Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government employees, protesting over the Dearness Allowance (DA) demands for the last 72 days, have now taken the stir to Delhi, to gain more attention to their agitation.
New Delhi/IBNS: Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmit Party (AAP), which is currently in power in two states-Delhi and Punjab, was on Monday conferred the national party status.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of inciting violence in the state during and after the Ram Navami celebrations.
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed that the FIRs registered against filmmaker Leena Manimekalai for her alleged depiction of Hindu Goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette in a poster of her upcoming film will be transferred to the Delhi High Court.
Kolhapur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), both Shiv Sena groups -- Shinde and Thackeray - and other Hindutvwadi organisations on Monday demanded stern action against officers in Satara district who ignored the illegal constructions in a mosque in Phaltan city of Maharashtra's Satara district.
Meerut: Communal tension gripped Palda village under Hastinapur police area on Monday when a mob indulged in arsoning and brick-batting after a youth was shot dead, police sources said here.
On April 8, 2023, the Assam Police arrested three active suspects linked to the banned Islamist radical Popular Front of India (PFI) and its student wing, Campus Front of India (CFI), from the Barpeta District of Assam. The arrestees were identified as PFI ‘state secretary’ Zakir Hussain, PFI cadre Abu Sama, and CFI National Treasurer Shahidul Islam. INR 150,000 in cash, four mobile phones and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) leaflets, were recovered from them.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari today inspected Zojila Tunnel, Asia's longest tunnel to establish all-weather connectivity for Ladakh and an important project implemented in Jammu and Kashmir with the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha and members of Parliament of Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Road Transport and Highways.
Jhajjar: A man died by suicide after strangulating his wife and two children in Madana Khurd village in this district on Sunday night.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in the presence of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha and Members of Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Road Transport and Highways inspected the Geo-strategically important Z-Morh Tunnel on Srinagar-Leh Highway (NH-1) on Monday.
Jalandhar: Border Security Force (BSF) recovered three packets of contraband suspected to be heroin from the wheat fields near the village Gandu Kilcha in Ferozepur district early Monday morning.
A Mongolian delegation, which visited several Buddhist pilgrim sites in India, has praised the country for promoting peace through spiritualism which might help in combating ongoing conflicts and war in the world.
Spiritual leader of Tibet Dalai Lama has apologised to the boy for "kissing" and asking him to "suck his tongue" after a video showing the incident sparked outrage, media reports said.
New Delhi/UNI: Former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday said that the names of candidates for 180 plus seats for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections would probably be announced by the evening.
New Delhi/London/UNI: India has “disengaged” from the trade talks with the UK over Britain’s failure to condemn pro-Khalistani activists who vandalised the Indian High Commission last month, reports said.
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear on April 14 a fresh plea by the Muslim side seeking permission for Wuzu (Ablution) near the spot where a Shivling was reportedly found.
The Positive Kashmir, a Non-governmental organization, again under the banner ‘Iftar Drive’, are providing meals to people during Iftar in hospitals, major highways, and busy streets in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar during the ongoing month of Ramzan.
Jammu and Kashmir is flourishing and moving towards scaling new heights.
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a two-day tour to Arunachal Pradesh starting from Monday.
Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu has said his government is committed to 'develop roads in border areas' of the state.
Kolkata: West Bengal police prevented a six-member fact-finding team, including former Patna High Court Chief Justice Narasimha Reddy, from visiting Hooghly district, which recently witnessed communal clashes surrounding Ram Navami celebrations, news agency ANI reported.
Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited Theppakadu elephant camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Tamil Nadu bordering Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district after 22 km safari at Bandipur Tiger Reserve and met with Bomman and Bellie, the inspiration behind the Oscar Award-winning documentary "The Elephant Whisperers".
Gangtok: Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Penal Code have been imposed in Sikkim's Singtam by the East District Collectorate on Saturday following two incidents of violence.
Jammu: Indian Army troops shot dead one intruder and captured two others alive and successfully foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Poonch Sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
Chandigarh: Punjab Police has arrested an NRI near Fagwada, media reported citing police sources that the arrest is linked to the case of pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh's escape from Hoshiarpur.
Jammu: Indian Army troops shot dead one intruder and captured two others alive and successfully foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Poonch Sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi: Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Textiles, Piyush Goyal, along with Olivier Becht, Minister delegate of Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad, Government of France, will co-chair the India France Business Summit, commemorating 25 years of India-France Friendship on Apr 11.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration says that the CID wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police has taken several important steps to provide uninterrupted passport verification services and since the year 2020, 99% passport verification has been done.
Kolkata: Rail and road links connecting West Bengal to states like Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Odisha, and Tamil Nadu have been disrupted for the past five days due to blockades by two Kurmi community organisations demanding Scheduled Tribe status, media reports said.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has demanded the inclusion of Tamil language in the computer-based recruitment test for the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
