Indian PM Narendra Modi returned to power for the record-equalling third term as Prime Minister while several incumbent leaders had to quit their nations amid rising protests against their regimes, marking 2024 as a year which will go down as one of the most eventful 12 months in history.IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra revisits some of the major events of 2024. Excerpts.
The Assam Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a key member of the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from the state's Kokrajhar region, media reports said.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday inaugurated the glass bridge which will connect the Vivekananda Memorial and Thiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday inaugurated the glass bridge which will connect the Vivekananda Memorial and Thiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari.
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called Maharashtra minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nitesh Rane's remark labelling Kerala as "mini Pakistan" "deeply malicious" and "utterly condemnable".
Pune/IBNS: A Pune pub has drawn backlash and a police complaint by the Congress for sending 'goody-bags' with condoms and packets of Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) to select invitees for the New Year's celebration, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has responded after Yemen president Rashad al-Alimi approved the death sentence for Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is imprisoned for killing a Yemeni national, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has responded after Yemen president Rashad al-Alimi approved the death sentence for Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is imprisoned for killing a Yemeni national, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted a lot of money was in the play to level the allegations of gangrape in Sandeshkhali, where massive protests broke out against erstwhile Trinamool Congress local strongman Sheikh Shahjahan months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted a lot of money was in the play to level the allegations of gangrape in Sandeshkhali, where massive protests broke out against erstwhile Trinamool Congress local strongman Sheikh Shahjahan months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
New Delhi/IBNS: The New Year greeting by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena to Atishi, embedded with criticism for her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal, was met with a sharp response from the Chief Minister.
New Delhi/IBNS: The New Year greeting by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena to Atishi, embedded with criticism for her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal, was met with a sharp response from the Chief Minister.
Hyderabad/IBNS: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan refused to blame Telangana Police for taking action against actor Allu Arjun in the Sandhya theatre stampede case and said the law is equal for all and police must act with public safety in mind.
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has expressed concern over Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal calling Atishi a "temporary chief minister" and said he was "hurt" by the same.
Patna/IBNS: A confrontation unfolded on Sunday night in Patna between political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor and student protesters, who accused him of being absent during police action against Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) aspirants.
Patna/IBNS: A confrontation unfolded on Sunday night in Patna between political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor and student protesters, who accused him of being absent during police action against Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) aspirants.
Kolkata/IBNS: Tigress Zeenat, who had escaped Odisha Tiger Reserve, was sedated and captured in West Bengal's Bankura district on Sunday following a chase for 21 days, media reports said.
Patna/IBNS: A case has been filed against Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor, some of his party leaders, a number of coaching centre owners and 700 unknown protesters over a massive students' protest in Bihar on Sunday, media reports said.
Patna/IBNS: A case has been filed against Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor, some of his party leaders, a number of coaching centre owners and 700 unknown protesters over a massive students' protest in Bihar on Sunday, media reports said.
Delhi: The political slugfest season is at its peak as Delhi prepares to vote for the assembly elections. Out on bail in Delhi liquor policy case, Aam Admi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has made a series of attacks on the BJP and the Congress, accusing them of working together to defeat his party in the upcoming polls.
Police resorted to lathi-charge and used water cannons to disperse thousands of Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) aspirants who were protesting at Gandhi Maidan in Patna city to demand a re-examination of the 70th BPSC preliminary exams amid allegations of question paper leak.
Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Foreign Minister of Mauritius, Dhananjay Ramful, recently paid floral tributes to late Indian PM Manmohan Singh at Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi.
The Indian Railways conducted a successful load test of the world’s highest railway bridge over the River Chenab in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.
India on Sunday mourned the loss of lives in the South Korean plane crash that left over 120 people dead.
India on Sunday mourned the loss of lives in the South Korean plane crash that left over 120 people dead.
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid national mourning over Dr Manmohan Singh's demise, Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh in a post remembered how the former Prime Minister restored his father and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's security cover following a Maoist attack in 2004.
New Delhi/IBNS: After Rahul Gandhi attacked the Centre over Manmohan Singh, BJP president JP Nadda said the Congress is playing "cheap politics" in the name of the former Prime Minister and accused it of not doing justice to any leader who was not from the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Mumbai: A labourer was killed, and another seriously injured when a car, owned by the popular Marathi actor Urmila Kothare, ran over them in Mumbai’s Kandivli, media reports said.
Mumbai: A labourer was killed, and another seriously injured when a car, owned by the popular Marathi actor Urmila Kothare, ran over them in Mumbai’s Kandivli, media reports said.
New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at both the BJP and Congress on Saturday following an order by the Lieutenant Governor to investigate the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) proposed welfare initiatives, triggered by a complaint from Congress's Sandeep Dikshit, media reports said.
