RLD to join SP-BSP alliance formally on Tuesday
Mar 05, 2019, at 01:42 pm
Lucknow, Mar 5 (UNI) The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) will on Tuesday officially join the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party (SP-BSP) mahagathbandhan in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha election.
Cash worth over Rs 1.12 cr seized from buses in Bihar
Mar 05, 2019, at 01:11 pm
Muzaffarpur, Mar 05 (UNI) Police seized cash worth more than Rs 1.12 crore from three buses at Chandani roundabout under Ahiyapur police station area in the district late last night when it was being smuggled to Raxaul near Indo-Nepal border.
BJP website gets hacked, now down for 'maintenance'
Mar 05, 2019, at 01:01 pm
New Delhi, Mar 5 (IBNS): The website of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was reportedly hacked and an inappropriate video was posted on Tuesday.
Lanba's veiled attack on Pakistan, says it is sponsoring terrorism to destabilise India
Mar 05, 2019, at 12:25 pm
New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) In an indirect reference to Pakistan over sponsoring terrorism and attack in Pulwama of Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Tuesday said that the state (Pakistan) wants to destabilise India with continued violence in the bordering state.
Rahul to meet leaders of Delhi Cong to discuss possible tie-up with AAP
Mar 05, 2019, at 12:22 pm
New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi will on Tuesday hold a meeting with leaders of the Delhi Congress to discuss possibility of a tie-up with the Aam Aadmi Party for the Lok Sabha elections.
Rajnath Singh to inaugurate smart border system in Assam today
Mar 05, 2019, at 10:40 am
New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) With an aim to check infiltration on a particular 61 Km patch on eastern international border with Bangladesh at Dhubari in Assam, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the Border Electronically Dominated QRT Interception Technique (BOLD-QIT) project, under the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management system (CIBMS) on India-Bangladesh border on Tuesday.
Donald Trump says US to terminate India's duty-free status for failing to provide market access
Mar 05, 2019, at 09:27 am
Washington, Mar 5 (Sputnik/UNI): The United States will terminate India's duty-free status after it failed to provide the United States access to its markets, US President Donald Trump said in a letter to Congress.
CPI names MLA C Divakaran for Thiruvananthapuram LS seat
Mar 05, 2019, at 09:24 am
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 5 (UNI) Communist Party of India (CPI), the second largest ally of Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, has decided to field former state minister and MLA C Divakaran to contest from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat here.
EC team in J&K to review preparedness, schedule for LS polls soon
Mar 05, 2019, at 09:09 am
New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) The Election Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora is on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to review poll preparedness in view of the Lok Sabha elections.
Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces, terrorists exchange gunfire in Tral
Mar 05, 2019, at 08:49 am
Srinagar, Mar 5 (IBNS): A gunfight is currently going on between security forces and suspected terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Tral area on Tuesday, media reports said.
Indian naval ship INS Sharda rescues five fishermen
Mar 04, 2019, at 11:02 pm
Kochi, Mar 4 (UNI): Indian Naval Ship Sharda, based at Kochi, rescued five fishermen at sea who were floating in the water after their fishing vessel, FV Omkaram, sank, some 35 km North West of Azhikal port, on Monday.
CPI(M) for electoral tie-up with Congress in West Bengal Lok Sabha polls
Mar 04, 2019, at 10:58 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) The CPI (M) on Monday favoured pooling of anti-BJP, anti-Trinamool votes by having a "no mutual contest" in the present six sitting Lok Sabha seats, currently held by Congress and the Left Front in West Bengal.
Five dead in Uttar Pradesh road accident
Mar 04, 2019, at 10:54 pm
Fatehpur, Mar 4 (UNI) Five people including three minor girls died on the spot while ten others sustained injuries when a jeep carrying more than 15 passengers rammed into roadside tree in Hussainganj area on Monday.
Encounter ensues between militants and security forces in Tral, Kashmir
Mar 04, 2019, at 10:20 pm
Srinagar, Mar 4 (UNI): An encounter has ensued between militants and security forces at Tral in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, official sources said here on Monday.
BSP leaders join Congress in Uttar Pradesh
Mar 04, 2019, at 10:17 pm
Lucknow, Mar 4 (UNI): The Uttar Pradesh Congress received another shot in the arm, when former Bahujan Samaj Party Member of Parliament (MP) from Sitapur, Kaiser Jahan and her two times MLA husband, Jasmir Ansari joined the party, along with their supporters, here on Monday.
Odisha: Medical student drowns in Hirakud reservoir
Mar 04, 2019, at 09:32 pm
Sambalpur, Mar 4 (UNI) In a tragic incident, a 3rd year medical student of VSSIMSAR drowned in Hirakud reservoir today.
Politics in name of air strikes not good for the morale of armed forces: Hemant Soren
Mar 04, 2019, at 09:23 pm
Giridih, Mar 4 (UNI): Jharkhand leader of the Opposition and JMM's executive president Hemant Soren today refuted talks of any problems in Mahagathbandhan in the state for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand.
Nitish Kumar's JD (U) to contest election outside Bihar to acquire status of national party
Mar 04, 2019, at 09:13 pm
Patna, Mar 4 (UNI) A day after NDA`s ‘Sankalp Rally’, JD(U) today decided to contest Lok Sabha election outside Bihar to acquire status of national party and also took a resolve to ensure victory of NDA candidates in all 40 seats in Bihar.
Mainstream political parties urge EC to hold J&K Assembly, LS polls together
Mar 04, 2019, at 09:06 pm
Srinagar, Mar 4 (UNI): Majority of the mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to hold Assembly polls in the state along with forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
1634 Bangladeshi families illegally living in district, claims Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council
Mar 04, 2019, at 08:57 pm
Guwahati, Mar 4 (IBNS): Over 1,600 Bangladeshi Muslim families are illegally staying in Assam's Karbi Anglong district at a time the National Register of Citizens is being updated to detect illegal foreigners here.
Assam hooch tragedy: State government bans molasses, will look after kids who lost parents
Mar 04, 2019, at 08:46 pm
Guwahati, Mar 4 (IBNS): Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has ordered a ban on molasses in the state that has lately witnessed around 150 deaths due to consumption of spurious liquor.
Ahmed Patel asks if Election Commission is waiting for PM's travel programmes to end
Mar 04, 2019, at 08:37 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (IBNS): Congress leader Ahmed Patel has said it appears the Election Commission was waiting for Prime Minister schedule to be clear before announcing the date for the Lok Sabha elections.
Yashwant Sinha makes modest climb down, hails Sushma's attending OIC meet
Mar 04, 2019, at 07:44 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Former External Affairs and Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who has been one of the harshest critics of the Modi government, has lauded India's decision to accept invitation from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as a "huge diplomatic win" and also said that he was wrong in trying to argue against attending the meet.
Jharkhand CM distributes Rs 1 lakh each among Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims
Mar 04, 2019, at 07:33 pm
Ranchi, Mar 4 (UNI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said India was a spiritual and religious land and according importance to all the religions.
Baijayant Jay Panda, once a trusted aide of BJD's Naveen Patnaik, joins BJP
Mar 04, 2019, at 07:13 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI): Ending months of speculation, former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lawmaker Baijayant Jay Panda on Monday joined BJP in presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and senior party leader Arun Singh.
Differently-abled girl gang raped in Assam’s Nagaon district
Mar 04, 2019, at 07:07 pm
Guwahati, Mar 4 (IBNS): A differently-abled girl was allegedly gang raped in Assam’s Nagaon district on Sunday night.
PM Modi inaugurates first phase of Ahmedabad metro; Cong not happy
Mar 04, 2019, at 06:33 pm
Ahmedabad, Mar 4 (IBNS): With the General Elections round the corner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the first phase of Ahmedabad metro project here.
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:35 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Reacting to BJP president Amit Shah claiming that "more than 250" terrorists were killed in the Balakot air strike, Aam Aadmi party leadr and Delhi Chief minister Arvind kejriwal on Monday asked if Amit Shah and BJP did not trust the army.
Maliwal issues notice to sanitary pad companies for not giving benefit of 0 pc GST on pads to women
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:34 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Monday began the ninth day of her 13-day 'Mahila Suraksha Padyatra' with sanitary pads in hands and issued notice to sanitary pad manufactures for failing to pass on benefit of zero per cent GST to consumers by not reducing the MRP.
Rahul charges PM of lying on Amethi ordinance factory
Mar 04, 2019, at 05:32 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) Charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying on the Amethi ordinance factory, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he had himself laid the foundation stone of the factory in 2010.