Jammu and Kashmir: Ellaquai Dehati Bank holds awareness camp at Pulwama
Mar 23, 2021, at 11:31 pm
Srinagar: Ellaquai Dehati Bank (EDB) conducted a financial awareness programme at Village Tahab Pulwama for spreading financial awareness amongst common masses living in rural and far flung areas.
Kumbh pilgrimage: Covid negative report mandatory
Mar 23, 2021, at 11:28 pm
Dehradun/UNI: All those people who want to attend ongoing Kumbh festival in Haridwar will have to carry a negative COVID-19 report card and the report should not be earlier than 72 hours.
Economic inequality is increasing in society, alleges Congress
Mar 23, 2021, at 09:59 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress on Tuesday, in the lower house of Parliament, charged the government for failing to bring economic equality in the society, rather, accused them of increasing the gap between the rich and poor.
Mamata cannot stop BJP from embarking on development in Bengal: Amit Shah
Mar 23, 2021, at 08:36 pm
Gosaba/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said Mamata Banerjee cannot stop BJP from embarking on development in Bengal.
Will form SIT to probe into Amphan corruption: Amit Shah in Bengal
Mar 23, 2021, at 07:31 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, if formed, will constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the alleged corruption over the Amphan relief by the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Madhya Pradesh: 13 killed in bus-auto collision
Mar 23, 2021, at 06:14 pm
Gwalior/UNI: At least 13 people were killed when an auto collided head-on with a bus in the Old Cantonment area of Gwalior City on Tuesday morning.
Param Bir Singh letter row: Devendra Fadnavis accuses MVA govt of 'protecting' Anil Deshmukh
Mar 23, 2021, at 06:09 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday accused the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in the state of "protecting" state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, accused of corruption, over Param Bir Singh letter row, media reports said.
CAA will be implemented in letter and spirit: BJP chief JP Nadda in Assam
Mar 23, 2021, at 05:42 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Tuesday said the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act will be implemented in letter and spirit releasing the poll manifesto of his party in Assam.
Election Commission reviews poll preparedness for Assam assembly polls
Mar 23, 2021, at 04:32 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday reviewed poll preparedness for the General Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly 2021.
No question of Anil Deshmukh's resignation as Maharashtra Home Minister: Sharad Pawar
Mar 23, 2021, at 02:53 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday ruled out the possibility of removing Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in the wake of allegations of corruption levelled against him by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.
Afghanistan FM arrives in India, to hold talks with External Affairs Minister
Mar 23, 2021, at 02:26 am
New Delhi/UNI: Afghanistan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar arrived here on Monday on a three-day visit to hold talks with External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and other senior government officials on the Afghan peace process.
India, Pakistan to hold Indus water-sharing talks after two years
Mar 23, 2021, at 01:54 am
New Delhi/UNI: A Pakistani delegation headed by Syed Muhammad Meher Ali Shah arrived here a day ahead of the talks with India on sharing the Indus waters.
Lok Sabha passes Delhi NCT (Amendment) Bill enhancing LG's power
Mar 23, 2021, at 01:03 am
New Delhi/UNI: Amid strong protests by the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and other Opposition parties, the Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Government of NCT of Delhi (Amendment) Bill 2021, which gives more powers to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.
Mar 23, 2021, at 12:06 am
Puri/UNI: President Ramnath Kovind along with his wife and daughter visited Sri Jagannath temple today and offered prayers to the Trinity on the last day of his three day visit to the state.
Assembly Poll: HC refuses to intervene on rejection of nomination papers of 3 NDA candidates
Mar 23, 2021, at 12:03 am
Kochi/UNI: In a major set back to BJP-led NDA in Kerala, the Kerala High Court on Monday refused to intervene in the Returning Officer's decision on rejection of nomination papers filed by three candidates.
Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal govt reduces legal drinking age from 25 to 21 yrs
Mar 22, 2021, at 11:57 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday announced that the Cabinet has approved a new excise policy to reduce the minimum age for liquor from 25 to 21 years.
I will not give up even an inch of land as long as my breathing lasts : Mamata Banerjee
Mar 22, 2021, at 11:54 pm
Kotulpur/ Indus/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday warned that she will not give up even an inch of land as long as her breathing lasts.
Former Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh moves SC seeking CBI probe against Anil Deshmukh
Mar 22, 2021, at 11:46 pm
Delhi/IBNS: Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh who was transferred in the aftermath of the investigation in connection with Mukesh Ambani security scare case, moved the Supreme Court on Monday demanding a CBI probe against Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh over corruption charges, said media reports.
Reduce water crisis, CM Biren asks officials
Mar 22, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Imphal/UNI: Chief Minister N. Biren Singh launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan at Chief Minister’s secretariat today.
Bangladesh: Orakandi Temple gearing up to welcome Indian PM Narendra Modi
Mar 22, 2021, at 11:20 pm
Dhaka: Orakandi temple in Bangladesh is gearing up to welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is expected to visit it during his two-day trip to the neighbouring nation this week.
Modi's visit to Bangladesh can act as a new chapter in regional politics: Mirza
Mar 22, 2021, at 11:13 pm
Glasgow: Activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has said PM Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Bangladesh can act as a new chapter in regional politics and build an invincible economic partnership between the neighbouring nations.
Mar 22, 2021, at 11:03 pm
Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi is slated to travel to Bangladesh on 26 March for what will be his second visit as PM to the neighbouring country. Modi’s first visit to Dhaka in June 2015 had, by all accounts, been a very successful one. The two countries had signed as many as 22 agreements, and followed that up with the exchange in August 2015 of 162 land enclaves. This addressed a long overdue process of land and population exchanges that had been hanging fire since the 1950s. The 2015 visit had paved the way for closer strategic ties between the two countries. As productive as that visit was, the forthcoming one promises to better it owing to a variety of factors.
India confers Gandhi Peace Prize 2020 on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Mar 22, 2021, at 09:50 pm
New Delhi: The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020 is being conferred on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Liquor mafia booming during Yogi rule: CPI (M-L)
Mar 22, 2021, at 09:14 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Expressing grave concern over the rising deaths from spurious liquor in the state, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) has alleged that the liquor mafia is prospering in the Yogi government, due to which the hooch trade has gone out of control and is taking people's lives.
West Bengal: 7-year-old dies, another injured as crude bomb blasts in East Burdwan
Mar 22, 2021, at 08:55 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A 7-year-old boy was killed and another was seriously injured as a crude bomb exploded at Rasikpur area in East Burdwan district of poll-bound West Bengal on Monday morning, reports said.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's resignation not accepted
Mar 22, 2021, at 08:12 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)'s state spokesperson and minority minister Nawab Malik on Monday denied accepting Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's resignation.
Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat tests Covid-19 positive
Mar 22, 2021, at 06:46 pm
Gairsain/IBNS: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has tested positive for Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19.
You gave birth to only 2 when there was time, not 20: Uttarakhand CM's latest controversial comment
Mar 22, 2021, at 06:40 pm
Ramnagar/IBNS: In a new controversial comment, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Sunday said poor families, which are struggling to feed themselves amid Covid-19 pandemic, should have reproduced 20 children to get more rations.
Kashmir: 4 LeT militants killed in Shopian encounter
Mar 22, 2021, at 05:48 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed by security forces in an encounter which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian, a police spokesman said on Monday.
Bengal: BJP bets on labourer's wife, domestic help in Bankura, Burdwan to defeat TMC
Mar 22, 2021, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: While its candidate list features a number of celebrities, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also banked on a daily wage labourer's wife and a domestic help in two seats to trump the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the West Bengal assembly elections beginning on Saturday.