Jan 28, 2020, at 03:43 pm
Agartala/UNI: Besides Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and state president Dr Manik Saha, two BJP MLAs of the state Sudip Roybarman and Ashis Saha have been included by BJP national leadership for the Delhi assembly election campaign, adding a new twist to the state politics.
JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who gave call to sever Assam from India, arrested
Jan 28, 2020, at 03:30 pm
Patna/IBNS: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Sharjeel Ahmed, who earlier gave a call to sever Assam from India during anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests, was on Tuesday arrested in Bihar over sedition charges, media reports said.
CAA protests: CU students block West Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar from attending convocation
Jan 28, 2020, at 03:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In another showdown between the students and West Bengal Governor Jadgeep Dhankhar on Tuesday, the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA)-National Register of Citizens (NRC)-National Population Register (NPR) protestors at Calcutta University (CU) blocked Dhankhar from entering the campus to attend the university's convocation ceremony at Nazrul Mancha here.
Tripura govt receives set back in High Court
Jan 28, 2020, at 02:56 pm
Agartala/UNI: The BJP-IPFT government in Tripura received set back in two different cases after a division bench of the Tripura High Court rejected the state government's pleas to quash the previous judgments of a single bench of the high court in the cases.
Yediyurappa’s hand had been tied down by the central leaders: Congress
Jan 28, 2020, at 02:48 pm
Hubballi/UNI: Charting that the Bharatiya Janata party’s central leaders have not given a free-hand to the Chief minister B S Yediyurappa on the issue of expansion of Cabinet, former Chief minister and the Congress leader Siddaramaiah had opined that ''it has hampered the State’s development''.
Kashmir: Militant killed, jawan injured in Anantnag
Jan 28, 2020, at 02:12 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A militant was killed and a soldier injured in an encounter which ensued after a patrol party was attack in Anantnag in south Kashmir on Monday evening, official sources said on Tuesday.
Supreme Court grants bail to 17 convicts in Gujarat riots
Jan 28, 2020, at 02:06 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme court on Tuesday granted bail to 17 convicts of Gujarat riots in 2002 on condition that they will engage in spiritual and social service.
Jan 28, 2020, at 01:33 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Nobel Prize winner in economics Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee will be conferred honorary D Litt (honoris causa) at Calcutta University convocation on Tuesday.
BJP leaders coming from outside to defeat me and Delhi people: Arvind Kejriwal
Jan 28, 2020, at 01:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Steering a massive roadshow in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is bringing its leaders from other states with a sole purpose of defeating him and the people of the Union Territory.
Northeast states Nagaland and Meghalaya sound Coronavirus alert
Jan 28, 2020, at 01:12 pm
Shillong/Kohima/UNI/Sputnik: Northeastern states Meghalaya and Nagaland have sounded high alert in view of the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) in China.
Shaheen Bagh protestors will enter homes in Delhi and rape women: BJP MP Parvesh Verma
Jan 28, 2020, at 12:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In an yet another controversial remark passed by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in the ongoing campaign trail for the Delhi assembly elections, saffron party MP Parvesh Verma courted a row by saying the protestors at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh will enter into homes and rape women.
Delhi CEO seeks report over BJP leader Anurag Thakur's 'shoot the traitors' comment
Jan 28, 2020, at 11:38 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi on Tuesday sought a report from the returning officer in Rithala constituency over Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anurag Thakur's sloganeering where he gave a call to shoot the "traitors" while lashing out at the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protestors, media reports said.
Left-ruled Kerala government decides not to remove anti-CAA remarks from Governor's policy speech
Jan 28, 2020, at 10:50 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: The CPI(M)-led Left Government in Kerala has decided not to remove the remarks on anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) from the policy speech to be delivered by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan at the State Legislative Assembly on the beginning of the budget session on January 29.
Jan 28, 2020, at 01:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A a day after 600 of its 751 European Union Parliament members moved six resolutions on the Citizenship Amendment Act, expressing concern that it would create the "largest statelessness crisis in the world", Lok sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday wrote to its President stating that is is not proper for a legislature to pass judgement on another.
Delhi polls: 'Shoot down traitors' chants emerge at Anurag Thakur's rally
Jan 28, 2020, at 12:27 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister Anurag Thakur was caught on camera on Monday chanting the first half of the slogan to which the people present at a rally in Delhi concluded saying "gun down traitors."
Congress is the reason for amending citizenship act: Rajnath Singh
Jan 27, 2020, at 11:19 pm
Mangaluru/UNI: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that the Congress was the reason behind bringing an amendment to the Citizenship Act.
LJP planning to contest 119 assembly seats in Bihar
Jan 27, 2020, at 10:41 pm
Patna/UNI: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), an ally of National Democratic Alliance (NDA), is preparing to contest 119 assembly seats in the assembly elections of Bihar.
Jan 27, 2020, at 09:04 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Monday approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), over the alleged the atrocities unleashed by the Uttar Pradesh government against anti-CAA protesters and demanded strong action at the earliest.
Soldier injured in militant attack in south Kashmir
Jan 27, 2020, at 07:45 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A soldier was injured on Monday evening when militants attacked a security force patrolling party at Arwani of Bijibehara in south Kashmir district of Anantnag.
Heavy rain, snowfall likely in parts of Himachal Pradesh
Jan 27, 2020, at 07:41 pm
Shimla/UNI: Himachal Pradesh is likely to receive rain or snowfall in isolated parts of mid and high reaches during the next 24 hours, Met office warned on Monday.
Jan 27, 2020, at 06:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate report that revealed the link between CAA violence in Uttar Pradesh and Popular Front of India(PFI), an extremist and militant Islamic fundamentalist organisation in India, has said Congress leader and noted lawyer Kapil Sibal, Indira Jaisingh, Dushyant A Dave and Abdul Samad also received funds from PFI, a DNA report said. However, two of them mentioned in the news story have already denied it, including one with an official statement posted on Twitter.
Amarinder Singh to inaugurate 'Punjab State Youth Fair' on Jan 30
Jan 27, 2020, at 05:55 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh will inaugurate the two-day 'Punjab State Youth Fair' at Chandigarh University in Gharuan on January 30.
Coronavirus outbreak: Kerala CM Vijayan urges PM to take urgent steps to bring Indians from China
Jan 27, 2020, at 05:44 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take urgent steps to operate a special flight to bring Indians from China following outbreak of Corona virus.
India-Brazil set target of USD 15 billion trade by 2022
Jan 27, 2020, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The visit of the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is a sign of the growing importance of the India – Brazil bilateral partnership said Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways, Piyush Goyal, during his address at the inaugural session of the India-Brazil Business Forum held in New Delhi today.
Anti-CAA resolution passed in West Bengal Assembly
Jan 27, 2020, at 05:25 pm
Kolkata/UNI: The Anti-CAA resolution was passed in the West Bengal Assembly on Monday.
Republic Day: Mosques, churches hoist tro-colour
Jan 27, 2020, at 05:23 pm
Kochi/UNI: National flags were hoisted at all institutions under Kerala State Waqf Board and on Churches under Kerala Regional Latin Catholic Council (KRLCC) on the Republic Day on Sunday, followed by a reading of the Preamble of the Constitution.
CAA has been brought in to divide nation on communal lines, says Yashwant Sinha
Jan 27, 2020, at 05:22 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Terming the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) 'totally anti- Constitution', former Union minister and a strong critic of the BJP government Yashwant Sinha on Monday said that the law was brought in to divide the society in the names of Hindu and Muslim.
Indian government invites bids to sell 100 pc stake of national carrier Air India
Jan 27, 2020, at 04:59 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Government on Monday invited bids to sell 100 per cent stake of debt-laden Air India with the last date of filing EoI (expression of interest) by March 17, 2020.
PM Narendra Modi to attend NCC rally tomorrow
Jan 27, 2020, at 04:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the National Cadet Corps (NCC) rally at the Cariappa Parade ground in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Jan 27, 2020, at 04:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A report by Enforcement Directorate (ED) has revealed a direct link between the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests in Uttar Pradesh and the Popular Front of India (PFI), identied as an alleged resurrected offshoot of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and Islamic fundamentalist organisation.