What is Ladki Bahin Yojana heavily credited for Mahayuti's landslide win in Maharashtra?
Nov 23, 2024, at 08:55 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: In 2023, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had returned to power in Madhya Pradesh defying the exit polls that had predicted a tight race. A much of the credits were given to erstwhile Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Ladli Behna Yojana, a monthly financial assistance to women.
Mahayuti routs MVA in Maharashtra, INDIA retains Jharkhand; Priyanka's triumphant poll debut
Nov 23, 2024, at 07:26 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Overcoming the jolt it had suffered in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Mahayuti- led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- routed the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra, which went to assembly elections on November 20.
Will Devendra Fadnavis return as Maharashtra CM after BJP emerges as single largest party?
Nov 23, 2024, at 05:49 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Murmurs over Devendra Fadnavis' return as the Maharashtra Chief Minister started after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party in the state assembly, media reports said.
How can Mahayuti win over 200 seats? Sanjay Raut cries foul over Maharashtra mandate
Nov 23, 2024, at 05:32 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray camp) leader Sanjay Raut has refused to accept the probable defeat of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the Maharashtra assembly elections expressing a surprise over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti's resounding performance.
Mamata Banerjee's TMC set to clean sweep West Bengal bypolls
Nov 23, 2024, at 04:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set to sweep the six assembly byelections 6-0, warding off the criticisms it had faced over the RG Kar rape-murder case.
Wayanad bypoll: Debutant Priyanka Gandhi Vadra leads by over 1 lakh votes
Nov 23, 2024, at 04:33 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is leading by over one lakh votes in the bypoll to Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, media reports said.
Mahayuti set to sweep Maharashtra, JMM-Congress ahead in Jharkhand
Nov 23, 2024, at 04:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition Mahayuti is all set for a sweep in Maharashtra, which went to assembly elections on November 20.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra takes strong lead in Wayanad by-poll
Nov 23, 2024, at 03:59 pm
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is leading by over 1,00,000 votes votes as counting of votes for the Wayanad by-poll is currently underway on Saturday.
Assembly polls: NDA marches ahead in Jharkhand, Maharashtra
Nov 23, 2024, at 03:08 pm
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA is marching ahead in Maharashtra as counting of votes for the Assembly polls is currently underway on Saturday.
Nov 23, 2024, at 02:57 pm
The US government has charged a 57-year-old Indian-origin man for allegedly conspiring to export controlled aviation components with dual civilian and military applications to end users in Russia, as per the Department of Justice.
Assembly polls: NDA takes early leads in Jharkhand, Maharashtra
Nov 23, 2024, at 02:08 pm
The counting of votes for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly polls began on Saturday with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA leading in both politically crucial states.
All eyes are on Maharashtra, Jharkhand assembly election results as counting begins shortly
Nov 23, 2024, at 12:31 pm
Mumbai/Ranchi/IBNS: Counting of votes in the highly crucial state of Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections, as well as other by-polls in several states will begin at 8 am on Saturday.
UK-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations to resume in early 2024
Nov 23, 2024, at 06:02 am
London: Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the UK and India, expected to significantly enhance the current GBP 42 billion annual bilateral trade relationship, will resume early next year, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in his country’s Parliament.
In a rare move, Delhi Lt Guv VK Saxena praises CM Atishi; calls her 'thousand times better'
Nov 23, 2024, at 03:58 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a rare instance, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, who had been at loggerheads with the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, praised Chief Minister Atishi on Friday, calling her "a thousand times better" than her predecessor and party boss Arvind Kejriwal.
Centre to send over 10,000 additional soldiers to violence-hit Manipur amid fresh violence
Nov 23, 2024, at 02:36 am
Imphal/New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre plans to send over 10,000 more soldiers to violence-hit Manipur, bringing the total number of central forces companies to 288 in the state, the state's Chief Security Adviser told reporters on Friday.
Maharashtra cash-for-vote controversy: Vinod Tawde sends defamation notice to Rahul Gandhi, Kharge
Nov 23, 2024, at 12:03 am
BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde has filed a defamation case against senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge for their allegation against him of distributing money to voters.
Fishing fishing vessel collides with Indian Naval submarine off Goa coast, 2 fishermen missing
Nov 22, 2024, at 09:51 pm
An Indian fishing vessel Marthoma with a crew of 13 reportedly collided with an Indian Naval submarine close to North West of Goa, officials said on Friday.
Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists killed during encounter with security forces in Sukma
Nov 22, 2024, at 09:01 pm
At least 10 Maoists were killed during an encounter with security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, media reports said.
Debate over CM's face in both Mahayuti and MVA camps ahead of Maharashtra poll results
Nov 22, 2024, at 07:54 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: A day ahead of the counting of votes in Maharashtra assembly elections, tensions brewed in both the ruling Mahayuti and opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) camps over the Chief Ministerial posts with passing remarks from allies in both groups, media reports said.
Nov 22, 2024, at 07:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A major scuffle broke out in the Kolkata Metro recently after two women got engaged in a debate over language and identity.
Nov 22, 2024, at 06:14 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Akashdeep Gill, who has been arrested in connection with the murder of Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique last month, used a labourer's hotspot to evade tracking, said the Mumbai Crime Branch as per media reports.
Nov 22, 2024, at 03:59 pm
The Canadian government on Friday rejected a media report that linked Indian PM Narendra Modi and his top officials to criminal activities in the country.
PM Modi meets his Saint Lucia counterpart on sidelines of India-CARICOM Summit
Nov 22, 2024, at 07:17 am
Georgetown/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held productive discussions with his Saint Lucia counterpart Philip J. Pierre on the sidelines of the Second India-CARICOM Summit in Guyana.
PM Modi bestowed Dominica's highest award at India-CARICOM Summit
Nov 22, 2024, at 05:42 am
Georgetown/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured with Dominica's highest national award, the Dominica National Award of Honour, at the historic India-CARICOM Summit 2024.
Nov 22, 2024, at 05:02 am
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of industrialist Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday was interrupted by a power outage, which he sarcastically blamed on “Adani power, Modi power.”
Nov 22, 2024, at 04:50 am
Georgetown/IBNS: In a historic moment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Parliament of Guyana on Thursday. He is the first Indian Prime Minister to do so.
Nov 22, 2024, at 02:55 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A 69-year-old man, an alumnus of St. Stephen's College,was arrested in Ghaziabad while attempting to impersonate a retired IPS officer to con officials so he could intervene in an investigation against his businessman friend, media reports said.
'Even Ajmal Kasab got fair trial': SC on Yasin Malik case, mulls temporary coatroom in Tihar jail
Nov 22, 2024, at 02:50 am
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it might set up a courtroom inside Delhi's Tihar Jail for Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Yasin Malik in connection with a kidnapping case.
Snake sighting aboard Jabalpur bound Jan Shatabdi Express triggers panic
Nov 21, 2024, at 10:29 pm
New Delhi: Passengers aboard the Jan Shatabdi Express between Bhopal and Jabalpur were alarmed when a snake was discovered among the overhead luggage, media reports said.
AAP's first list of candidates for Delhi polls feature six turncoats
Nov 21, 2024, at 07:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday released the first list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, media reports said.