PM Modi interacts with Google CEO Sundar Pichai, discusses COVID-19 pandemic
Jul 14, 2020, at 04:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with Google CEO Sundar Pichai during which they spoke about the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and efforts made by his company in spreading digitalisation in India.
Amid Rajasthan political crisis, Rahul Gandhi announces his own 'Mann Ki Baat'
Jul 14, 2020, at 02:57 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the broiling political crisis in Rajasthan, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi finally broke his silence on Monday evening but lashed out at the news media for being 'captured by fascist interest.'
ED attaches assets worth Rs 204.27 cr of Ardor Group in bank fraud case in Ahmadabad
Jul 14, 2020, at 01:38 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said that it has attached assets worth Rs 204.27 crore of Ardor Group of Companies under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a bank fraud case in Ahmedabad.
Bengal: Deputy Magistrate Debdutta Ray becomes first government official to die of Covid-19
Jul 14, 2020, at 01:34 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A Deputy Magistrate in West Bengal on Monday died of the Covid-19 pandemic becoming the first government official to succumb to the respiratory disease, media reports said.
Jammu: Rape accused escapes from police custody
Jul 13, 2020, at 11:55 pm
Jammu/UNI: A rape accused on Monday escaped from police custody here. Police said that a rape accused identified as Pankaj Gupta, who was arrested on Sunday in alleged rape case, on Monday morning escaped from PP Talab Tillo when taken for nature call.
NC's Farooq,Omar Abdullah move court over house custody of 16 leaders
Jul 13, 2020, at 11:37 pm
Srinagar/UNI: National Conference (NC) President Dr Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Omar Abdullah on Monday filed a habeas corpus petition in J&K High Court challenging the ‘unconstitutional and illegal house detention of 16 NC senior leaders and functionaries’.
Sachin Pilot will not quit Congress, says D K Shivakumar
Jul 13, 2020, at 11:15 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Referring to political happenings in Rajasthan, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President and former Karnataka Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday expressed confidence, saying Sachin Pilot is a 'sincere Congressman' and he will not quit the party.
US State Dept reiterates Pakistan’s impenitent pursuit of terror
Jul 13, 2020, at 11:10 pm
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan last week chose what ought to be a hallowed hall in the National Assembly, the lower house of Pakistan’s Parliament, to describe Al Qaeda’s slain leader Osama bin Laden as a “shaheed” or a martyr.
Ranchi: High court sealed for next two days
Jul 13, 2020, at 10:53 pm
Ranchi/UNI: In wake of rising cases of Coronavirus the Jharkhand High Court has been closed for the next two days as part of the precautionary measures.
Maharashtra: Teenager ends life in Nashik
Jul 13, 2020, at 10:48 pm
Nashik/UNI: A teenager allegedly committed suicide on Monday by hanging at his residence in Shirwade Wakad village of Niphad taluka here.
Jammu and Kashmir: Pakistani JeM militant among 2 killed in Anantnag encounter
Jul 13, 2020, at 10:38 pm
Anantnag/UNI: A Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant, a Pakistani national, was among two ultras killed in an encounter which ensued after security forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in this south Kashmir district on Monday.
Road badly damaged as Maoist carry out blast in Chaibasa
Jul 13, 2020, at 10:24 pm
Chaibasa/UNI: Ultras of the proscribed CPI maoists destroyed the road leading to Barkela through a IED blast due to which the road has been severely damaged.
West Bengal: BJP MLA's hanging body found in North Dinajpur, CID takes over probe
Jul 13, 2020, at 08:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Hanging body of BJP MLA from Hemtabad constituency, Debendra Nath Roy, was recovered on Monday early morning near his residence at Bindal village in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, reports said.
Supreme Court allows Travancore royal family to manage Padmanabhaswamy temple
Jul 13, 2020, at 07:24 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the appeal filed by the Travancore royal family and also accepted its Shebayatship (right to manage deity's property) over the famous Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.
Kashmir: Four LeT associates arrested, arms and ammunition recovered in Bandipora
Jul 13, 2020, at 06:50 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Security forces arrested four associates of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) along with arms and ammunition, including three grenades and one UBGL, in north Kashmir district of Bandipora, a police spokesperson said on Monday.
Rajasthan govt stable, Sachin Pilot won't go anywhere: Congress poses confident
Jul 13, 2020, at 06:00 pm
New Delhi/Jaipur/IBNS: The Congress on Monday expressed confidence in remaining its flock together in Rajasthan at a time the state's Deputy Chief Minister, Sachin Pilot, claimed to have the support of 30 MLAs, turning rebel against CM Ashok Gehlot.
Jammu and Kashmir: One terrorist killed in Anantnag encounter, operation going on
Jul 13, 2020, at 02:59 pm
Srinagar: At least one terrorist was killed during an encounter with security forces in Anantnag on Monday, officials said.
Jul 13, 2020, at 06:34 am
Jaipur/IBNS: Rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot will meet BJP President JP Nadda on Monday even as he decided to ignore a key legislative party meet called by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on the same day, said media reports.
Pakistani LeT militant among 3 killed in Sopore encounter
Jul 13, 2020, at 03:59 am
Baramullla/UNI: A top foreign Lashkar-e-Taiba militant was among three ultras killed in an encounter which ensued after security forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in the apple township of Sopore in this north Kashmir district on Sunday.
Maharashtra: 2 aides of gangster Vikas Dubey nabbed, sent to 14-day judicial custody
Jul 13, 2020, at 02:12 am
Thane/UNI: The duo aides of the eliminated gangster Vikas Dubey were remanded to 14-day judicial custody by a local court here on Sunday.
SI who tipped Vikas Dubey, urges Supreme Court for providing security
Jul 13, 2020, at 02:09 am
New Delhi/UNI: Sub-Inspector K K Sharma, who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) for allegedly tipping off gangster Vikas Dubey and his gang about the police raid in Kanpur, on Sunday moved the Supreme Court, seeking security for himself and his wife Vinita Sirohi.
Two grenades lobbed at security forces fail to explode in Awantipora
Jul 13, 2020, at 02:03 am
Srinagar/UNI: Militants on Sunday hurled two grenades on security forces in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, but they failed to explode, an Army official said.
Jammu and Kashmir: 3 militants killed in Sopore encounter
Jul 13, 2020, at 01:58 am
Baramullla/UNI: Three militants were killed in an encounter which ensued after security forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in the apple township of Sopore in this north Kashmir district on Sunday.
Jul 13, 2020, at 01:42 am
Lucknow/UNI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday said the Uttar Pradesh government should take action in the Vikas Dubey case on the basis of facts and not indulge in politics to create 'scare amongst the Brahmin community.'
Indian Railways sends special parcel train to Bangladesh with red chillies
Jul 13, 2020, at 01:28 am
New Delhi/UNI: For the first time the Indian Railways, loaded special Parcel train beyond the country borders to Benapole in Bangladesh with dry chillies from Reddipalem in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh.
Jul 13, 2020, at 01:13 am
Jaipur/IBNS: While the Congress veterans like Kapil Sibal fear the tug of war between party old guard and new might meet a similar fate as that of Madhya Pradesh, where a disgruntled Jyotiraditya Scindia toppled Kamal Nath, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is not ready to yield despite pressure from the party high command and has called a meeting of the party legislature at his residence at 9 pm today.
Indians have done best to respond to China's incredibly aggressive actions: Mike Pompeo
Jul 13, 2020, at 12:16 am
Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently reacted to the violent border standoff between India and China and said Indians have done their best to respond to Beijing's “incredibly aggressive actions”.
Sad to see Sachin Pilot being sidelined: Jyotiraditya Scindia
Jul 12, 2020, at 11:44 pm
New Delhi: Former Union Minister and ex-Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, said he feels sad to see his former party colleague Sachin Pilot also being sidelined and persecuted by Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot.
Jul 12, 2020, at 09:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The crisis in Rajasthan Congress government has deepened after Sachin Pilot, who shares a strained relationship with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over leadership issues, reached Delhi with the support of 16 Congress MLAs and three Independents and is said to be in talks with the BJP top brass. Pilot's exit from Congress is also almost certain after a notice was served on Friday last to him to appear for questioning in an investigation into alleged attempts to destabilize his own government, media reports said.
Rajasthan crisis: Sachin Pilot, loyalists in Delhi to meet Congress High Command
Jul 12, 2020, at 06:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress party has landed into yet another crisis just three months after it lost Madhya Pradesh to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with Jyotiraditya Scindia along with his loyalists joining the saffron league.