March 18, 2022, 9:54 pm Jammu, March 18 : on Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the Government of India led by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is committed to the welfare of security personnel of Jammu and Kashmir. Shah, who is on two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on his arrival at … Read more
March 18, 2022, 9:30 pm Imphal, March 18 : Kuki People’s Alliance (KPA) on Friday extended unconditional support to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Manipur. KPA President Tongmang Haokip along with two newly elected MLAs – Kimneo Haokip Hangshing and Chinlunthang – submitted a letter of support for the BJP to Governor La.Ganesan at the … Read more
March 18, 2022, 9:13 pm Panaji, March 18 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that caretaker Chief Minister Pramod Sawant will be leading the state once again and the party will give a stable government to the people. ”Dr Pramod Sawant will lead the government again. The BJP will provide a stable government … Read more
March 18, 2022, 8:57 pm Virudhunagar, Mar 18 : Three people were killed on the spot and seven others including six students were injured in a head-on collision between a car and a college bus on the Rajapalayam-Tenkasi road here on Friday, police said. The deceased were identified as N Muthukumar (44), his wife M … Read more
March 16, 2022, 9:19 pm Lucknow, March 16 : Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that the people of Uttar Pradesh in their mandate have accepted SP and an alternative of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In a statement issued here, Akhilesh said, “Support of all sections of the society is with SP … Read more
March 16, 2022, 9:02 pm Mumbai, Mar 16 : Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday appealed to the people to take the Covid pandemic seriously, saying that efforts should be collectively made to prevent the fourth wave. The pace of vaccination should be increased further in the state, he said while replying to … Read more
March 16, 2022, 11:25 pm New Delhi, March 16 : A local court on Wednesday granted bail to a Bengaluru-based man, who was arrested on allegation of trying to enter the residence of National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval. It was alleged that on February 16 at about 7:30 am, a red coloured SUV driven … Read more
March 16, 2022, 10:09 pm Srinagar, March 16 : The international flight operations resumed at Srinagar airport on Wednesday with GoFirst Airlines flight G81595 operating on Srinagar Sharjah sector carrying 108 passengers, officials said. This is also the first international flight after inauguration of the International Cargo operations from Srinagar airport, a statement from the … Read more
March 16, 2022, 10:08 pm By Mir Afroz Zaman Dhaka, March 16 : Bangladesh-India passenger train is being launched after being closed for a long time due to the epidemic. If all goes well, the train may start on March 26, said Shahadat Ali Sardar, Additional Director General (Operations) of Bangladesh Railway. Mentioning that India … Read more
March 16, 2022, 9:52 pm Jammu, March 16 : Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said the security forces have increased counter-insurgency operations to neutralise the terrorists involved in the killing of innocent people. “During the last two weeks, the nefarious intent of Pakistan-supported terrorist agencies and their handlers in … Read more
March 16, 2022, 9:48 pm New Delhi, March 16 : Finance Minister of Sri Lanka, Basil Rajapaksa, who is on an official visit to New Delhi, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. Rajapaksa briefed the Prime Minister on initiatives being taken by the two countries to increase bilateral economic cooperation and conveyed his … Read more
March 16, 2022, 9:48 pm New Delhi, March 16 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday announced a list of leaders who will assess the situation in the five states where Congress lost the recent elections and suggest organizational changes. The leaders appointed by the Congress President will asses poll situation, and suggest organisational changes … Read more
March 16, 2022, 9:27 pm Panaji, March 16 : Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other on ministers in Delhi on Wednesday. In a tweet, the Chief Minister said during the meeting he briefed the Prime Minister about the party’s victory in the recently held assembly elections. “Briefed the PM … Read more
March 16, 2022, 11:37 pm Bengaluru, March 16 : Taking on the Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said liabilities during Congress rule rose to 107 percent sans Covid-19 pandemic, but the BJP government did well to ensure fiscal deficit at 3.3 percent of the GSDP instead … Read more
March 16, 2022, 12:48 pm New Delhi, March 16 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the violence at Lakhimpur Kheri, and the Uttar Pradesh government after hearing a petition seeking cancellation of his bail granted by the Allahabad High Court. The court took serious note of … Read more
March 16, 2022, 12:44 pm Chandigarh, March 16 : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President Navjot Sidhu has resigned from his post after Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked the PCC presidents of the five states that went to polls to resign for reorganisation of the state bodies. In one-line tweet on Wednesday, Sidhu said, “As … Read more
March 16, 2022, 12:30 pm Chennai, Mar 16 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin greeted Bhagwat Mann, who will be sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister today. In his greetings, Stalin said “My hearty wishes to Thiru. Bhagwant Mann, who is swearing in as Chief Minister of Punjab today. Tamil … Read more
March 16, 2022, 12:03 pm Kohima, Mar 16 : Nagaland Chief Minister and holding Finance portfolio Neiphiu Rio will present the Nagaland Budget for the year 2022-2023 on March 22 during the 11th Session of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly in Kohima. According to the provisional programme of the Assembly Session issued by Nagaland Legislative … Read more
March 16, 2022, 11:54 am Panaji, March 16 : Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday welcomed the judgement of the Karnataka High Court on the hijab controversy. In a tweet, the Chief Minister said the verdict will give the right to educational institutes to prescribe the dress code and is an important step towards … Read more
March 16, 2022, 11:37 am Hamirpur (HP), March 16 : With barely hours left for AAP leader Bhagwant Mann’s swearing in ceremony as the new Punjab Chief Minister on Wednesday, on Information and Broadcasting Minister, Anurag Thakur, has taken a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party that swept the state polls with over two-third majority. … Read more
March 16, 2022, 12:26 pm Srinagar, March 16 : Security forces shot dead three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants in a gunfight in Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. Police said the slain militants were involved in the killing of a Sarpanch, Sameer Ahmed Bhat last week. They said the gunfight erupted on the outskirts of Srinagar at Nowgam … Read more
March 16, 2022, 12:14 pm Bhopal, Mar 16 : Four Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen extremists – arrested recently in the Madhya Pradesh capital – received funding from Kolkata and were planning petrol bomb attacks, state Home Minister and government spokesman Narottam Mishra revealed on Wednesday. “Police are ceaselessly reaching the bottom of the matter and a team is … Read more
March 16, 2022, 11:27 am New Delhi, March 16 : As the Covid-19 vaccination for 12-14 age group and precaution dose for those above 60 years started on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged all those falling under these age groups to get vaccinated. In a series of tweets, the PM said, “Today is an … Read more
March 16, 2022, 11:30 am Shimla, March 16 : The cooperation between the State of Himachal Pradesh and the World Bank has been increasing by leaps and bounds since the last few years as today World Bank has a total portfolio of close to Rs. 3160 crores, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Wednesday. … Read more
March 16, 2022, 10:05 am New Delhi, March 16 : As many as 2,876 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the country, the on Health Ministry said on Wednesday. According to the Ministry’s bulletin, the total caseload rose to 4,29,98,938 while the death toll rose to 5,16,072 as 98 more people succumbed to the disease. … Read more
March 16, 2022, 9:54 am Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 : A woman leader of Kerala Students on (KSU) was beaten up brutally by a group of male activists of Students’ Federation of India (SFI) on the Thiruvananthapuram Law College campus on Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday. Law College KSU t president Safna was beaten up … Read more
March 16, 2022, 9:00 am Srinagar . Security forces have shot dead a militant in the ongoing encounter in Srinagar, police said on Wednesday The gunfight erupted on the outskirts of Srinagar at Nowgam when security forces launched an anti militancy operation. “So far one terrorist has been killed in the operation,” a police officer … Read more
March 15, 2022, 11:52 pm Dehradun, New Delhi March 15 : Uttarakhand Congress President Ganesh Godiyal on Tuesday resigned from his post after facing a crushing defeat for the second time in a row in Uttarakhand Assembly elections. Earlier in the day, Congress President Sonia Gandhi had asked the presidents of all five states, where … Read more
March 15, 2022, 11:08 pm Lucknow, March 15 : Taking moral responsibility of party’s defeat in the recently-concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress state president in Uttar Pradesh, Ajay Kumar Lallu resigned from on Tuesday. In the letter sent to Congress national president Sonia Gandhi, Lallu said that he, along with other office bearers, worked … Read more
March 15, 2022, 10:30 pm New Delhi, March 15 : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking inquiry against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, alleging that he has links with Khalistani separatists. The petition referred to a letter written by former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjeet Singh Channi, levelling the same allegations and … Read more
March 15, 2022, 8:52 pm Mumbai, Mar 15 : The city police has registered an FIR (first information report) against Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council, Pravin Darekar, for allegedly using bogus membership of a labour organisation to become director of Mumbai Bank, following a complaint by an Aam Aadmi Party functionary. The police … Read more
March 15, 2022, 8:29 pm Mumbai, Mar 15 : Dr Sawar Dhanania, president of All India Rubber Industries Association, on Tuesday demanded that government should give more incentives to rubber industry so that it can be ‘aatma nirbhar’ (self-reliant). In a statement issued here after the meeting of Managing Committee, he said out of one … Read more
March 15, 2022, 9:06 pm Bhubaneswar, March 15 : Odisha Vigilance department has filed a case against an Executive Engineer and his son for obstructing the Vigilance team in the discharge of their duty during a house search on March 9. Vigilance sources on Tuesday said a case was registered against Executive Engineer Rural Works … Read more
Jammu, March 15 : The Jammu and Kashmir Olympic Association on Tuesday presented Sardar Rangil Singh Award for Sports Excellence 2019-20 at Amar Singh Club here. The awards were presented under the affiliation of Indian Olympic Association and affiliation of International Olympic Committee. Mayor Jammu, Chander Mohan Gupta, Brigadier Anil Gupta, Member Administration J&K Cricket … Read more
New Delhi : Hours after the Karnataka High Court upheld the state government order against wearing of hijab to schools and colleges in Karnataka, a Muslim student on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court, seeking relief under Article 25 of the Constitution. The Special Leave Petition (SLP), filed by Niba Naaz, submitted, “The High Court has … Read more
March 15, 2022, 7:08 pm New Delhi, March 15 : On the eve of 65th birthday of late CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, the Indian Army on Tuesday dedicated a Chair of Excellence in his memory at the ted Service Institution of India. The formal announcement was made by Army Chief Gen MM Naravane at a … Read more
March 15, 2022, 6:45 pm Chennai, Mar 15 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin today announced setting up of a book park in the State and the state government will provide land for it as promised by late leader M Karunanidhi. Speaking after presenting awards to eminent personalities, Tamil scholars and organistions in … Read more
March 15, 2022, 7:48 pm Kyiv, March 15 : The civilians trapped in the besieged Mariupol are “essentially being suffocated with no aid”, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday. The people are “facing the impossible choices of how to feed their families and themselves and are trapped,” the spokesperson said. … Read more
March 15, 2022, 7:17 pm Raipur, Mar 15 : The Chhattisgarh Assembly on Tuesday witnessed the principal-opposition BJP alleging that two peasants died during an ongoing agitation by cultivators in the state’s new capital Naya Raipur. Raising the matter during the Zero Hour, Mr Shivratan Sharma (BJP) said, “The first fatality occurred on Friday and … Read more
March 15, 2022, 7:38 pm New Delhi, March 15 : There has been an estimated increase of about 35 per cent in the prevalence of anxiety and depression in India during the Covid-19 pandemic, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday, citing an international study. The Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in … Read more
March 15, 2022, 6:39 pm Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Mar 15 : A Maoist ‘commander’ and a ‘deputy commander’ – both females – were eliminated during an exchange of fire with personnel of the CRPF and the District Reserve Group on Tuesday afternoon between Gorli and Mutheli in Katekalyan Police Station limits on the Dantewada-Sukma district border … Read more
March 15, 2022, 6:17 pm New Delhi, March 15 : India on Tuesday despatched the fourth convoy, of 2,000 MT wheat, as humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan via the Attari border. India has so far sent 8,000 MT of wheat to Afghanistan. The MEA said in a tweet: “Our partnership continues. Despatched fourth convoy of humanitarian … Read more
March 15, 2022, 4:57 pm New Delhi, March 15 : The Tai Ahom Yuba Parishad, Assam (TAYPA) on Tuesday staged a sit-in protest here, demanding the Centre to provide constitutional safeguard to the Tai Ahom comm ty by granting it the Schedule Tribe (ST) status. Scores of TAYPA activists, led by its president Bijoy Rajkonwar, … Read more
March 15, 2022, 6:00 pm New Delhi, March 15 : A total of 458,186 deaths occurred due to Covid-19 between March 2020 till October 31, 2021, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Rajya Sabha member Rajamani Patel wanted to know how many people died due to the pandemic in India and how much … Read more
March 15, 2022, 5:15 pm Hyderabad, March 15 : Bharatiya Janata Party Telangana t President Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday welcomed the statement of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on taking field assistants back into the service. In a statement here, Sanjay described Rao’s announcement as a major victory for the BJP. “We have been … Read more
March 15, 2022, 5:56 pm Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke in Rajya Sabha on the issue of ‘Inadvertent firing of Missile on 9th March’ during the budget session of Parliament…
March 15, 2022, 5:08 pm Vijayawada, March 15 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday said that the legislators of the Opposition Telugu Desam Party deliberately created ruckus in the Legislative Assembly for the second consecutive day on Jangareddygudem deaths issue even though the government had already given clarification in … Read more
March 15, 2022, 5:34 pm Amritsar, March 15 : Senior BJP leader Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina on Tuesday hit out at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the “extravaganza”, being organized at Khatkar Kalan on March 16 for the swearing in ceremony of Bhagwant Mann, and called the ceremony a “waste of public money” and against … Read more
March 15, 2022, 5:31 pm New Delhi, March 15 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the ban on Kerala’s Malayalam channel Media One and allowed it to resume broadcast again pending a final adjudication in the case. A Bench headed by Justice Dr D Y Chandrachud passed the order after hearing a Special Leave … Read more
March 15, 2022, 5:22 pm Vijayawada, March 15 : Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Tammineni Sitaram on Tuesday suspended 11 Opposition Telugu Desam Party members for one day for creating ruckus in the house. The TDP MLAs were suspended after they rushed to the speaker’s podium and started raising slogans. The 11 TDP MLAs who were … Read more