'My heart goes out to protesting wrestlers': Mamata Banerjee participates in candlelight vigil
Jun 02, 2023, at 05:46 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Alleging that protesting wrestlers were being repeatedly "harassed and mistreated", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday attended a candlelight vigil here in solidarity with them.
PM Modi congratulates AIIMS Nagpur on receiving NABH accreditation
Jun 02, 2023, at 05:29 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the team of AIIMS Nagpur to become the first among all AIIMS to receive the NABH accreditation.
Arvind Kejriwal gets MK Stalin's backing on Delhi Bill, sends fresh message to Congress for support
Jun 02, 2023, at 05:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sent a third message to Congress Thursday, seeking support against the Centre's proposed law to restore the Lieutenant Governor's control over the transfer and postings of bureaucrats in the national capital after garnering support from his Tamil Nadu counterpart MK Stalin.
Indian democracy is a global inspiration: Palestinian diplomat
Jun 02, 2023, at 04:39 am
While the world was watching with interest the results of the Turkish elections in the run-off on May 28, which Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won for a third term of five years, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was announcing to the entire world and to the Indian people the inauguration of the new permanent adding a luminous canvas and a beacon of democracy that India offers to the world.
Congress to join opposition parties' Patna meeting on June 12:Jairam Ramesh
Jun 02, 2023, at 02:55 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress party Thursday informed that it will take part in the proposed meeting of opposition parties in Patna on June 12, party leader Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday.
Jun 02, 2023, at 02:31 am
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: India and Nepal on Thursday inked seven agreements and launched six projects, including for cross-border petroleum pipelines, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda held productive talks here, to take the bilateral partnership from “hit” to “superhit”.
Jun 02, 2023, at 02:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress turncoat and AK Antony's son Anil K Antony Thursday lashed out at his former party leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks about the conditions of the Muslim community in India today and comparing it with that of the Dalits in the 1980s when the country was ruled by Congress prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
Jun 02, 2023, at 01:14 am
Muzaffarnagar (UP): Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait Thursday said that the final decision regarding the wrestlers' protest will be made during a meeting scheduled for Friday in Haryana.
Delhi HC rejects BhartPe cofounder Ashneer Grover's plea against probe in Rs 81 cr fraud allegations
Jun 02, 2023, at 12:01 am
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday denied the request to halt the investigation against Ashneer Grover, co-founder of BharatPe, and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover in a case involving an alleged fraud of Rs 81 crore, media reports said.
Chapters on periodic table, democracy removed from class 10 NCERT books
Jun 01, 2023, at 10:55 pm
New Delhi: Class 10 students will no longer learn about the periodic table, democracy, and sources of energy -as these have been removed from their government-issue textbooks, media report said.
Poll strategist Kanugolu is CM Siddaramaiah's chief advisor
Jun 01, 2023, at 06:59 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu has been appointed Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's Chief Advisor.
SC refuses urgent hearing of plea challenging RBI's exchanging Rs 2,000 notes without any ID proof
Jun 01, 2023, at 06:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court's vacation bench on Thursday refused to entertain the appeal filed by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking an urgent hearing of his petition challenging the RBI's permission (order) for exchanging Rs 2,000 currency notes without any identity proof.
Modi, Nepalese PM Prachanda hold bilateral talks
Jun 01, 2023, at 05:54 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Nepalese PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Thursday sat down for bilateral talks that will see a slew of agreements being inked between the two sides.
Kashmir: 2 LeT associates arrested along with arms and ammunition in Baramulla
Jun 01, 2023, at 05:45 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Security forces arrested two militant associates of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said on Thursday.
Kashmir: BSF neutralises Pak intruder along IB in Samba sector of Jammu region
Jun 01, 2023, at 04:20 pm
Jammu/UNI: Alert troops of Border Security Force on Thursday morning neutralised one Pakistani intruder along the international border in Samba sector of Jammu region.
Akash Ambani and his wife Shloka Mehta embrace parenthood for second time, welcome baby girl
Jun 01, 2023, at 06:31 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's elder son Akash and his wife Shloka Mehta embraced parenthood for the second time as they welcomed a baby girl on Wednesday.
'Contact us if looking for ex-MP': Smriti Irani's dig at Rahul Gandhi over Congress' 'missing' tweet
Jun 01, 2023, at 06:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union minister Smriti Irani Wednesday responded sharply to a Congress tweet that declared her as "missing".
Congress' formula of guarantees will leave country bankrupt: PM Modi in Rajasthan
Jun 01, 2023, at 05:42 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday mocked the Congress in Rajasthan, raising questions about the stability of its government and slamming its formula of guarantees which according to him will leave the country bankrupt.
India, China review situation along LAC, discuss proposals for disengagement
Jun 01, 2023, at 04:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India and China held the 27th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on border affairs (WMCC) in person Wednesday in New Delhi, during which they reviewed the situation along the LAC in the Western Sector and discussed proposals for disengagement in the remaining areas in a frank and open manner.
Jun 01, 2023, at 03:49 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid an escalating campaign for his arrest over sexual harassment allegations, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is also a member of Parliament for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Wednesday issued a defiant statement refuting all charges once again.
Jun 01, 2023, at 02:36 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Claiming to be the uncle of the 'minor' complainant in the sexual harassment charge against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Amit Pehlwan, Wednesday said that his niece is actually 20 years old, and is being used by the protesting wrestlers to frame the wrestling body chief.
Jun 01, 2023, at 12:59 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday joined a rally in Kolkata in protest against the alleged manhandling of wrestlers at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
Uttar Pradesh: Govt officer booked for sexual assault
May 31, 2023, at 11:14 pm
Deoria: A case of sexual assault was lodged against the Tehsildar of Rudrapur on the complaint of a woman on Wednesday, a senior police officer said here.
Cherry harvesting blossoms in Jammu and Kashmir
May 31, 2023, at 11:11 pm
Srinagar: The Cherry harvesting session of Jammu and Kashmir is emerging as a big relief for the farmers of the Valley.
Meghalaya: India-EU Connectivity Conference to be held tomorrow
May 31, 2023, at 10:12 pm
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs, EU Delegation to India and the Asian Confluence is jointly organizing the India – EU Connectivity Conference in Meghalaya on June 1 – 2, officials said on Wednesday.
Kashmir: Three nabbed with arms, ammo, weapons near LoC in Poonch
May 31, 2023, at 07:18 pm
Jammu/UNI: Security forces apprehended three persons along with arms, ammunition and narcotics near the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Kashmir: Police arrest drug smuggler in Baramulla
May 31, 2023, at 07:16 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a drug smuggler along with contraband substances in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
'PM Modi thinks he knows more than God: Rahul Gandhi in the US
May 31, 2023, at 06:28 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Stepping up its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said there is a group of people who think they know more than "God', and the PM is one such "specimen".
SpiceJet raises Captains' salary to Rs 7.5 lakh-a-month
May 31, 2023, at 06:17 pm
Kolkata: SpiceJet has announced a substantial hike in the salary of its pilots, the airline said in a press release on Monday.
Bengal jobs scam: ED arrests 'Kalighat-er-kaku' Sujoy Bhadra
May 31, 2023, at 05:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday night arrested Sujoy Krishna Bhadra, who is popularly known as 'Kalighat-er-kaku', in connection with the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, media reports said.