting CBI director twice, has been shunted out of the country’s premier probe agency.

CBI quizzes painter Shuvaprasanna for over 4 hours on Saradha scam

Jul 05, 2019, at 10:44 pm

Kolkata, Jul 5 (UNI) The CBI probing Saradha chit fund scam on Friday questioned painter Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharjee for over four hours for his alleged involvement in the multi-crore rupee scandal, that ruined thousands of poor investors across eastern India.

Roads connectivity to Kohima cut off since yesterday

Jul 05, 2019, at 10:12 pm

Kohima, July 5 (UNI): The town of Kohima and the state of Manipur has been cut off by road since yesterday following a massive landslide on the National Highway 29, the lifeline of Nagaland and Manipur, where rows of hundreds of vehicles carrying essential commodities, have been stranded on the roadside since yesterday.

Man lynched to death on suspicion of raping tribal girls in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district

Jul 05, 2019, at 09:43 pm

Guwahati, Jul 5 (IBNS): A 45-year-old man has allegedly been lynched to death by a mob on suspicion of molesting two girls in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district.

Orientation programme for Haj pilgrims from Telangana on Jul 7

Jul 05, 2019, at 08:57 pm

Hyderabad, July 5 (UNI): Telangana State Haj Committee Chairman Mohammed Masiullah Khan has said the 10th Haj Training Camp in favour of selected pilgrims for Haj 2019 will be held at Minar Garden, Salar Jung Museum road, Darulshifa, here on Sunday.

Woman electrocuted in Andhra Pradesh

Jul 05, 2019, at 07:49 pm

Eluru, July 5 (UNI): A 65-year-old woman was electrocuted and another injured at Kalarayanagudem village of Lingapalem Mandal in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Friday.

Nine RSS/BJP workers sentenced to life in Raveendran murder case

Jul 05, 2019, at 07:42 pm

Kannur, July 5 (UNI): The Thalassery additional district sessions court on Friday sentenced nine RSS/BJP activists to life imprisonment for murdering CPI(M) worker K.P. Raveendran inside the Kannur Central prison in 2004.