Supreme Court gives nod to Central Vista project
Jan 05, 2021, at 05:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the construction of a new Parliament complex can go ahead in the national capital Delhi, in a rule favouring the Narendra Modi government.
Jammu and Kashmir: Special event hosted in Srinagar to highlight achievements of women in Valley
Jan 05, 2021, at 06:37 am
Srinagar: A special award function “Jashne-e-Parvaaz-Niswaan” was hosted in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday to highlight achievements of women in the Valley.
Jammu and Kashmir: LeT terror associate arrested
Jan 05, 2021, at 06:31 am
Kulgam: Jammu and Kashmir Police and Army’s 34 Rashtriya Rifles have arrested a terror associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Jan 05, 2021, at 06:25 am
New Delhi: In 2020, Digital channels of Prasar Bharati across DD and Akashvani have registered more than 100 percent growth, clocking over a Billion Digital Views and over 6 Billion Digital Watch Minutes.
CBI charges US-based company, ex-DRDO employee with cheating in defence deal
Jan 05, 2021, at 05:03 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged a US-based company with irregularities in the sale of 35 radio frequency generators to Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), said media reports.
Jammu and Kashmir: Muslims participate in last rites of KP youth
Jan 05, 2021, at 04:32 am
Srinagar: Amid harsh weather conditions, hundreds of Muslims participated in the last rites of a Kashmiri Pandit (KP) youth who succumbed to injuries on Sunday after he met with an accident a few weeks back in Baramulla town.
Jammu and Kashmir: SMC cancels holiday for snow clearance, dewatering city
Jan 05, 2021, at 04:29 am
Srinagar: With snowfall starting in the wee hours of Sunday, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) cancelled the holiday of the employees and pressed men and machinery for snow-clearance and dewatering of affected areas.
Justice Pankaj Mithal to take oath as CJ of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh today
Jan 05, 2021, at 04:27 am
Srinagar: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha will administer oath to Justice Pankaj Mithal as Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh here on Monday.
Sanjay Raut's wife Varsha Raut appears before ED in PMC Bank money laundering case
Jan 05, 2021, at 03:43 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's wife Varsha Raut today appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in the alleged money laundering in Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank.
Jammu and Kashmir: 4-lane Qazigund-Banihal tunnel nears completion
Jan 05, 2021, at 03:42 am
Srinagar: The work on the four-lane Qazigund-Banihal tunnel is going on in full swing with the executing company, Navayuga Engineering Limited, hoping its completion by March end.
Is Mamata’s celebration of Netaji in Bengal aimed at countering BJP brand of nationalism?
Jan 05, 2021, at 03:31 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After invoking the "Bangla-Bangali sentiment" last week, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday unveiled an elaborate plan to celebrate India's freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary, amid reports of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's likely visit to the poll-bound state.
Minister said won't repeal agriculture laws: Farmers after seventh-round of talks
Jan 05, 2021, at 02:21 am
New Delhi/IBNS: No consensus could be reached over the three contentious agriculture laws as the seventh round of talks between the Centre and farmers' representatives concluded on Monday with both sides remaining firm on their stands.
Fresh avalanche warning issued for higher reaches in Jammu and Kashmir
Jan 05, 2021, at 01:18 am
Srinagar/UNI: A fresh avalanche warning has been issued during the next 24 hours for the upper reaches in Jammu and Kashmir, where light to moderate snow and rain has been predicted till Tuesday.
Jan 05, 2021, at 12:49 am
On December 29, 2020, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a civilian near Tumdikasa village under Manpur Police Station limits in Rajnandgaon District. The Maoists left a pamphlet near his body, which accused the victim of being a ‘Police informer’.
Jan 05, 2021, at 12:44 am
Almost 31 months after the merger, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) suffered a vertical split on December 22, 2020, with the rival factions of the party led by the two Co-Chairmen claiming their faction to be the authentic NCP in two separate Central Committee meetings held in the capital, Kathmandu. The faction led by Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal removed K.P. Sharma Oli from the post of party Co-chair and unanimously nominated senior party leader Madhav Kumar Nepal as the new party Co-chair. On the other hand, Oli told his faction leaders that his faction was the authentic NCP and Dahal faction had no authority to call party meetings.
Reliance Industries Limited files petition against vandalism
Jan 05, 2021, at 12:39 am
New Delhi/Chandigarh/UNI: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Monday said that it has filed a petition in Punjab and Haryana High Court against vandalism of its properties by miscreants.
Jan 04, 2021, at 11:48 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The seventh round of talks between farmers representatives and the government concluded without any agreement here on Monday with both sides deciding to meet for the next round of talks on Jan 8.
Jammu, Srinagar to have IT Towers, MoU signed between NBCC, JKIT
Jan 04, 2021, at 11:26 pm
Jammu/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir soon to have IT Towers while Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between NBCC and JKIT wing, here on Monday.
BSP chief Mayawati says those responsible for Muradnagar accident should be strictly punishment
Jan 04, 2021, at 11:06 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Expressing grief on the accident at Muradnagar, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday demanded that the officials responsible for the incident be given stringent punishment.
Bangladesh has contacted Delhi for Corona vaccine: FM Dr Momen
Jan 04, 2021, at 11:02 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh has contacted Delhi to get corona vaccine from India, Foreign Minister. AK Abdul Momen said here on Monday.
India's Covid vaccine is a leap of science, says Vice President Naidu
Jan 04, 2021, at 10:57 pm
New Delhi: Vice President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha M. Venkaiah Naidu has hailed the emergency authorization of two Covid vaccines yesterday as India's leap of science that benefits the humanity at large.
NHPC signs supplementary for Ratle HE project in Jammu and Kashmir:
Jan 04, 2021, at 10:49 pm
Mumbai/UNI: NHPC Limited has signed a Supplementary Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Limited (JKSPDCL) and Power Development Department, Govt. of UT of Jammu & Kashmir on January 3, 2021 for implementation of Ratle HE Project (850 MW) in Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir through a Joint Venture Company (JVC).
S Jaishankar to visit Sri Lanka tomorrow
Jan 04, 2021, at 10:42 pm
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
Supreme Court to hear ex-IPS officer Sajiv Bhatt's plea against life sentence
Jan 04, 2021, at 10:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear the former Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt's appeal against his life sentence in custodial death case in the third week of January.
Farmers' protest: Centre, farm leaders begin seventh round of meeting to end logjam
Jan 04, 2021, at 09:59 pm
New Delhi/UNI: In order to end the logjam over the three contentious farm laws, ministers representing the central government and farm union leaders on Monday began their seventh round of meeting here.
'India on threshold of largest Covid-19 vaccination drive in the world': PM Modi
Jan 04, 2021, at 08:24 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the country has been on the threshold of beginning the largest vaccination programme in the world and the entire nation is indebted to all our scientists and technicians.
'No plans to enter corporate farming': Reliance moving court over vandalisation of Jio towers
Jan 04, 2021, at 07:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian multinational conglomerate company Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Monday stated it has no plans to enter into the "corporate farming" after the Narendra Modi government faced accusation of benefiting the crony capitalists by bringing agricultural reforms.
Assam Rifles nab three militants of KCP and KYKL in Nagaland
Jan 04, 2021, at 06:47 pm
Kohima/IBNS: Troops of Assam Rifles have apprehended three Manipur based militants in Thewati area in Nagaland’s Phek district.
Kashmir: Man injured in grenade blast dies of heart attack in Pulwama
Jan 04, 2021, at 06:33 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A 70-year-old man, who was injured in a grenade blast on Saturday, in Pulwama district of south Kashmir died on Monday, official sources said here.
Fresh round of Centre-farmer talks over agricultural reforms to be held today
Jan 04, 2021, at 05:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The seventh round of talks between the Centre and farmers protesting against the Narendra Modi government's agricultural reforms will be held on Monday, as the deadlock over the three farm laws are yet to be resolved.