Narendra Modi is now the most-followed global leader on X with 100 million followers
Jul 15, 2024, at 12:57 am
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath for the record third term as Prime Minister this year after registering victory in the Lok Sabha polls and he added one more milestone to his social media usage history on Sunday when he became the most followed global leader on X with over 100 million followers.
PM Modi calls Team India, thanks Rahul Dravid, hails Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli
Jun 30, 2024, at 05:46 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday spoke to the Indian Cricket Team over the phone to congratulate the players for their T20 World Cup win against South Africa.
UP Police give 'life-term' to Rohit Sharma's team after T20 World Cup win. Read here
Jun 30, 2024, at 05:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: As the country is still experiencing euphoric celebrations from last evening with Team India winning the T20 World Cup, the Uttar Pradesh Police have awarded "life-term" to Rohit Sharma's squad for "breaking South African hearts".
Nov 19, 2023, at 10:30 pm
Narendra Modi stadium witnessed a major security breach on Sunday afternoon during the World Cup final match between India and Australia when a pitch intruder, wearing a 'Free Palestine' t-shirt entered the cricket ground and even hugged Virat Kohli.
Nov 16, 2023, at 05:08 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Indian sporting icon Virat Kohli for scoring his 50th ODI century in the first semi-final of the ICC World Cup 2023 at Wankhede Stadium here on Wednesday.
'Well played Shami, stellar individual performances': PM Modi congratulates Team India
Nov 16, 2023, at 04:47 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Team India for their stellar performance in the ODI World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.
Jaishankar gifts UK PM Rishi Sunak Lord Ganesha's statue, Kohli-signed cricket bat on Diwali
Nov 13, 2023, at 05:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is now on his official trip to the United Kingdom, has gifted a statue of Lord Ganesha and a bat autographed by India's cricket icon Virat Kohli to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the occasion of Diwali.
S Jaishankar meets Australian Deputy PM Richard Marles, gifts him cricket bat signed by Virat Kohli
Oct 11, 2022, at 09:25 pm
Canberra: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has presented Australian Deputy PM Richard Marles a cricket bat signed by Indian cricketer Virat Kohli.
Nov 16, 2021, at 08:27 am
New Delhi/IBNS: One8 Commune, a restaurant chain owned by Indian skipper Virat Kohli, is in the eye of a controversy after a LGBTQIA+ activism group called out the eatery for discriminating against the guests from LGBT community.
Youth, who gave online rape threats to Virat Kohli's daughter, is IIT Hyderabad graduate
Nov 12, 2021, at 05:52 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The 23-year-old man arrested yesterday for giving online rape threats to Virat Kohli's daughter is a IIT Hyderabad graduate with a history of online trolling using multiple identities, police said, according to media reports.
Hyderabad man nabbed for online rape threats to Virat Kohli's daughter
Nov 11, 2021, at 01:15 am
Mumbai/IBNS: A Hyderabad man has been arrested for giving rape threats to Virat Kohli's baby daughter on social media after team India lost back-to-back matches in the recent T20 World Cup, media reports said.
'Dear Virat...forgive them': Rahul Gandhi tweets support to Virat Kohli over trolls
Nov 03, 2021, at 06:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has tweeted a message of support to Indian skipper Virat Kohli after sickening rape threats to his nine-month-old daughter in the wake of India's defeat to Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup.
DCW asks Delhi Police to register FIR on online threats to Virat Kohli’s daughter
Nov 03, 2021, at 02:10 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi Commission for Women on Tuesday issued a notice to Delhi Police’s Cyber Crime Cell to probe the online rape threats to Virat Kohli's daughter.
Polarised Indian celebrities wage Twitter war after Rihanna's farm law protest tweet triggers a row
Feb 05, 2021, at 03:48 am
A Twitter war has erupted creating a sharp divide among the Indian celebrities after international pop sensation Rihanna's tweet extending support to protesting farmers in India triggered a row.
'Inhumane, beyond cruelly': Virat Kohli on Hathras fatal gangrape incident
Sep 30, 2020, at 06:54 pm
Dubai/New Delhi/IBNS: Reacting sharply to the fatal gangrape of a 19-year old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday said the act was "inhumane" and "beyond cruelty".
Virat Kohli casts his franchise in Gurugram, urges voters to do same
May 12, 2019, at 10:13 am
Gurugram,May 12 (UNI/IBNS): India skipper Virat Kohli was among the early voters who turned up at a polling booth in Gurgaon on Sunday to cast vote.
LS polls: Modi reaches out to Rahul Gandhi, Big B, Virat Kohli and Khans to motivate voters
Mar 13, 2019, at 09:00 pm
New Delhi, Mar 13 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday appealed to various important personalities from sportsmen to politicians to Bollywood stars with an appeal to encourage more voters to exercise their electoral rights in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Farewell 2018: That Was The Year That Was
Dec 31, 2018, at 05:20 pm
As we bid farewell to 2018, IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra looks back on the headlines this year.
PM Modi accepts Virat Kohli's fitness challenge, exercises in morning
Jun 13, 2018, at 04:06 pm
New Delhi, Jun 13 (IBNS): Accepting Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli's fitness challenge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday morning shared a video where he could be seen training hard.
After Kohli's fitness challenge, PM Modi gets fuel challenge from Rahul Gandhi
May 24, 2018, at 11:45 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS): Acknowledging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's acceptance of Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli's fitness challenge, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has offered fuel challenge to Modi, in the wake of the hike in petrol and diesel prices.
PM Modi accepts Virat Kohli's fitness challenge
May 24, 2018, at 11:02 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli's fitness challenge.
Kohli not a patriot: BJP MLA on Virushka marrying abroad
Dec 20, 2017, at 04:50 pm
Guna, Dec 20 (IBNS): Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Panna Lal Shakya on Tuesday attacked Indian captain Virat Kohli for marrying Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma abroad, calling the skipper "not a patriot", media reports said.
Virat urges fans to treat animals justly on Holi
Mar 13, 2017, at 05:33 pm
Mumbai, Mar 13 (IBNS): Indian cricket captain and batting mainstay Virat Kohli on Monday greeted fans on Holi, while urging them to treat animals with compassion and not take the 'silent ones' for granted.