West Bengal: Massive traffic snarls, 95 trains cancelled on Sunday as Kurmi agitation enters 5th day
Apr 09, 2023, at 09:45 pm
Kolkata: Rail and road links connecting West Bengal to states like Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Odisha, and Tamil Nadu have been disrupted for the past five days due to blockades by two Kurmi community organisations demanding Scheduled Tribe status, media reports said.
'Discriminatory': Tamil Nadu CM Stalin demands inclusion of Tamil in CRPF recruitment test
Apr 09, 2023, at 08:39 pm
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has demanded the inclusion of Tamil language in the computer-based recruitment test for the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, media reports said.
'My Baby, my Bomma': Conman Sukesh writes to Jacqueline from Tihar Jail on Easter
Apr 09, 2023, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi: Jailed conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar has penned yet another emotional letter to actor Jacqueline Fernandez, declaring his love and how much he misses her, on Easter, media reports said.
Sachin Pilot launches fresh attack on Ashok Gehlot, asks to act 'fast against corruption'
Apr 09, 2023, at 06:59 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: In a fresh attack on Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot has announced that he will sit on a one-day fast against corruption on Tuesday.
Terrorist killed as army foils infiltration bid along LoC in J&K's Poonch
Apr 09, 2023, at 06:01 pm
Jammu/UNI: The Indian Army troops have neutralized one terrorist and successfully foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in the Poonch Sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
PM Modi takes jungle safari in Karnataka's Bandipur Tiger Reserve
Apr 09, 2023, at 03:38 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently visiting Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka on Sunday and undertaking a jungle safari, media reports said.
Art 370 abrogation heralded new era of development in J&K: Kiren Rijiju
Apr 09, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Jammu/UNI: Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that the abrogation of Article 370 has heralded a new era of unprecedented growth and development in Jammu and Kashmir.
'Mafia now wetting their pants': UP CM Yogi Adityanth days after gangster Atiq Ahmad's sentencing
Apr 09, 2023, at 05:30 am
Gorakhpur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath claimed on Saturday that gangsters who in the past forced people to live in fear with extortion threats and abductions without the slightest regard for the law are now trembling in fear after being punished by the courts, media reported.
'Don't want anyone to become PM with fake degree': Kejriwal's veiled attack on PM Modi
Apr 09, 2023, at 05:00 am
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday made a veiled barb at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his educational qualifications while hitting back at BJP leader Harish Khurana, who questioned the AAP government's work in the education sector of the national capital.
They went to court but got a 'jolt': Modi's swipe at Opposition
Apr 09, 2023, at 04:24 am
Hyderabad (Telangana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a swipe at political parties that had approached the Supreme Court claiming that Central probe agencies were being used arbitrarily against Opposition leaders, saying that the court gave them a "jolt" by rejecting their petition.
Apr 09, 2023, at 03:39 am
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has hit out at Rahul Gandhi, who in a tweet linked turncoats to Gautam Adani and his company. Rahul Gandhi mentioned Sarma along with several other leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiran Reddy, and Anil Antony, who quit Congress.
Apr 09, 2023, at 03:12 am
Dindigul (Tamil Nadu): Police have registered a case against a Tamil Nadu Congress leader, who threatened to chop off the tongue of the judge who sentenced Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail in the 2019 criminal defamation case, media reports said.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju’s car hit by truck in J&K's Ramban
Apr 09, 2023, at 02:24 am
Srinagar: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s car was hit by a truck on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Saturday.
Apr 09, 2023, at 01:52 am
Varanasi (UP): Bhojpuri singer Samar Singh has been sent to 14 days of judicial custody in connection with the suicide of model-turned-actor Akanksha Dubey, media reports said.
CR Kesavan, ex-Congress leader and grandson of C Rajagopalachari, joins BJP
Apr 09, 2023, at 01:22 am
New Delhi: In yet another jolt to Congress, CR Kesavan, the great-grandson of India's first Indian Governor-General C Rajagopalachari, joined BJP on Saturday, two months after resigning from the grand old party.
Ladakh's wooden works gets GI tag, PM Modi praises
Apr 09, 2023, at 12:10 am
Ladakh: The Indian government has given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Ladakh's wooden works.
B20 Meet: Delegates show interest in Nagaland
Apr 08, 2023, at 11:20 pm
Delegates, who visited the B20 meet in Kohima recently, showed keen interest in Nagaland.
Chhattisgarh: CRPF jawan dies of heart attack in Bijapur
Apr 08, 2023, at 11:17 pm
Bijapur: A Central Security Force (CRPF) jawan has died of a heart attack in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, police said on Saturday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Tourist guide arrested selling 'fake' tickets of Gondola
Apr 08, 2023, at 10:40 pm
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested a tourist guide for allegedly selling tickets for fake Gondola cable car at Gulmarg in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir: Workshop conducted in Srinagar to empower eves
Apr 08, 2023, at 09:56 pm
The government recently hosted a workshop on gender auditing in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city with the aim of empowering eves and providing them equal opportunity for employment, media reports said.
Apr 08, 2023, at 09:52 pm
As per a study titled The China Index 2022 conducted by the China in the World (CITW) network of the Taiwan-based anti-disinformation group Doublethink Lab, Pakistan stands at the top of a list of 82 countries over which China exercises most influence.
Jammu and Kashmir: Emergency operations centre to be set up in 20 districts
Apr 08, 2023, at 09:49 pm
Jammu and Kashmir's administration has decided to set up a state-of-the-art Emergency Operation Centres (EOC) in 20 districts of the UT in an attempt to minimize the damage caused by natural disasters.
Noted steady progress in our ties, tweets S Jaishankar after meeting South Korean FM Park Jin
Apr 08, 2023, at 09:20 pm
New Delhi: Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met visiting South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin and said he had a wide-ranging conversation with him.
India is a very important country in our Indo-Pacific strategy: Park Jin
Apr 08, 2023, at 09:18 pm
New Delhi: South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, who is on a two-day visit to India, has said he is going to discuss manners of enhancing bilateral cooperation and strengthen partnership with India.
Assam: President of India Murmu takes a historic sortie in a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft
Apr 08, 2023, at 08:17 pm
Tezpur: President of India Droupadi Murmu on Saturday took a historic sortie in a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station in Assam's Sonitpur district.
War-hit Ukraine's top minister Emine Dzhaparova to visit India tomorrow
Apr 08, 2023, at 08:09 pm
New Delhi: First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzhaparova will be on an official visit to India from Apr 9-12, officials said on Saturday.
PM Modi flags off inaugural Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express
Apr 08, 2023, at 06:40 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off the inaugural Vande Bharat Express to be operated between Secunderabad and Tirupati at Secunderabad Railway Station.
Karnataka polls: Basavaraj Bommai, Yediyurappa in Delhi to discuss BJP candidates' list
Apr 08, 2023, at 06:27 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his predecessor BS Yediyurappa are attending a BJP core group meeting to choose candidates for the upcoming May 10 assembly election in Karnataka here on Saturday.
Ajit Pawar expresses displeasure about wrong news in sections of the press
Apr 08, 2023, at 05:59 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Leader of the Opposition Ajit Pawar on Saturday expressed displeasure over what he called inaccurate reports in certain sections of the press regarding him.
PM Modi arrives in Hyderabad to flag off Vande Bharat Express, launch projects
Apr 08, 2023, at 05:37 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Saturday by a special flight from New Delhi on a two-hour visit to flag off Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express and inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 11,300 crore in Telangana.