India celebrates its first-ever National Space Day, PM Modi lauds contributions of space scientists
Aug 23, 2024, at 06:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, a country of 1.4 billion people, is on Friday celebrating its first-ever National Space Day marking the nation's successful landing on the lunar surface.
PM Modi greets the nation on occasion of first National Space Day
Aug 23, 2024, at 04:55 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended his heartfelt greetings to the nation on the occasion of the first National Space Day.
Aug 23, 2024, at 06:08 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Failing to get satisfactory answers, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI will now conduct a polygraph test on RG Kar Hospital's former Principal Sandip Ghosh and four other doctors, who were on duty the night of the brutal rape and murder of the 31-year-old trainee doctor at the premises.
Vinesh Phogat accuses Delhi Police of withdrawing women wrestlers' security, cops deny charge
Aug 23, 2024, at 05:55 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Olympian Vinesh Phogat has accused the Delhi Police of withdrawing the security cover of the women wrestlers who will be testifying against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Friday in connection with sexual abuse allegations.
Aug 23, 2024, at 05:37 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid massive protests over the RG Kar rape and murder case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that it's "horrifying to see 90 rapes occurring daily across the country".
Kolkata doctors to continue protest against RG Kar horror despite Supreme Court appeal
Aug 23, 2024, at 04:48 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Doctors in West Bengal will continue their protest against the brutal rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata despite the Supreme Court's appeal to them for resuming work.
Jammu Kashmir Assembly elections: National Conference and Congress agree on pre-poll alliance
Aug 23, 2024, at 04:29 am
Srinagar: In a major development, National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah has confirmed that the party will be forming an alliance with the Congress for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, media reports said.
Amid outrage over RG Kar case, married woman raped at gunpoint in Bengal's Bolpur; accused arrested
Aug 23, 2024, at 03:10 am
Bolpur/IBNS: Amid the massive outrage and nationwide protest over the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, it has come to light that a married woman was raped and sexually assaulted at gunpoint in Bengal's Bolpur, Anandabazar Patrika reported.
Railway Police arrests man for placing alloy wheel on Delhi-Kanpur freight corridor railway track
Aug 23, 2024, at 02:39 am
Aligarh (UP): Railway Police has arrested an individual for allegedly placing an alloy wheel on the railway tracks of the Delhi-Kanpur freight corridor to derail a moving train, media reports said.
RG Kar rape-murder: West Bengal BJP leads massive protest march to Swasthya Bhawan
Aug 22, 2024, at 11:54 pm
Kolkata: The West Bengal BJP unit led a protest march on Thursday in the eastern outskirts of the city, demanding justice for the lady doctor, who was brutally raped and murdered at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital earlier this month.
RG Kar rape-murder: Delhi's AIIMS doctors to resume work after Supreme Court's appeal
Aug 22, 2024, at 11:29 pm
New Delhi: Resident doctors at Delhi's AIIMS hospital have ended their strike and protests following the rape and murder of a colleague at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital earlier this month, media reports said.
Delhi Police busts al Qaeda-inspired terror module aimed at establishing 'Khilafat' in India
Aug 22, 2024, at 09:56 pm
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday uncovered and dismantled a terror module allegedly inspired by al Qaeda, media reports said.
Narendra Modi pays tribute at Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino in Warsaw
Aug 22, 2024, at 09:23 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid a wreath and paid tribute at the Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino in Warsaw.
Aug 22, 2024, at 09:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the junior doctors, who are protesting against the rape and murder of a 31-year-old post-graduate trainee doctor, to resume work ensuring no coercive action will be allowed to be taken against them, media reports said.
Narendra Modi in Poland: PM pays tribute at The Dobry Maharaja Memorial in Warsaw
Aug 22, 2024, at 09:16 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi laid a wreath and paid tribute to The Dobry Maharaja Memorial in Warsaw on Wednesday.
Narendra Modi visits Kolhapur Memorial in Warsaw
Aug 22, 2024, at 09:11 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi laid a wreath and paid tribute at the Kolhapur Memorial in Warsaw on Wednesday.
Why was the crime scene not secured? Supreme Court's tough question for Bengal govt in RG Kar case
Aug 22, 2024, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the West Bengal government over why the crime scene at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered, was not secured, media reports said.
Aug 22, 2024, at 07:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the West Bengal government is not following the criminal procedure code while hearing on the case pertaining to the brutal rape and murder of the 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's major state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Misusing Faith: How some Sikh Institutions are failing the community
Aug 22, 2024, at 07:28 pm
The Sikh diaspora, known for its generosity and commitment to community service, has long been a pillar of support for gurdwaras and Sikh institutions worldwide.
Aug 22, 2024, at 07:12 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday urged the junior doctors, who are protesting across West Bengal demanding justice for the 31-year-old post-graduate medical student's brutal rape and murder, to resume their duties, media reports said.
Aug 22, 2024, at 06:15 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee, who has remained mum over his party facing massive backlash related to the RG Kar rape-murder case, on Thursday spoke in favour of strict laws, speedy trials and strict punishments in rape cases that he pointed out have been on rise across India.
Aug 22, 2024, at 04:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government on Wednesday introduced changes in the top administrative posts of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where junior doctors are on ceasework protesting against the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old post-graduate medical student.
PM Modi highlights India's foreign policy shift in his address to Poland's Indian community
Aug 22, 2024, at 06:38 am
Warsaw/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a visit to Poland – a first for an Indian Prime Minister in more than four decades, joked that the "first" has been one of the biggest headlines back home.
Mob tries to set ablaze school bus with children on board during Bharat Bandh in Bihar's Gopalganj
Aug 22, 2024, at 05:38 am
Gopalganj/IBNS: A school bus with several children on board was saved from a potentially fatal attack thanks to the timely intervention of police in Bihar's Gopalganj on Wednesday as a mob tried to set the vehicle on fire.
India's long-delayed census likely to begin in Sept: Report
Aug 22, 2024, at 05:08 am
New Delhi: The Centre is likely to start a long-delayed population census in September, Reuters reported, citing two sources.
RG Kar case: Diary found near trainee doctor's body which documented gold medal, top hospital dreams
Aug 22, 2024, at 04:08 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A torn diary was recovered near the body of the Post-Graduate trainee doctor, who was brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, which documented her big dreams of winning a gold medal and other honours in medicine, media reports said.
15 killed, 17 injured as fire breaks out at Andhra Pradesh pharma firm
Aug 22, 2024, at 03:27 am
Hyderabad/IBNS: At least 15 people were killed and 17 others injured after a fire broke out at a pharmaceutical firm unit in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district on Wednesday, media reports said.
Aug 22, 2024, at 02:29 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid nationwide doctors' protests in the wake of the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh has asked how the medicos would respond if security forces went on strike to demand "justice" against perpetrators of the 2019 Pulwama attack.
EU, India to discuss current, emerging threats in online radicalisation
Aug 22, 2024, at 12:17 am
The European Union (EU), in collaboration with organising partner Global Counter-Terrorism Council (GCTC) and with India’s Ministry of External Affairs as a strategic partner, will be hosting a crucial regional conference on August 21-22, to discuss the current and emerging threats in online radicalisation and find ways to jointly counter the exploitation of online spaces by extremist and terrorist actors.
Aug 22, 2024, at 12:13 am
Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived in Poland, marking the visit of the first Indian PM in past 45 years.