Anti-Modi posters in Delhi: Police registers 44 FIRs, arrests four; AAP says 'dictatorship at peak'

Mar 22, 2023, at 06:57 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The posters calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital prompted the Delhi Police to register 44 First Information Reports (FIRs) and arrest four people, media reports said.

CBI seeks restoration of Interpol's Red Notice against Mehul Choksi

Mar 22, 2023, at 06:21 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) took up with Commission for Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) the serious shortcomings and mistakes committed in the manner of reaching the ‘unfounded and perfunctory’ decision to remove Red Notice against Mehul Choksi, CBI said in a statement on Tuesday

Tripura High Court seeks reply from state government over post-poll violence

Mar 22, 2023, at 05:48 pm

Agartala/UNI: The High Court of Tripura on Tuesday sought an affidavit from the state government within four weeks after registering a suo-moto public interest litigation over massive post-poll and post-result violence across the state over a month.

Mamata to hold two-day dharna from Mar 29 protesting against Modi govt

Mar 22, 2023, at 05:01 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a two-day dharna (sit-in protest) beginning on Mar 29 protesting against the central government's delay in disbursing funds of MGNREGA scheme and an alleged attempt to malign the state.

Strong tremors felt in north India after 6.5 magnitude quake strikes Afghanistan

Mar 22, 2023, at 06:55 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Strong tremors, lasting for nearly two minutes, were felt in several north Indian states when a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on Tuesday evening. 

Punjab Police release possible looks of fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh's changed appearance

Mar 22, 2023, at 04:49 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Punjab Police Tuesday released several possible avatars or looks of fugitive Amritpal Singh, the Khalistani leader who is on the run for the last four days.

Kannada actor Chetan Kumar arrested over 'objectionable tweet' on Hindutva

Mar 22, 2023, at 03:00 am

Bengaluru/IBNS: The Bengaluru Police Tuesday arrested Kannada actor Chetan Kumar, popularly known as Chetan Ahimsa, after his tweet on Hindutva went viral.

Radical Islamist preacher Zakir Naik to be deported from Oman, India in touch with authorities: Reports

Mar 22, 2023, at 02:20 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Radical Islamist preacher Zakir Naik, wanted in India for inciting communal violence through his hate speeches, is likely to be deported from Oman, media reports said.

Congress takes dig at BJP over Sambit Patra’s Mir Jafar remark on Rahul Gandhi

Mar 22, 2023, at 01:24 am

New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Tuesday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its spokesperson Sambit Patra’s remark on former party president Rahul Gandhi, who he has called ‘’Mir Jafar’’.

Sheikh Hasina proposes India to use Chottogram,Sylhet ports

Mar 21, 2023, at 11:10 pm

New Delhi/Dhaka: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has offered India to use Chottogram and Sylhet ports in order to emphasise the importance of improving regional connectivity for growing trade and commerce, media reports said.

Victims of love jihad should complain without fear: BJP MLA Nitesh Rane

Mar 21, 2023, at 10:47 pm

Mumbai: BJP MLA Nitesh Rane on Tuesday asserted that the Shinde-Fadnavis government is determined to put an end to the incidents of 'love jihad' in the state and an anti-conversion law will soon be introduced in the state.

Rahul Gandhi is Mir Jafar of Indian polity: BJP leader Sambit Patra

Mar 21, 2023, at 08:38 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has once again lashed out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his recent remark abroad.

Amritpal Singh crackdown: 'No incident from the state,' says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

Mar 21, 2023, at 07:04 pm

Chandigarh/IBNS: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday boasted of the "peace and harmony" which his government claimed to have maintained amid a major crackdown on Khalistani separatist leader Amritpal Singh.

Parliament: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid pandemonium

Mar 21, 2023, at 06:33 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Parliament's lower house Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday amid Opposition protests over the Adani issue.

Kashmir: NIA arrests freelance journalist in 'terror funding case'

Mar 21, 2023, at 05:54 pm

Srinagar/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Kashmiri freelancer journalist in an alleged terror funding case, official sources said.

Kerala archbishop promises BJP Lok Sabha seat in 2024 on condition, triggers row

Mar 21, 2023, at 05:51 pm

Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: An archbishop of Kerala, who is known to be influential, has triggered a row by promising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a Lok Sabha seat next year in the Left bastion but on a condition, media reports said.

Meet Kerala's first transgender lawyer Padma Lakshmi

Mar 21, 2023, at 05:15 pm

Thiruvunanthapuram/IBNS: Kerala has got its first transgender lawyer in the form of Padma Lakshmi, whose name has been enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of the state.

West Bengal: Land owned by Amartya Sen's father on Visva Bharati campus mutated under his name

Mar 21, 2023, at 07:55 am

Kolkata: Amid the controversy over the eviction notice issued by Visva Bharati over alleged unauthorised land occupied by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, the said property owned by the economist’s father has been transferred to him, showed an official document of the BLRO on Monday.

Northeast Elections : When women shine bright

Mar 21, 2023, at 06:53 am

Agartala/Shillong/Kohima: Women shine bright in the recent elections in three North Eastern states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, with 14 women elected to the state assemblies, overtopping the tally of only six women legislators in the previous houses.

Jammu and Kashmir gets first FDI as Emaar will develop shopping mall in Srinagar

Mar 21, 2023, at 05:54 am

Jammu and Kashmir recorded its first Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as UAE-based Emaar, a real estate company, will be developing a shopping mall on the outskirts of Srinagar city.

PepsiCo India extends pilot initiative in Punjab to address stubble burning

Mar 21, 2023, at 05:28 am

Kolkata/IBNS: PepsiCo India has extended its Biochar Initiative, a pilot crop residue management program, to the Fatehgarh Sahib and Ludhiana districts of Punjab as a potential solution to address the pressing issue of stubble burning in the northern states of India.

India, Maldives participate in fourth Defence Cooperation Dialogue in Male

Mar 21, 2023, at 05:12 am

New Delhi: India and the Maldives conducted the 4th Defence Cooperation Dialogue (DCD) in Male on Mar 19, officials said on Sunday.

India conveys strong protest to US on vandalisation of property of Indian Consulate General in San Francisco by Khalistani supporters

Mar 21, 2023, at 04:59 am

New Delhi: India on Monday conveyed its strong protest to the US Charge d’Affaires in New Delhi over the vandalization of the property of the Indian Consulate General in San Francisco by suspected Khalistani supporters.

Mumbai-bound flight from Bangkok diverted to Myanmar after passenger dies of cardiac arrest

Mar 21, 2023, at 04:21 am

Mumbai/IBNS: A Bangkok to Mumbai flight was diverted to Rangoon (Yangon) in Myanmar due to a medical emergency on-board on Sunday, the airline has said.

UP minister narrowly escapes explosion during demonstration, 2 others injured

Mar 21, 2023, at 03:27 am

Bareilly (UP)/UNI: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment of Uttar Pradesh Arun Saxena and a batter of senior officers had a narrow escape even as two persons were injured in an explosion during a demonstration of a machine to detect underground cable fault locator machine on Monday, official sources said here.

Sikhs protest London Tricolour incident at British High Commission in Delhi

Mar 21, 2023, at 03:06 am

New Delhi: Several people of the Sikh community gathered outside the UK High Commission in Delhi and protested the attack on the Indian High Commission and the Tricolour in London.

Arvind Kejriwal takes initiative for third front, planned meeting with 7 CMs: Reports

Mar 21, 2023, at 02:37 am

New Delhi/IBNS: In a renewed effort towards a third front ahead of the 2024 general elections, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote to chief ministers of seven states for a dinner to form a forum of non-BJP parties. However, the plan did not meet success with the invitees returning a less-than-warm response, media reports said.

UK: Indian Mission official takes on Amritpal Singh supporters; rescues Tricolour, throws down Khalistan flag; Twitteraties laud

Mar 21, 2023, at 02:29 am

London/IBNS: As a bunch of Khalistan supporters attacked the India House building in the UK’s London and one of them climbed onto the flagpole above the door and brought down the Indian flag, a staffer of the Indian High Commission confronted the separatists all by himself as there was no security at the spot.

In new poll promise, Rahul Gandhi announces monthly allowances to unemployed youth in Karnataka, calls for party unity

Mar 21, 2023, at 01:50 am

Belagavi/UNI: In his first public rally in poll-bound Karnataka after Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced monthly allowances for the unemployed youth as he subtly addressed the spar between top party leaders DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah.

Indifference to Indian diplomatic mission's security unacceptable: India conveys strong message to UK

Mar 21, 2023, at 01:27 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India has conveyed a strong message to the UK authorities by summoning British Deputy High Commissioner Christina Scott to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday night following an attack by pro-Khalistani protesters on the Indian High Commission in London, who pulled down a Tricolour on the premises.