Ex-US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commissioner Johnnie Moore has said former US President Barack Obama should spend more energy in complementing India than criticizing it.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's helicopter made an emergency landing in north Bengal on Tuesday due to bad weather, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: Several students of the prestigious Presidency University on Monday protested against the administration's new diktat curbing romance inside the campus.
New Delhi/UNI: Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed’s sister, Aisha Noori, had knocked the doors of the Supreme Court seeking a direction for a probe into the state-sponsored killing' of her two brothers, who were allegedly gunned down by assailants, while in Uttar Pradesh police's custody.
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi unit of Congress on Tuesday staged a protest against the AAP government in Delhi over hike in electricity rates and demanded resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Bhopal/UNI: Crossing another crucial connectivity milestone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off five Vande Bharat trains in Bhopal on Tuesday.
Kaushambi: A wanted criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1.25 lakh was killed in an encounter with the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday, an STF officer said.
Srinagar: Security forces shot dead a local militant in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said on Tuesday.
New Delhi/IBNS The Congress Monday received a big boost as several leaders from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) switched over to the grand old party, ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in Telangana.
Cooch Behar/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is on a visit to North Bengal ahead of the coming Panchayat election, Monday stopped at a local tea shop in Chalsa and tried her hand at preparing dumplings as well as brewing tea.
New Delhi/IBNS: India Monday summoned a senior diplomat of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over the recent attacks on Sikh community members in the neighbouring country, reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: Kickstarting her campaigning for the upcoming panchayat polls for the first time, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday accused the Border Security Force (BSF) of scaring voters in the bordering areas of the state and asked police to keep a strict vigil on them.
Kolkata/IBNS: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was on Monday filed in Calcutta High Court challenging the appointment of West Bengal Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, court media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Stepping up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Manipur situation, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Monday said if the PM is really concerned about the northeastern state, then he should sack Chief Minister N Biren Singh.
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday redressed the grievances of the citizens during “LG’s Mulaqaat”- Live Public Grievance Hearing programme at the Civil Secretariat.
Azamgarh: An elderly couple was hacked to death by unidentified persons during suspected loot in Nizamabad area of Azamgarh district here in Uttar Pradesh, a police officer said here on Monday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Three people have been killed and one seriously injured as an over-speeding bus rammed into a private car in Kolkata's Lake Town area in the wee hours of Monday.
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir's Bani witnessed locals participating in the three-day annual Bani Chinj Mela recently.
New Delhi: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the network of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir has substantially weakened in the last few years as strict and consistent action is being taken.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting with Cabinet ministers and other seniors officials here on Monday.
New Delhi: Narendra Modi will visit Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.
Hyderabad/UNI: Bharat Rastra Samithi (BRS) National President and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) left for Solapur in Maharashtra for his two political tours by road from Pragathi Bhavan here on Monday morning as part of his efforts to expand the party's footprint in the neighbouring state.
New Delhi/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that the policy of zero tolerance against narcotics adopted by the central government is showing successful results.
Srinagar/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted multiple raids in Kashmir valley on Monday in a terror case, sources said.
Bengaluru/IBNS: A Karnataka man has been arrested for allegedly slitting the throat of his friend, drinking the oozing blood suspecting him of having an affair with the accused's wife, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will kickstart her campaign for the upcoming panchayat elections from the state's northern part, a sticky ground for the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
New Delhi/Washington: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday said the friendship between India and the USA is a force of global good.
Bhubaneswar: At least 12 passengers were killed, and eight others injured when a OSRTC bus and a private bus collided head on near Khemundi college close to Digapaandi in Ganjam district on Sunday midnight, the official said.
