Employability for new-age jobs on average remains mere 1.7 pc: Report

Mar 21, 2019, at 11:35 am

New Delhi, Mar 21 (UNI) Employability for new-age jobs requiring technical, cognitive and language skills in India is merely 1.7 per cent on an average, according to a report.

One-way traffic resumes on Kashmir highway

Mar 21, 2019, at 11:32 am

Srinagar, Mar 21 (UNI) One-way traffic was resumed on the national highway, the only road connecting Kashmir valley with rest of the country and traffic will ply from Jammu to Srinagar for the second consecutive day on Thursday.

Train service restarts in Kashmir

Mar 21, 2019, at 11:26 am

Srinagar, Mar 21 (UNI) Train service resumed on Thursday after remaining suspended on Wednesday for security reasons in the Kashmir valley, where separatists had called for a general strike in protest against the alleged custodial death of a principal of a local private school in Awantipora in Pulwama on March 19.

BJP CEC meet takes place, no finalisation of candidates yet

Mar 21, 2019, at 11:23 am

New Delhi, Mar 21 (UNI): The BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) had third round of elaborate meeting on Wednesday night but has not yet released the first list of candidates.

Uttar Pradesh: Road mishap claims five lives

Mar 21, 2019, at 11:18 am

Hatras, Mar 21 (UNI) Five people were killed including a policeman when a State government bus crushed them in Sadabad area of the district on late Wednesday night, Police sources said here on Thursday.

India continues to actively follow up Nirav Modi's arrest: MEA

Mar 21, 2019, at 11:06 am

New Delhi, Mar 21 (IBNS): Welcoming the arrest of fugitive businessman Nirav Modi in the United Kingdom (UK), the Ministry of External Affairs said India is continuing to follow up the development with the concerned authorities in the UK.

PM Narendra Modi wishes people on Holi

Mar 21, 2019, at 10:37 am

New Delhi, Mar 21 (UNI/IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted people on the occasion of festival Holi.

Social media platforms present 'Voluntary Code of Ethics for 2019 General Election'

Mar 20, 2019, at 11:45 pm

New Delhi, Mar 20 (IBNS): The Social Media Platforms and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), on Wednesday presented a “Voluntary Code of Ethics for the General Election 2019” to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra. 

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, 30 others file nominations for Assembly, Lok Sabha polls

Mar 20, 2019, at 10:36 pm

Bhubaneswar, Mar 20 (UNI): Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik and 30 others today filed the nomination papers for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha today.

Nirav Modi's wife faces non-bailable arrest warrant

Mar 20, 2019, at 09:52 pm

New Delhi, Mar 20 (IBNS): Arrested fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi's wife Ami is now facing "open-ended non-bailable warrant", issued by a special court in Mumbai, media reports said.

2000 chickens charred to death in lightning strike

Mar 20, 2019, at 09:45 pm

Kendrapara, Mar 20 (UNI): About 2,000 chickens were charred and three thatched houses were gutted at Kurunti village in Rajnagar block in a lightning today.

Seat sharing logjam cleared, Grand Alliance to announce candidates and seats after Holi: Tejashwi Yadav

Mar 20, 2019, at 09:18 pm

Patna, Mar 20 (UNI): Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly and RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav today said the logjam over seat sharing among constituents of the Grand Alliance in the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar has now been cleared and formal announcement of candidates and seats to be contested by them would be made after Holi.

Kerala: BJP finalises key seat adjustments with regional parties

Mar 20, 2019, at 08:45 pm

New Delhi, Mar 20 (UNI): In a major boost to the BJP in its ambitious plan for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls in Kerala, the saffron party on Wednesday entered into seat arrangement with the Bharath Dharma Jana Sena and the P.C. Thomas-led Kerala Congress.

IT Department seizes Rs 34.90 lakh in Arunachal Pradesh

Mar 20, 2019, at 08:39 pm

Guwahati, Mar 20 (IBNS): On directions from Election Commission of India (ECI) and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Directorate of Income Tax Investigation, North East Region has deployed 160 officials across Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura for monitoring expenditure during the on-going election process in the region.

Teen gets life term for rape and murder of 7-year-old girl in Odisha

Mar 20, 2019, at 08:30 pm

Balasore, Mar 20 (UNI): Special POCSO court judge-cum-additional sessions judge Ajanta Sadangi today convicted a rape and murder accused and sentenced him to life and slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on him.

Nirav Modi found by newspaper, not PM Modi & his agencies: Omar Abdullah

Mar 20, 2019, at 08:09 pm

Srinagar, Mar 20 (UNI): Hitting out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members for crediting Narendra Modi for the arrest of billionaire diamond tycoon Nirav Modi, the fugitive jeweller wanted in the Rs 13,000-crore Punjab National Bank scam, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said it was a London-based newspaper that found him, not the Prime Minister and his agencies.

Security forces fire in air after noticing suspicious movement in Shopian, J&K

Mar 20, 2019, at 07:29 pm

Srinagar, Mar 20 (UNI): Security forces on Wednesday opened fire after noticing suspicious movement in south Kashmir district of Shopian, where a search operation has been launched.

Arrested Indian businessman Nirav Modi's bail denied by UK court

Mar 20, 2019, at 07:02 pm

London, Mar 20 (IBNS): Arrested Indian businessman Nirav Modi's bail was denied by a UK court on Wednesday.

Pune: Several buses gutted in fire

Mar 20, 2019, at 06:32 pm

Pune, Mar 20 (UNI) Ten private tourist buses were gutted when a major fire broke out at classic coach garage at Shindewadi village near here on Wednesday.

‘Drunk’ police officer arrested in ‘dry’ Bihar

Mar 20, 2019, at 06:27 pm

Begusarai, Mar 20 (UNI) An assistant police sub inspector was arrested in inebriated condition under Chakia police station area in the district today.

Gumla: 5 members of criminal gang arrested

Mar 20, 2019, at 06:19 pm

Gumla, Mar 20 (UNI) Police has arrested 5 members of a criminal gang who were executing various incidents of crime along with their gang leader.

Businessman Nirav Modi arrest: CBI, ED officials going to London

Mar 20, 2019, at 06:18 pm

New Delhi, Mar 20 (UNI) A team of senior officers of both Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Directorate of Enforcement (ED) will be going to London next week and submit papers for Nirav Modi’s extradition, who was arrested there on Tuesday.

Pulwama Attacks: J&K governor says no ‘Holi’ celebrations at Raj Bhavan this year

Mar 20, 2019, at 06:15 pm

Jammu, Mar 20 (UNI) As a mark of respect towards the CRPF personnel who attained martyrdom in a suicide attack at Pulwama on February 14, J & K Governor Satya Pal Malik has decided that there will be no official celebrations related to the ‘Holi’ festival at Raj Bhavan.

Kamal Haasan-founded MNM's first list has good mix of candidates, including retd IPS official

Mar 20, 2019, at 06:12 pm

Chennai, Mar 20 (UNI) Testing his maiden electoral waters barely a year after launching his party, actor-politician and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Founder Kamal Haasan on Wednesday released the first list of 21 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, that has a good mix of a retired IPS official, a retired District Judge, businessmen and others.

Sabarmati Express train burning: Special court awards life term to a Godhra convict

Mar 20, 2019, at 06:05 pm

Ahmedabad, Mar 20 (UNI) A special court here on Wednesday awarded life sentence to a convict in burning of a coach of Sabarmati Express train in Godhra of central Gujarat on February 27, 2002.

Samir Dudhgaonkar to join Bharatiya Janata Party

Mar 20, 2019, at 06:02 pm

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Mar 20 (UNI) Giving another jolt to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Samir Dudhgaonkar, son of former MP and senior leader of NCP Ganeshrao Dudhgaonkar from Parbhani in Marathwada region is set to join Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in next two days.

BJP leader Sambit Patra gets relief from MPHC

Mar 20, 2019, at 05:53 pm

Jabalpur, MP, Mar 20 (UNI) The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday stayed further hearings, in the Bhopal Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, of a criminal case filed against Bharatiya Janata Party Spokesperson Sambit Patra prior to the 2018 Assembly elections.

#LokSabhaPoll: Congress party announces sixth list of candidates

Mar 20, 2019, at 04:58 pm

New Delhi, Mar 20 (IBNS): The Congress party has released its sixth list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Karnataka: BJP to field its candidates in all the 28 Lok Sabha seats

Mar 20, 2019, at 04:47 pm

Bengaluru, Mar 20(UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party, which had won as many as 17 seats in the 2014 General elections, will field its candidates in all the 28 Parliamentary Constituencies in Karnataka.

Table Tennis coach held under POCSO

Mar 20, 2019, at 04:44 pm

Puducherry, Mar 20 (UNI) Police on Wednesday arrested a Table Tennis Coach under POCSO Act for sexually harassing an eleven-year-old girl student.