Jammu and Kashmir: ‘Craft Safari’ tours actively working to revive traditional handicrafts industry
Dec 21, 2022, at 11:18 pm
Srinagar: The craft safari tour, which was started by the administration in Jammu and Kashmir last year, with an aim to revive the handicraft sector has gained momentum,media reports said.
Dec 21, 2022, at 11:01 pm
Hanoi: Archaeological Survey of India has completed the conservation and restoration work of A, H and K group of temples at UNESCO heritage site of My Son Sanctuary in Quang Nam province of Vietnam after five years of intricate and meticulous work on site.
Recent G20 meetings were very constructive: Amitabh Kant
Dec 21, 2022, at 10:49 pm
Guwahati: During a presentation to Prime Minister's Principal Secretary PK Mishra, on the recently held G 20 meetings in Udaipur, Bengaluru, and Mumbai, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant described the meeting as 'very constructive'.
Jammu and Kashmir: Govt push helps locally made goods to find global markets
Dec 21, 2022, at 10:42 pm
Srinagar: Demand for local products of Jammu and Kashmir has been earning popularity in recent times.
Facilities should be available in Maharashtra's govt hospitals: Ajit Pawar
Dec 21, 2022, at 07:23 pm
Nagpur/Mumbai/UNI: Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ajit Pawar on Wednesday demanded that the recruitment of doctors and other employees with adequate availability of ventilators and medicines in Nagpur Medical College.
Uttar Pradesh: Wanted criminal arrested in Bulandshahr
Dec 21, 2022, at 06:44 pm
Bulandshahr/UNI: A criminal absconding for the last three years was arrested in an encounter with the police in Akbarabad area of Bulandshahr district here in Uttar Pradesh, a senior officer said here on Wednesday.
Dec 21, 2022, at 04:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday wrote to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to either "follow Covid-19 protocols" or "postpone Bharat Jodo Yatra", triggering a flashpoint between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and main opposition Congress.
Chen Xiangrong: A martyr or another of CCP’s propaganda tactics
Dec 21, 2022, at 03:17 pm
As the anti-COVID protest swept through China in Nov 2022, frustrations against the draconian Zero COVID policy as well as the Xi government also came to surface.
Basavraj Bommai seeks resolution of border row with Maharashtra as per State Reorganisation Act
Dec 21, 2022, at 05:45 am
Belagavi/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday sought the cooperation of the Opposition members in both houses of the legislature to pass a resolution reiterating the state's stand on an inter-state border row with Maharashtra as per the 1956 State Reorganisation Act.
Uddhav Thackeray seeks CM Eknath Shinde's resignation over land allotment case
Dec 21, 2022, at 05:30 am
Nagpur/UNI: Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday sought the resignation of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the latter was Urban Minister when he allotted the land to private individuals.
Twitter introduces different checkmarks for businesses, individuals and governments
Dec 21, 2022, at 02:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Twitter has rolled out a blue tick, a gold tick and a grey tick to distinguish between different types of accounts.
Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma formally hands over Rs 10,000 each to Covid-hit priests
Dec 21, 2022, at 02:10 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday at a ceremony held at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati formally granted one-time financial assistance of Rs 10,000 each to 6,124 Namghoriyas and 2,148 Purohits (priests) of the state as part of the Assam government's promise of financial support to Covid-hit population of the state.
After hijab, Karnataka to now propose ban on halal meat
Dec 21, 2022, at 01:49 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After the hijab row, Karnataka is likely to be headed for another huge controversy with a leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) planning to bring a bill to ban halal meat a year before the state elections, media reports said.
Government of India strikes den of misinformation on YouTube
Dec 21, 2022, at 01:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a series of over 40 fact-checks, the government busted three YouTube channels spreading false information in India.
If needed, govt would make law against love jihad: Devendra Fadnavis
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:46 am
Nagpur/UNI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said if needed, his government is prepared to make a law against love jihad.
Indigenous peoples and digital rights: The future of India’s northeast borderlands
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:42 am
Ravi Shankar Prasad argues that “The Digital India Programme (Digital Northeast vision 2022) is designed to transform India into a knowledge-based economy and a digitally empowered society by ensuring digital services, digital access, digital inclusion, digital empowerment and by bridging the digital divide.”
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:18 am
From collecting seeds of fruits thrown away by the shopkeepers & planting them on his farmland, to living his dream of becoming a farmer with a difference, today he has three thriving nurseries of different varieties of fruit trees and spices, honey, and ever-evolving fish ponds and nurseries which cater to markets across the border in Myanmar and also local buyers.
Borders and Borderlands: Integration vs Assimilation
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:12 am
Borders are artificial constructs drawn on paper by the powers that be to serve their interests under the Westphalian State system and have been further legitimised by the excesses of colonialism from the fifteenth to the twentieth century C.E., as well as the subsequent decolonisation process.
India likely to host QUAD Foreign Minister’s meet next year
Dec 20, 2022, at 11:38 pm
New Delhi: India is all set to host Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) Foreign Minister’s meeting next year, media reports said.
Jammu and Kashmir: Seminar hosted in Pooch to spread message of peace among youth
Dec 20, 2022, at 11:21 pm
In a recent seminar organized in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch region, speakers conveyed the message of peace to youth and even urged them to leave the path of violence.
Delhi Court issues notice to ED on Jacqueline Fernandez's application
Dec 20, 2022, at 11:16 pm
New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate(ED) on the application moved by actress Jacqueline Fernandez requesting permission to go abroad.
'We aren't children..135-cr people laughing at us': VicePresident admonishes Rajya Sabha
Dec 20, 2022, at 10:22 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar Tuesday reprimanded the Rajya Sabha members for creating a ruckus in the house again and again and presenting a “very, very bad example” with their unruly behaviour.
NIA files chargesheet against five for recruitment of youth to CPI (Maoist) cadres
Dec 20, 2022, at 07:22 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a chargesheet before the NIA special Court at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh against five accused persons in a case related to the radicalisation and recruitment of innocent youth to the CPI (Maoist) cadres, a proscribed organisation.
BJP demands apology from Mallikarjun Kharge over 'Dog' remark, Cong chief refuses
Dec 20, 2022, at 06:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his controversial "Dog" remark, media reports said.
NIA arrests nine inmates of Trichy Spl Camp in illegal drugs, arms case
Dec 20, 2022, at 05:41 pm
Chennai/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested nine inmates of Trichy Special camp in connection with an illegal drugs and arms trade case.
India-Pakistan should engage in constructive dialogue for betterment of people: US
Dec 20, 2022, at 04:28 pm
Washington: The US said it does not want to see India and Pakistan getting involved in 'war of words' but engaging in 'constructive dialogue' for the betterment of the people of both the nations.
Jammu and Kashmir: 3 LeT militants, including Kashmiri Pandit killer, shot dead in Shopian
Dec 20, 2022, at 02:56 pm
Srinagar: Security forces shot dead three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants including an alleged killer of a Kashmiri Pandit in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Tuesday, officials said.
Delhi court to hear Nora Fatehi's defamation case against Jacqueline Fernandez on Jan 21
Dec 20, 2022, at 05:07 am
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: A Delhi court has listed for Jan 21 the hearing of a defamation complaint filed by Nora Fatehi against Jacqueline Fernandez on the allegation of defaming her name into an Rs. 200 crore money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekar.
'Mysoginistic goons': Smriti Irani after Congress leader's 'latkas jhatkas' comment
Dec 20, 2022, at 04:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Ajai Rai on Monday sparked a fresh controversy stating Union Minister Smriti Irani only comes to her constituency Amethi to show "latkas" and "jhatkas", an unflattering reference to dance moves.
Karnataka Class 4 student dies after teacher beats and pushes him off first-floor balcony: Police
Dec 20, 2022, at 02:05 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: A 10-year-old boy died in Karnataka on Monday after his teacher beat him and pushed him off the first-floor balcony of the government-run school at Hagli village in the northern part of the state.