Custody death case: Kerala High court grants bail to six accused cops
Feb 21, 2020, at 10:46 am
Kochi/UNI: Six officers accused in the custody death of Raj Kumar in Nedumkandam in Idukki district were granted bail by Kerala High Court.
Woman shouts 'Pakistan Zindabad' at Asaduddin Owaisi rally in Bengaluru
Feb 20, 2020, at 11:26 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: Triggering a new controversy, a young woman chanted "Pakistan Zindabad" in the presence of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi at a rally here to protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) on Thursday, media reports said.
SP will win 351 seats in UP Assembly polls in 2022: Akhilesh Yadav
Feb 20, 2020, at 11:03 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Predicting a landslide victory of Samajwadi Party in the next Assembly elections, party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said the party will win at least 351 seats because people are fed up with the 'mis-rule' of BJP government.
PM Modi, Amit Shah can't ensure election wins always: RSS on Delhi polls
Feb 20, 2020, at 10:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological mentor of Bharatiya Janata Party, on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah cannot always help the BJP win elections, especially at Assembly levels.
15 crore Muslims can dominate over 100 crore Hindus: AIMIM leader Waris Pathan
Feb 20, 2020, at 09:17 pm
Kalaburagi/IBNS: Waging a communal tirade, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Waris Pathan on Wednesday said 15 crore Muslims have the ability to dominate on 100 crore Hindus, media reports said.
Feb 20, 2020, at 08:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said British MP Debbie Abrahams was not allowed entry into India as she did not have valid visa, and added that the Labour Party MP from the United Kingdom holds “anti-India sentiments” and has been carrying “sustained campaign against India”.
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Nirbhaya case death row convict Vinay moves EC
Feb 20, 2020, at 08:07 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case death row convict Vinay Sharma on Thursday registered a plea before the Election Commission challenging the rejection of his mercy petition.
Delhi Police Crime Branch summons 10 Jamia University in connection with Dec 15 violence
Feb 20, 2020, at 07:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A total of 10 Jamia Milia Islamia University students have been summoned by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police for questioning in connection with Dec 15 violence in the university, media reports said.
Feb 20, 2020, at 06:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Congress MP and ex-Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit's son Sandeep joined the list of leaders who have pulled up the party leadership after the country's oldest outfit registered a humiliating result in Delhi assembly elections little more than a week ago by drawing a blank.
Feb 20, 2020, at 06:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata's prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) on Thursday held counting and announced the results of its students' unions' election, which was conducted peacefully on Wednesday after a gap of over three years.
Pro-CAA Indian diaspora rally in Brussels urge EU to act against Pakistan for minority persecution
Feb 20, 2020, at 05:59 pm
Belgium/IBNS: The Indian diaspora in Belgium took to streets recently to protest the continuing atrocities on religious minorities like Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan and made a strong case of India's recently passed law that grants citizenship to non-Muslims from the three neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
SC judgement granting permanent commission to women officers enabling: Army chief MM Naravane
Feb 20, 2020, at 05:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Hailing the Supreme Court for granting equal status to women officers with their male counterparts, Army chief Manoj Mukund Naravane on Thursday called the verdict as "enabling" clarifying that the force never discriminates its officers on the basis of religion, caste or gender, media reports said.
Supreme Court-appointed mediators at Shaheen Bagh for second round of talks
Feb 20, 2020, at 05:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court-appointed mediators, senior advocates Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran, on Thursday reached Delhi's Shaheen Bagh for holding a second round of talks with the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protesters, media reports said.
Kolkata: Four-wheeler workshop gutted in massive fire
Feb 20, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A massive fire broke out in a Maruti Suzuki workshop at Kalikapur area near E.M. Bypass in south-east Kolkata on Thursday afternoon, reports said.
Cong lashes out at Modi Govt over slashing Centre’s premium subsidy to PM Fasal Bima Yojana
Feb 20, 2020, at 04:36 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Criticising the Narendra Modi government over the decision to slash its share of the premium subsidy from the current 50 per cent to just 25 per cent to its flagship crop insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the Congress on Thursday said that the Prime Minister ‘launched another attack on country’s farmers’.
Ruling BJD leader Minakshi Mishra dies of self immolation
Feb 20, 2020, at 04:22 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Minakshi Mishra, leader of ruling BJD, who set herself on fire on February 12 last, succumbed to her burn injuries today at a private hospital here in the state capital.
Priyanka Gandhi cancels UP visit for Kisan Jan Jagran Abhiyan
Feb 20, 2020, at 03:55 pm
Lucknow/UNI:Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has cancelled her visit to Basti on February 23 for 'Kisan Jan Jagran Abhiyan' (Farmers Awareness Campaign) as she would be accompanying her mother and party president Sonia Gandhi for her treatment abroad.
PM condoles bus accident deaths in Tamil Nadu
Feb 20, 2020, at 03:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed his condolences over the deaths in the bus accident in Tamil Nadu.
Rajasthan: Man beaten, tortured, screwdriver dipped in petrol inserted for stealing money
Feb 20, 2020, at 03:23 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: In a shocking incident, a Dalit man was beaten, tortured and a screwdriver dipped in petro inserted for allegedly stealing Rs. 500 in Rajasthan's Nagaur as the video went viral on micro-blogging site Twitter.
China objects to Amit Shah's Arunachal Pradesh visit, claims the state as part of 'south Tibet'
Feb 20, 2020, at 02:05 pm
Beijing/Itanagar/IBNS: In a bizarre statement, China has raised its objections to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, claiming the state as a part of 'south Tibet', media reports said.
Maharashtra: CAA agitators organise blood donation camp
Feb 20, 2020, at 12:03 pm
Aurangabad/UNI: Agitators in Aurangabad, who sat here at Delhi Gate area on the lines of Delhi Shaheen Bagh to protest against CAA, NRC and NPR, have organised a blood donation camp on the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Amit Shah greets Arunachal, Mizoram on Statehood day, to attend function at Itanagar
Feb 20, 2020, at 12:01 pm
Itanagar/UNI/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday greeted the people of Arunachal Pradesh on the occasion of 34th Statehood day.
Tamil Nadu: Six Nepalese killed, 28 injured as 2 Omni buses collide
Feb 20, 2020, at 11:49 am
Salem/UNI: In a gruesome tragedy, six tourists from Nepal were killed and 28 others injured after two Omni buses collided each other at Naripallam near Omalur in this district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday midnight.
Uphaar fire tragedy: Supreme Court rejects curative plea, declines to reopen case
Feb 20, 2020, at 10:59 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Declining to reopen the case, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a curative plea filed against the Ansal brothers, the owners of Uphaar Cinema where 59 people had died in a fire two decades ago, media reports said.
Feb 20, 2020, at 10:50 am
Chennai/UNI: Three people, including an assistant director, were killed and 9 others injured when a crane used for the shooting of “actor Kamal Haasan starrer “Indian 2” film crashed down at Nazarathpet near Poonamallee here late on Wednesday night.
Tamil Nadu: 19 kiled as container lorry rams into KSRTC bus
Feb 20, 2020, at 10:23 am
Chennai/Tiruppur/UNI: At least 19 passengers were killed and more than 20 injured when a container lorry carrying tiles rammed into a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus on the Tiruppur-Avinashi six lane National highway at Avinashi in Tiruppur district, early on Thursday.
Modi government does not acknowledge word 'slowdown': Manmohan Singh on economy
Feb 19, 2020, at 11:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In an apparent dig at the present regime over the falling economy, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the Narendra Modi government does not acknowledge the word "slowdown", media reports said.
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Land revenue receipts, PAN, bank documents no proof of citizenship: Gauhati High Court
Feb 19, 2020, at 11:27 pm
Guwahati/ IBNS: The Gauhati High Court has dismissed citizenship claim by a woman who produced as many as 15 documents including Land Revenue Paying Receipt, Bank Passbook, Voter list, Permanent Account Number (PAN).
PM Modi's former principal secretary Nripendra Misra appointed as Ram Temple construction panel head
Feb 19, 2020, at 11:09 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's former principal secretary Nripendra Misra was on Wednesday appointed as the head of the Ram Temple construction panel of Ram Janmabhoomi Trust, media reports said.
After Kuldeep Sengar, another BJP MLA from UP booked in rape case
Feb 19, 2020, at 10:23 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Uttar Pradesh has been booked in an alleged rape case along with six of his family members, media reports said.