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JP Nadda arrives in West Bengal to boost up BJP for 2024 Lok Sabha polls

Jan 19, 2023, at 05:25 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda arrived here on a two-day visit to boost up the outfit's organisation of West Bengal, a first of the leader's itinerary after being chosen to lead the saffron brigade in the 2024 General Elections.

Nine people killed in truck-van collision on Mumbai-Goa highway

Jan 19, 2023, at 04:53 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Nine people were killed after a truck collided head-on with a car on the Mumbai-Goa highway in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Thursday, police said.

'Only 399-days left to move BJP out of power at Centre': Akhilesh Yadav

Jan 19, 2023, at 07:10 am

Khammam/UNI: Samajwadi Party(SP) National President and UP former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that only 399 days are left to move the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of power at the centre.

'His every word is important for us': Narottam Mishra reacts to PM Modi's message on 'Pathaan'

Jan 19, 2023, at 06:29 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Madhya Pradesh Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narottam Mishra, who is one of the biggest critics of Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Pathaan', Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message, warning against making "unnecessary comments on irrelevant subjects like movies", has been received loud and clear.

KCR projects national image with opposition parties' meet, Arvind Kejriwal attends

Jan 19, 2023, at 05:01 am

Hyderabad/IBNS: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao took the first step towards building a non-Congress Opposition Front with the maiden meeting with Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal and other top leaders at Hyderabad.

LG has no power to nominate Aldermen on its own, claims Manish Sisodia

Jan 19, 2023, at 02:57 am

New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Lieutenant Governor has no power to nominate an Aldermen on its own in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) as local governance is a transfer(state government) subject, claimed Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in Delhi Assembly on Wednesday.

Passenger who opened emergency door on IndiGo Flight was BJP MP Tejaswi Surya, confirms Jyotiraditya Scindia

Jan 19, 2023, at 02:11 am

The passenger, who opened the emergency exit on an IndiGo, Chennai-Tiruchirappalli flight on December 10 last year, was BJP leader Tejaswi Surya, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said Wednesday, media reported.

Police issue prohibitory orders ahead of PM Modi's Mumbai visit

Jan 19, 2023, at 01:40 am

Mumbai/UNI: Mumbai Police on Wednesday issued prohibitory orders ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the city on Jan 19.

Jammu and Kashmir admin to create 16,000 jobs in dairy sector in next 5 yrs : ACS Dulloo

Jan 19, 2023, at 12:26 am

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Additional Chief Secretary Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo on Wednesday said the administration will produce around 16,000 jobs and 600 enterprises in next five years in the dairy sector, thus securing livelihood and assuring employability avenues for the youth.

S Jaishankar visiting Maldives, Sri Lanka

Jan 18, 2023, at 11:48 pm

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka from Jan 18-20.

India and Singapore are natural allies with strong relations in education and skill development sectors: Dharmendra Pradhan

Jan 18, 2023, at 11:13 pm

New Delhi: Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday met a delegation of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, led by Amanda Kwek, First Secretary, Singapore High Commission.

Uttar Pradesh: Notorious elements vandalise Dr Ambedkar's statue

Jan 18, 2023, at 10:44 pm

Sonbhadra: A statue of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar in Kone area was vandalised by unidentified notorious elements, police sources said here on Wednesday.

Tripura to vote on Feb 16, Meghalaya-Nagaland to elect new Assembly on Feb 27

Jan 18, 2023, at 08:56 pm

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the Assembly election dates for  Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura.

CPI-M wants voting facilities for TSR jawans posted outside in Tripura poll

Jan 18, 2023, at 07:45 pm

Agartala/UNI: CPI-M state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury on Wednesday wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Tripura Kiran Gitte asking to arrange voting of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) jawans who have been under deputation outside the state.

TMC opposes Election Commission's proposed plan to introduce remote voting

Jan 18, 2023, at 07:34 pm

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has opposed the ECI's proposed plan to introduce remote voting to improve the voter participation, saying a hasty decision to chart into the territory of remote voting will have potentially damaging effects.

Refrain from making unnecessary comments on films: Modi to BJP workers amid Pathaan row

Jan 18, 2023, at 06:27 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers to refrain from making "unnecessary comments on films or personalities" in the backdrop of the controversy over Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming film Pathaan, media reports said.

RJD issues notice to party MLA Sudhakar Singh for anti-Nitish Kumar statements

Jan 18, 2023, at 05:47 pm

Patna/UNI: On the directive of party supremo Lalu Prasad, RJD issued notice to its MLA and former Minister Sudhakar Singh for his repeated statements against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the Grand Alliance government headed by him.

PM Modi to lay foundation stone, inaugurate projects worth more than Rs. 10,800 crores in Karnataka and Rs 38,800 crores in Maharashtra tomorrow

Jan 18, 2023, at 03:17 pm

New Delhi: Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka and Maharashtra on Thursday.

CMs from Delhi and Punjab arrive to participate in BRS public meeting

Jan 18, 2023, at 02:15 pm

Hyderabad: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, arrived in Hyderabad on Tuesday evening to participate in the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Party’s inaugural Public Meeting to be held at Khammam on Wednesday.

'BJP no longer mere political party but a social movement': PM Modi at national executive meet

Jan 18, 2023, at 07:31 am

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members to reach out to every section of society and ensure that they dedicate about 400 days towards working for society before the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.

Online platforms to remove content flagged by govt's fact-checking mechanisms: new IT draft rules

Jan 18, 2023, at 07:13 am

New Delhi: Online platforms in India have to pull down content if flagged as fake or false by the Centre’s fact-checking mechanisms, as per the revised draft amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

Allahabad HC dismisses Arvind Kejriwal's plea to quash criminal proceedings in 2014 model code violation case

Jan 18, 2023, at 06:49 am

Lucknow/UNI: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has dismissed the application of Delhi Chief Minister and national convener of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal for quashing the entire criminal proceedings against him in a case related to violation of the model code of conduct in the year 2014.

Mamata Banerjee to launch campaign in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills

Jan 18, 2023, at 06:24 am

Shillong/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will launch her election campaign on Wednesday in the Garo Hills region, which is considered the heartland of the Congress, in Meghalaya.

Man, faking UAE royal links, flees Delhi 5-star hotel leaving 23 lakhs bill

Jan 18, 2023, at 05:47 am

New Delhi/IBNS: A man, who pretended to be an employee of the Abu Dhabi royal family, to stay at a luxury hotel in Delhi for four months, vanished after racking up a bill of Rs. 23 lakhs.

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman orders extradition of arms deal middleman Sanjay Bhandari to India

Jan 18, 2023, at 04:11 am

London: British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has ordered the extradition of Sanjay Bhandari, an accused middleman and consultant in arms deals, for trial in an Indian court in tax evasion and money laundering cases, media reported.

Archaeological Survey of India to restart excavation at Delhi’s Purana Qila again

Jan 18, 2023, at 03:34 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is all set to begin excavation at Delhi’s Purana Qila again.

'Dawood Ibrahim remarried, second wife Pakistani pathan': Nephew Alishah Parkar tells NIA

Jan 18, 2023, at 02:47 am

Mumbai/IBNS: In a sensational revelation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Alishah Parkar, son of Haseena Parkar, and Dawood Ibrahim's nephew, has claimed that the fugitive underworld gangster has remarried a Pakistani Pathan woman while still being married to his first wife Maizabin.

Passenger opens emergency exit of IndiGo flight, DGCA orders probe

Jan 18, 2023, at 02:44 am

New Delhi: A passenger on an IndiGo, Chennai-Tiruchirappalli flight opened the emergency exit on December 10 last year, DGCA said in a communication on Tuesday, adding that it has taken due note of the incident and ordered a probe into it, media reported.

Conduct verification of border dwellers: J&K top cop directs team ahead of Republic Day

Jan 18, 2023, at 01:25 am

Jammu/UNI: Ahead of Republic Day celebrations, Senior Superintendent of Police, Samba Benam Tosh has directed his team to conduct verification of border residents living close to the proximity of the international border.

Indo-French astronomy focus meeting on international mega-projects, discusses science vision for the next decade

Jan 18, 2023, at 12:29 am

New Delhi: Indo-French Astronomy science vision for the next decade and multiwavelength synergy science in mega-projects was discussed at the Indo-French focus meeting on ‘Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)/ Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) and multiwavelength synergies’ recently with a goal to establish a comprehensive long-term partnership in the field of astronomy.