Prashant Kishor's meeting with Sonia, Rahul sparks speculations of his Congress joining
Apr 16, 2022, at 07:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Election strategist Prashant Kishor's latest meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and top leaders Rahul Gandhi and KC Venugopal has triggered fresh speculations of his joining in the oldest party, which has been routed in the last round of assembly elections in the country, media reports said.
BJP turncoat Babul Supriyo's winning margin as TMC candidate in Ballygunge shrinks, CPI-M closes in
Apr 16, 2022, at 07:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Babul Supriyo, a former Union Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the Centre, won under the banner of Mamata Banerjee but his winning margin as compared to his predecessor late Subrata Mukherjee, shrank significantly in the byelection held in West Bengal's Ballygunge assembly seat.
Bengal: TMC set to break Asansol jinx with Shatrughan Sinha
Apr 16, 2022, at 06:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Battling the 'outsider' jibe, veteran Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha is all set to earn Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) its maiden win in West Bengal's one of the biggest cities, Asansol, where parliamentary byelection was held on Apr 12.
Bhagwant Mann's AAP govt announces 300 units of free electricity in Punjab
Apr 16, 2022, at 05:45 pm
Chandigarh/UNI/IBNS: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab on Saturday announced 300 units of free power to every household in the state from Jul 1, on completion of one month of Bhagwant Mann-led government.
Byelection results: TMC leads in Bengal, RJD in Bihar, Congress in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh
Apr 16, 2022, at 05:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC), Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress are leading in various seats, which went to byelections in the country recently.
Bengal bypolls: TMC leads in both Ballygunge and Asansol
Apr 16, 2022, at 04:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) has taken a lead in both Ballygunge assembly constituency and Asansol Lok Sabha seat, where byelections were held on Apr 12.
Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces recover, defuse IED in Rajouri
Apr 16, 2022, at 03:47 pm
Jammu: The security forces on Saturday morning recovered an improvised explosive device on Rajouri-Gurdan road in Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
West Bengal by-polls: Babul Supriyo leading in Ballygunge seat
Apr 16, 2022, at 03:30 pm
Kolkata: Counting of votes for the by-polls to one Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal’s Asansol and a Assembly seat in Ballygunge are currently underway on Saturday.
PM Modi meets district Panchayat members from Gujarat
Apr 16, 2022, at 05:55 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met district Panchayat members from Gujarat.
IVF pioneer Dr Baidyanath Chakrabarty passes away in Kolkata
Apr 16, 2022, at 04:37 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran reproductive medicine specialist Dr Baidyanath Chakrabarty, one of the pioneers in IVF research, passed away in Kolkata after a prolonged illness on Friday. He was 94.
'Will be back': KS Eshwarappa, named in suicide case, resigns
Apr 16, 2022, at 02:42 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Karnataka Minister KS Eshwarappa, who found himself in the middle of a huge controversy following allegations of corruption and an alleged role in the suicide of a contractor, resigned on Friday with a promise the he "will be back".
J&K: Sarpanch shot dead in Baramulla district
Apr 16, 2022, at 01:57 am
Srinagar/UNI/IBNS: A sarpanch was shot dead by unidentified militants in Kashmir on Friday evening, officials said.
Assam CM distributes appointment letters to 884 TET qualified teachers
Apr 16, 2022, at 01:34 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed appointment letters to 884 TET qualified teachers on a regular and contractual basis in various categories under Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council in a programme held at Joysing Doloi Auditorium at Diphu on Friday.
Delhi govt likely to hike auto and taxi fares
Apr 16, 2022, at 01:01 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi government is likely to increase the fares of auto-rickshaw and taxi, in view of the continuous rise in fuel prices.
Sale of hi-tech vegetable seedlings kick-started at Shopian
Apr 15, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Shopian/IBNS: Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) for Shopian Mushtaq Ahmed Simnani in presence of Assistant Commissioner, Revenue, Shahbaz Ahmed Bodha Thursday kick-started the sale of hi-tech vegetable seedlings at Green House Mini Secretariat, here.
Non-migrant Kashmiri pandit body says vicious, ill-minded people trying to destroy minorities
Apr 15, 2022, at 11:25 pm
Srinagar: Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS) an apex body of the non migrant Pandits on Friday said some "vicious and ill minded persons who are using the cover of a particular religion are hell-bent on the annihilation of the religious minorities living in the Kashmir Valley."
Modi's ‘Meet The Champions’ initiative reaches JK
Apr 15, 2022, at 11:21 pm
New Delhi: Ace shooter Singhraj Adhana took the 'Meet The Champions’ initiative forward and reached out to the students of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
PM Modi to unveil 108 ft statue of Hanuman ji in Morbi tomorrow
Apr 15, 2022, at 09:57 pm
New York: On the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil a 108 ft statue of Hanuman ji in Morbi, Gujarat on 16 April, 2022 at 11 AM via video conferencing.
Apr 15, 2022, at 09:52 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi had a phone call on Friday with Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
PM Narendra Modi dedicates to the nation K. K. Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj
Apr 15, 2022, at 09:43 pm
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation K. K. Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj, Gujarat on Friday via video conferencing.
China strongly opposes US congressmen's visit to Taiwan
Apr 15, 2022, at 08:36 pm
Beijing/UNI/Sputnik: Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said that Beijing firmly opposes any official contact between the United States and Taiwan after the arrival of a US delegation on the island earlier in the day.
Bengal rape incident: BJP's fact-finding team visits Hanskhali
Apr 15, 2022, at 07:24 pm
Kolkata/UNI: A four-member fact-finding committee of BJP, all women, on Friday left this city on way to Hanskhali in West Bengal's Nadia district to meet the bereaved family members of the 14-year-old girl, who was gang-raped and murdered in which a TMC leader's son was arrested as one of the prime accused.
PM Modi greets people on Vishu and Poila Boishakh
Apr 15, 2022, at 06:28 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the countrymen on Vishu and Poila Boishakh.
Drugs worth Rs 42 crore seized along Assam-Manipur border, three held
Apr 15, 2022, at 04:43 pm
Guwahati: Assam’s Kamrup district police had seized a huge quantity of drugs including 1.50 lakh Yaba tablets worth Rs 42 crore and arrested three inter-state drug peddlers.
Assam: One cattle smuggler killed in BSF firing along Indo-Bangladesh border
Apr 15, 2022, at 04:42 pm
Mankachar (Assam): An Indian cattle smuggler was killed in BSF personnel firing in Assam’s South Salmara Mankachar district along Indo-Bangladesh border.
Narendra Modi to dedicate to nation K. K. Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj today
Apr 15, 2022, at 02:35 pm
New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation K. K. Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj, Gujarat on Friday at 11 AM via video conferencing.
Apr 15, 2022, at 05:14 am
Ahmedabad/IBNS: Ahead of the Gujarat assembly elections, the Congress house is once again divided with its state working president Hardik Patel publicly lashing out against his bosses.
Karnataka Minister KS Eshwarappa to quit amid row over contractor's suicide, corruption charges
Apr 15, 2022, at 02:46 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Minister KS Eshwarappa, who found himself in the middle of a huge controversy following allegations of corruption and an alleged role in the suicide of a contractor, announced he will step down from his post on Friday evening.
4 militants killed Shopian gunfight, 2 soldiers lost their lives in accident near encounter site
Apr 15, 2022, at 12:52 am
Srinagar/UNI: Security forces shot dead four Lashkar-e-Toiba militants in a gun battle in south Kashmir's Shopian district on Thursday, officials said.
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann asserts senior officers went to Delhi on his orders
Apr 14, 2022, at 11:43 pm
Jalandhar/UNI: Slamming the Opposition for making undue hue and cry over the issue of senior officers' meeting with AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the national capital recently, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said a few days ago senior officers of the state government had gone for training in New Delhi on his orders.