Delhi Police & lawyers Standoff: Delhi HC to hear Centre’s plea today

Meanwhile, scores of angry lawyers gathered outside the district courts in Rohini and Saket on Wednesday, a day after Delhi Police personnel laid an 11-hour siege outside the Police Headquarters. Earlier in the day, Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and other top officers met Delhi’s Lt Governor Anil Baijal at his residence. Lt Governor had earlier … Read more

SC slams chief secretaries on Air pollution in Delhi/NCR

The Supreme court on Wednesday slammed chief secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh over deteriorating air quality in Delhi and NCR. The Court, which lashed out at authorities for failing to curb severe air pollution in the region, directed the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to provide support of 100 rupees … Read more

Appeals pour in to respect SC’s verdict on Ayodhya case 

Temperatures are stirring ahead of SC verdict on Ayodhya land dispute case..On Wednesday, Jamiat ulema e Hind, a prominent Muslim group appealed that SC’s verdict, whatsoever will be acceptable to the community. The group also appealed to the Muslims to accept the SC verdict without any inhibitions. To reach out to and iron out any … Read more

Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma arrives in Dhaka on 700 km long road trip

The delegation entered Bangladesh through Dawki border on Tuesday. The CM led delegation visited Sylhet on Tuesday before reaching Dhaka on Wednesday. In Sylhet he attended a business meeting hosted by the Sylhet Chamber of Commerce, to discuss business and trade exchange between India and Bangladesh. In Dhaka Chief Minister Sangma had a meeting with … Read more

Bangladesh bans Islamist outfit ‘Allahr Dol’

Allah’r Dol was formed in 1995 with the aim to  establish Caliphate through armed struggle. In 2004 it merged with banned militant organisation Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). After arrest of leaders of JMB following serial blasts of 2005, some of its leaders left it to reorganise Allahr Dol. Allahr Dol is the ninth Islamist group … Read more

PM Modi reviews several projects through PRAGATI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired the 31st interaction through PRAGATI — the ICT based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation.  Reviewing the progress of Aspirational District Programme, Prime Minister was informed about dashboard based on 49 performance indicators. Even slow moving indicators like status of nutrition have shown tremendous progress. It … Read more

Yemen govt, southern separatists sign power-sharing deal

The agreement would allow the separatists and other southerners to join a new Yemeni cabinet and would place southern armed forces under the control of the Yemeni government. The UN said the deal was an important step towards ending Yemen’s civil war. The conflict has devastated the country and claimed the lives of at least … Read more

Srilanka Polls: Hundreds of SLFP workers pledge not to support Gotabaya Rajapaksa

The workers under banner ‘Organisation to Protect the SLFP’ held a convention in Colombo even as SLFP leadership has decided to support Gotabaya.  A group led by former President has already signed an agreement last week to support Gotabaya’s main rival and minister Sajith Premadasa.  SLFP led by President Maithripala Sirisena has warned of disciplinary … Read more

India to raise demand for clean technology at affordable cost at Madrid Summit: Prakash Javadekar 

Speaking  in an exclusive interview to Prasar Bharti  special Correspondent  at Dhaka on Wednesday after participating in the 15th governing council meeting off SACEP meeting he said issues of plastic waste management, biodiversity and other issues related to environment were discussed among south Asian Member countries.  He said that in the meeting he spoke about … Read more

Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR improves 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the situation arising due to pollution in various part of Northern India. Union Cabinet Secretary also reviewed the progress made in the arrangements, since Sunday, to control Air Pollution in the National Capital Region. It was observed that the cases of crop stubble burning … Read more

Cyclone ‘Maha’: Indian Navy prepared for relief operations

Four warships of the Western Naval Command have been loaded with HADR relief materials. Naval units of the Gujarat Naval Area are also prepared with Emergency Response Teams equipped with underwater diving equipment and inflatable boats.  In addition, naval aircraft and helicopters are also on standby to undertake any survey and air rescue operations. Naval … Read more

Jahangirnagar University in Dhaka shutdown indefinitely amid violence

The students were staging a sit in before the house of the Vice Chancellor of the University demanding her resignation on corruption charges since yesterday. About 20 students and teachers were hurt in the attack. However, the Jahangirnagar Unit President of BCL denied that Chhatra league members attacked the agitating students. He said that there … Read more

CBI conducts searches at around 187 places across the country related to Bank fraud cases

CBI has registered around 42 cases of bank frauds involving Rs. 7200 crore (approx.). The banks involved (including consortium members) are Andhra Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Indian Overseas Bank, SBI, Allahabad Bank, Canara Bank, Dena Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Punjab National Bank, Central Bank of India, Union Bank of India, IDBI Bank, Bank … Read more

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh urges Russian Defence Industry to jointly manufacture defence equipment with India

Raksha Mantri was addressing CEOs of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) from Russian Defence Industry after jointly inaugurating ‘India-Russia Defence Industry Cooperation Conference’ with Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov in Moscow, Russia. Raksha Mantri said, Government of India is encouraging OEMs to partner with Indian entities making use of the ‘Make in India’ … Read more

PM Modi inaugurates 5th India International Science Festival 

Prime Minister Narandra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 5th edition of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019  through video conferencing in Kolkata.  The four-day science festival, being organized from November 5-8 , aims to build a strategy for inclusive advancement of Science and Technology.  Highlighting India’s contribution in the field of Science and technology, Prime … Read more

PM Modi chairs meeting on Pollution, Cyclone

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting in which the situation arising due to pollution in various parts of Northern India was discussed. PM also reviewed the situation arising due to cyclone conditions in parts of western India. Download App to read Latest News Today

Sikh pilgrims from India visit Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan

Most of the 1,100 Sikhs, who are in Pakistan to attend the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak in Nankana Sahib, visited the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, also known as Kartarpur Sahib, along with Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar and installed the golden palanquin they had brought in with them. Meanwhile, the Pakistan government has … Read more

Defence Minister urges Russian defence industries to jointly manufacture in India

The defence minister said the Indian government is encouraging Orignal Equipment Manufacturers to make use of the ‘Make in India’ initiative.  Rajnath singh was addressing the CEOs of OEMs from the Russian defence industry after jointly inaugurating the ‘India-Russia Defence Industry Cooperation Conference’ with Russian Minister of Industry and Trade in Moscow.  He urged industry … Read more

550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev at historic Sultanpur Lodhi underway

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appealed to everyone to commemorate the auspicious event in the spirit of universal harmony, as propagated by the Great Guru. The Chief Minister also called upon the people to follow the Guru’s teachings of tolerance and harmony to counter the challenges of growing religious intolerance faced by the country. He … Read more

PM Modi inaugurates India International Science Festival 2019 in Kolkata 

The four-day science festival, being organized from November 5-8 , aims to build a strategy for inclusive advancement of Science and Technology.  Highlighting India’s contribution in the field of Science and technology, Prime Minister said that  unprecedented work is being done for higher education and innovation.  Prime Minister urged the scientists to be far more … Read more

Suspense continues over Maharashtra CM 

Maharashtra BJP President Chandrakant Patil insisted, however, that the new government of the ‘Maha-Yuti’ will be formed as soon as  possible. Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minsiter Devendra Fadnavis met with RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat last night.    Maharasthra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called an emergency  meeting of the party’s core committee on Tuesday at his residence … Read more

Cyclone ‘Maha’ may hit Gujarat Coast tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting on Tuesday to review the situation arising due to cyclone conditions in parts of western India. The weather office has warned light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at a few places in Saurashtra and Gujarat region during the next two days. … Read more

Deadlock over government formation in Maharashtra continues

Amid hectic parleys in Maharashtra over govt formation, deadlock continues as Shiv Sena is firm on CM’s post. A delegation of NCP and Congress leaders met Maharashtra Governor. Various NCP and Congress leaders were part of the delegation. Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut reiterated that the state’s next chief minister will be from his … Read more

Sri Lanka Elections: Hundreds of SLFP workers pledges not to support Gotabaya Rajapaksa

The workers under banner ‘Organisation to Protect the SLFP’ held a convention in Colombo even as SLFP leadership has decided to support Gotabaya. A group led by former President has already signed an agreement last week to support Gotabaya’s main rival and minister Sajith Premadasa. SLFP led by President Maithripala Sirisena has warned of disciplinary action … Read more

Nepal: Ground breaking ceremony performed for Nepal-Bharat Maitri Polytechnic Institute

Chargé d’ Affaires, Embassy of India, Dr Ajay Kumar, many ministers from Province-3 and over 600 local residents and students also graced the ocassion. The flagship Nepal-Bharat Maitri Polytechnic at Hetauda is a state-of-the-art infrastructure project in the area of vocational training. It is being built under India-Nepal Development Partnership with Government of India’s grant … Read more

I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar meets Bangladesh Information Minister in Dhaka

After the meeting he said that he discussed host of issues including cooperation in two film production namely Story of Liberation of Bangladesh and Bangabandhu with his Bangladeshi counterpart. Both the leaders also discussed the progress and impact of DD India broadcasted in Bangladesh  and Bangladesh TV being aired in India. He also visited the … Read more

Nepal President administers oath to new Governors of all 7 provinces

The newly appointed Governors were administered oath in a special function at Sheetal Niwas, the President House, in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Mr. Somnath Adhikari ‘Pyasi’ has become Governor of Province 1, Mr. Tilak Pariyar (Province 2), Mr. Bishnu Prasad Prasain (Province 3), Mr. Amik Sherchan (Gandaki Province), Mr. Dharmanath Yadav (Province 5), Mr. Govinda Prasad … Read more

CBI conduct search in connection with Bank Fraud Cases

The searches are being conducted at different locations including in Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttarakhand. CBI has registered around 35 Cases related to Bank Frauds involving more than 7000 Crore rupees. Earlier in July this year, CBI raided more than 50 locations in 50 different cities across 12 … Read more

PM Modi to inaugurate 5th India International Science Festival

He will address the gathering, being held in Kolkata, through video conference. The theme for this year’s festival is RISEN India – Research, Innovation and Science Empowering the Nation. The prime objective of IISF is to instill scientific temper among people, showcase India’s contribution in the field of Science and Technology and encourage translation of … Read more

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar to attend SACEP meeting in Dhaka

Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar arrived today in Dhaka on a two day visit to attend the 15th meeting of the Governing Council of South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) on Wednesday. He was received by the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguli Das … Read more

Nepal’s President appoints new governors in all seven provinces

According to a press release issued by the Office of President, new governors have been appointed on the recommendation of cabinet. Somnath Adhikari ‘Pyasi’ will be the new governor of Province 1, Tilak Pariyar for Province 2, Bishnu Prasad Prasai for Province 3, Amik Sherchan for Gandaki Province, Dharmanath Yadav for Province 5, Govinda Kalauni for Karnali Province and … Read more