Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced her government will clear the payments- allegedly held by the Centre- of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) workers (who work under the 100-day work scheme), in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
New Delhi: A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal failed to attend the fifth summons in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) lodged a complaint with the court, being to notice his non-compliance with the interrogation process.
While rumors swirled online about a stalled drone sale, the real story took a different path. On February 1st, 2024, the US State Department officially approved a significant $3.99 billion deal to provide India with 31 MQ-9B Sky Guardian drones, missiles, and related equipment.
Next time an Indian traveller visits Paris he can easily buy a ticket to the iconic Eiffel Tower by paying via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
In a major breakthrough, AGTF Punjab has arrested two operatives, Mandeep Singh and Jatinder Singh, of the Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar Gang and recovered two pistols and 12 live cartridges from them.
Cyberabad Crime Police apprehended four individuals hailing from Gujarat State involved in a data entry job fraud scam.
Mystery shrouded over the discovery of the body of a security guard at the MLA hostel at Kyd Street under Park Street police station in Kolkata, official sources said on Saturday.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said conferring India's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) patriarch LK Advani was a "very emotional moment" for him.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) co-founder and the Ram Mandir agitation face, LK Advani, will be conferred Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the country.
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said 21st century challenges cannot be fought with a 20th-century approach, but there is a need to rethink, reimagine and reform.
An Indian-origin man was found dead under mysterious circumstances in New Zealand's Dunedin on Monday.
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday reiterated her position that the DMK government in Tamil Nadu is an anti-Hindu party, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday challenged the Congress to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Hindi heartland states as she doubted their ability to even secure "40 seats" in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid ongoing tension between India and the Maldives, both nations held a second meeting of the High-Level Core Group in New Delhi on Friday where the Indian government agreed to withdraw troops from all three platforms of Male.
Chandigarh/Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Chandigarh's mayoral polls claiming that the world's largest party was caught red-handed while "stealing" votes in a "small mayor election".
New Delhi/IBNS: Days after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was attempting to "buy" seven Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs to destabilise his government, the Delhi Police Crime Branch landed at the Chief Minister's residence to serve him a notice in the case, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday began a sit-in-dharna here, demanding payment of dues in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) fund to the state.
Birbhum/IBNS/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra on Friday began in Murshidabad on the way to neighbouring Birbhum district with some "administrative restrictions" due to Madhyamik examinations, which started this morning.
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman said that the recently announced India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor is a strategic and economic game changer for India and others.
Sri Lankan politicians have appreciated Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for promoting Sri Lanka as a tourism destination.
The US Congress on Thursday formally notified the possible sale of 31 MQ-9B high altitude long endurance armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to India.
India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha on Sunday (January 28, 2024) laid the foundation stone for the construction of King Ashoka’s Pillar of Dharma at the Rajaguru Sri Subuthi Temple in Wadduwa town.
New Delhi/UNI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday alleged that their MLAs, councillors, and several volunteers were detained by Delhi Police ahead of the party’s protest against BJP over the Chandigarh Mayor elections.
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation of multiple infrastructure projects worth over Rs 68,000 crore during a public programme in Sambalpur in Western Odisha on February 3.
Ranchi/IBNS: A couple of days after Hemant Soren stepped down, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Champai Soren took oath as the new Chief Minister of the state.
New Delhi/IBNS: Refusing to entertain his plea, the Supreme Court on Friday asked former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to approach the High Court with his petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case, media reports said.
An Indian-origin student was found dead in Ohio state of the US, leaving the community shocked.
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor slammed Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's interim budget speech on Thursday, stating that not much substantive information emerged from it.
Ranchi/IBNS: Ending the impasse in Jharkhand politics following Hemant Soren's arrest, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha veteran leader Champai Soren will take oath as the next Chief Minister of the state on Friday.
Ranchi/IBNS: The political crisis in Jharkhand, presently without a Chief Minister following Hemant Soren was arrest, ramped up Thursday evening after lawmakers from the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal alliance were herded into buses and driven away, kickstarting another "resort politics".
