Speaker dismisses opposition's protest, defends namaz room in Jharkhand Assembly
Sep 08, 2021, at 07:28 am
Ranchi/IBNS: The allocation of namaz room in the new Legislative Assembly premises in Jharkhand has triggered a controversy with the opposition BJP accusing the assembly speaker and the state government of appeasing the followers of one religion, according to media reports.
Northeast alliance led by Tripura's royal family head wants to ally with TMC
Sep 08, 2021, at 06:21 am
Guwahati/IBNS: In a bid to challenge the ruling BJP in Tripura, an alliance was formed on Tuesday between The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) and the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) , reported media.
Congress says it won't contest bypoll against Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata's Bhawanipore
Sep 08, 2021, at 06:06 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Putting an end to all speculations, the Congress party on Tuesday announced that it would not field a candidate against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming Bhawanipore bypoll from where she is contesting later this month.
Sep 08, 2021, at 03:47 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday attended the second day proceedings of the two-day State Level Conference of ADCs (Revenue), Circle Officers and Circle Officers (Attached) organized by Revenue & Disaster Management Department at Srimanta Sarkardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.
SC dismisses bail plea of Tamil Nadu cops in custodial death case
Sep 08, 2021, at 03:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court has rejected the bail plea of two policemen accused in the custodial deaths of a man and his son in Tamil Nadu in the month of June last year.
77 gold biscuits seized from Saudi returnees after chase on Agra-Lucknow expressway
Sep 08, 2021, at 02:06 am
Lucknow/IBNS: Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Lucknow seized 77 smuggled gold biscuits weighing about 9 kg from two Saudi Arabia returnees after a high-speed chase in Lucknow today, according to media reports.
Sep 08, 2021, at 01:52 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Following the death of a female Assam Rifles personnel whose dead body was reportedly found in a forest area in Nagaland’s Dimapur area, a MLA of Mizoram alleged that she was kidnapped, raped and murdered.
Taliban leader Mohammad Hasan Akhund to head new 'acting' govt in Afghanistan
Sep 08, 2021, at 01:48 am
Kabul/IBNS: Taliban leader Mohammad Hasan Akhund will lead the new 'acting' government in Afghanistan after the group's takeover of Kabul, media reports said.
Cutting across party lines, work in public interests: Uddhav Thackeray
Sep 08, 2021, at 01:19 am
Thane/UNI: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday stated that differences in political opinions are bound to be there in a democracy but all the parties should work in the interests of citizens.
Warrant issued against former Mumbai CP Param Bir Singh
Sep 08, 2021, at 01:03 am
Mumbai/UNI: An inquiry commission headed by a retired high court judge on Tuesday issued a bailable warrant against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh for not appearing before it.
AIMIM to contest 100 seats in UP assembly polls: Asaduddin Owaisi
Sep 08, 2021, at 12:54 am
Lucknow/UNI: Claiming that Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) were equally responsible for Muslims plight in Uttar Pradesh, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday announced that his party will contest around 100 seats in the coming 2022 assembly polls in the state.
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel’s father remanded in judicial custody
Sep 08, 2021, at 12:41 am
Raipur/UNI: A local court on Tuesday remanded Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s father Nand Kumar Baghel to 14 days’ judicial custody on charges of vitiating social harmony.
No parks, monuments and statues, if elected in 2022 UP elections : Mayawati's promise
Sep 07, 2021, at 10:28 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has promised to not build memorials, statues or parks if she wins the state assembly election scheduled next year.
Government blind to students' distress: Rahul Gandhi as he asks for NEET exam postponement
Sep 07, 2021, at 07:34 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has demanded the postponement of the NEET 2021 exam, which is going to be held on September 12.
Geelani’s sons refused to visit graveyard under Pakistan's pressure: Police
Sep 07, 2021, at 06:40 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s both sons refused to come to graveyard for his burial indicating their loyalty to the Pakistan agenda, rather than love and respect for their father.
Kashmir: Mobile internet service remains suspended in Srinagar, Budgam
Sep 07, 2021, at 06:34 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Mobile internet service remained suspended for the sixth day on Tuesday in central Kashmir districts of Budgam and Srinagar as a precautionary measure.
End game in Afghanistan was not something that anybody saw coming: EAM Jaishankar
Sep 07, 2021, at 05:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that “the end game” in Afghanistan “was not something which anybody saw coming” and it wasn’t what the world was prepared for.
Narendra Modi wishes Israel PM Naftali Bennett on Rosh Hashanah
Sep 07, 2021, at 04:01 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday wished Israel PM Naftali Bennett on Rosh Hashanah.
Sep 07, 2021, at 03:53 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Amid the controversy hogging around the funeral of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah (SAS) Geelani with allegations that his relatives and acquaintances were deliberately kept out from the last rites, Kashmir police on Monday released a series of videos countering the claims.
PM Modi leads nation in hailing team India on beating England in 4th Test
Sep 07, 2021, at 05:32 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday led the nation in praising the Indian cricket team for beating England in the fourth Test to take a 2-1 unbeatable lead in the five-match series on Monday.
Seven arrested for kidnapping, gangraping 13-year-old girl in Pune
Sep 07, 2021, at 04:48 am
Pune/IBNS: Seven men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Pune, the police said on Monday.
Baloch nation has the same enemies that Bangladesh had
Sep 07, 2021, at 04:19 am
Balochistan is being labeled as 'second Bangladesh' by many observers as the nature of detention, torture, extra-judicial killing, disappearance and economic exploitation resemble Pakistani oppressions that took place during and before the liberation war in Bangladesh; the Baloch nation in Pakistan has been suffering the worst type of repression that Bangladesh experienced from 1947 to 1971--long 23 years under Pakistani- Panjabi rulers.
Bengal post-poll violence: CBI arrests two from Howrah's Domjur
Sep 07, 2021, at 03:51 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested two persons from Domjur in Howrah district of West Bengal for their alleged involvement in a case related to violence against women that had been reported after the results of Bengal assembly polls were declared on May 2.
Coal scam: ED questions TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee for eight hours
Sep 07, 2021, at 03:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday quizzed Trinamool Congress (TMC) all India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee for over eight hours in connection with its ongoing investigation into an illegal coal mining and smuggling scam, officials said.
PM Modi meets Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah to discuss Afghanistan situation
Sep 07, 2021, at 03:00 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval at his residence to discuss the situation unfolding in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Suspend crowded political events in Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray to all parties
Sep 07, 2021, at 01:10 am
Aurangabad/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday urged all political parties and organizations to immediately suspend crowded political events, rallies and morchas (demonstrations) to prevent the outbreak of third wave of coronavirus and instead, give priority to the health of the people.
Sep 07, 2021, at 12:34 am
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management
Afghanistan: Ignominious Retreat
Sep 07, 2021, at 12:28 am
United States (US) Army Major General Chris Donahue, Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, became the last US service member to leave Afghanistan, when he boarded a C-17 transport plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on August 30, 2021. The last US troops thus left Afghan soil exactly 12-days before the September 11, 2021, deadline originally set by the US President Joe Biden, and a day before Biden’s revised date for the mission’s end and evacuation, August 31.
Sep 07, 2021, at 12:00 am
New Delhi/Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister and Joint General Secretary of the ruling Awami League Dr. Hasan Mahmud on Monday inaugurated the Bangabandhu Media Corner at the Press Club of India in New Delhi.
Man caught while trying to rob a bank in Manipur's Imphal
Sep 06, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Imphal: A man was caught while he tried to rob a bank in Manipur's Imphal on Monday.