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Maharashtra: Man arrested for threatening PM Modi and BJP leader Kirit Somayya

Kolhapur: Mumbai police on Saturday arrested a man in Chanderai village in Ratnagiri district for threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Kirit Somayya through social media.

Bengal: Mamata Banerjee visits Egra where cracker factory explosion killed 11

Kolkata/Egra/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday visited the Khadikul village under the Sahara Panchayat Area at Egra in East Midnapore district where eleven people lost their lives in a gruesome explosion at an illegal firecracker factory on May 16.

Manipur: Troops launch operations, Army Chief to review situation

Imphal/UNI: Army and Assam Rifles have launched large scale combing operations in vulnerable flash points in the state as armed persons burnt houses and attacked people in the valley areas.

Amid talks of forming anti-Modi front, 7 opposition CMs skip NITI Aayog meet

New Delhi/IBNS: Seven Chief Ministers- who are all from the Opposition camp- are skipping the Centre's key NITI Aayog meeting which is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, media reports said.

Nepal PM Prachanda on India visit from May 31, to hold talks with Modi

New Delhi/UNI: Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ will be on an official visit to India from May 31 to June 3, on his first bilateral visit abroad after assuming office in December last year.

Jammu and Kashmir: LeT militant associate arrested in Baramulla

Srinagar: A suspected militant associate of Laskhar-e-Taiba was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said.

UPSC mulls action against 2 candidates for falsely claiming selection in civil services exam

New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is contemplating both criminal and disciplinary penalties against two candidates accused of falsely claiming selection in the recently declared civil services examination results.

'Rahul Gandhi can get ordinary passport for 3 years and not 10': Delhi court

New Delhi/IBNS:  A Delhi court Friday granted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi permission to get a regular passport for three years after he lost the privileges of being an MP following his disqualification from Parliament.

Abhishek Banerjee's mass outreach programme faces violent protest by Kurmi community in Bengal's Salboni

Kolkata/Salboni/IBNS: The agitation by the Kurmi community demanding ST status and inclusion of their language in the eighth schedule of the Constitution turned violent on Friday at Salboni in Jhargram district in West Bengal on Friday.

BJP govt high on promises and low on delivery: Derek O'Brien on 9 years of PM Modi regime

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Friday alleged that the nine years of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre was high on promises and low on delivery.

Telangana: Shiv Sena to set up its state office in Hyderabad soon

Hyderabad/IBNS/UNI: Telangana state Shiv Sena party President Sinkaru Sivaji on Friday said that the party’s state office will be set up in Hyderabad soon.

Arvind Kejriwal to ‘boycott’ NITI Aayog meet to protest against Centre’s Ordinance, seeks support from Congress

New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced his decision to ‘boycott’ the upcoming NITI Aayog meeting in protest against a recent ordinance imposed by the Centre.

BJP should organise ‘mahotsav’ of its ‘nakami’: Congress

New Delhi/UNI: Congress on Friday launched a scathing attack at the BJP-led NDA government on the completion of its nine years at the Centre, saying the ruling dispensation should organise "mahotsav" (festival) of its "nakami" (failure).

Jammu and Kashmir: Four Baramulla residents booked under PSA for anti-national activities

Srinagar: Four residents of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district have been booked under stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) for their alleged anti-national activities, police said.

Hijab row: Schools have right to decide on uniform, says Kerala Guv

Bengaluru/UNI: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Friday said the schools have the right to decide on uniforms and dismissed it as a curb on individual liberty.

SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking direction on inauguration of new Parliament building by President

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court in its order on Friday refused to entertain a PIL filed by a lawyer seeking a direction to the Central Government to invite President Droupadi Murmu to the inauguration of the new Parliament building on May 28.

India, US hold inaugural Advanced Domains Defence Dialogue

New Delhi/Washington/UNI: India and the US held the Inaugural India-US Advanced Domains Defense Dialogue in New Delhi on May 22, for strengthening the defense partnership in new areas including space and Artificial Intelligence.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah meets Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi/UNI: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi here on Friday.

Parliament building row: BJP chief Nadda says 'elitist mindsets of dynasts preventing opposition from logical thinking'

New Delhi/UNI: Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) president J P Nadda on Friday slammed the opposition parties for not attending the inauguration of the new Parliament building and said, "Elitist mindsets of dynasts are preventing them from logical thinking."

Bengal jobs scam: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee can be quizzed by probe agencies, rules SC

New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled the probe agencies, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED), can go on with their quizzing of Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, media reports said.

Ailing AAP leader Satyendar Jain granted interim bail by SC for 6 weeks

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday granted an interim bail to ailing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain for six weeks, a day after he was admitted to hospital, media reports said.

Karnataka: Man attacked for having snacks with Muslim woman

Chikkballapur: A group of Muslim men thrashed a Hindu man for having snacks with a Muslim woman at a food joint in Karnataka's Chikkballapur city on Thursday.

'Narendra Modi will become PM again next year with over 300 seats': Amit Shah makes prediction in Assam

Guwahati/IBNS: Asserting that Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister for the third consecutive term after the general elections next year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday claimed that the opposition Congress will not be able to even bag its present number of seats in the Lok Sabha.

'Both groups should maintain peace, justice will be done': Amit Shah to visit violence-hit Manipur

Guwahati/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday appealed for peace in Manipur and said he would visit the northeastern state soon and interact with people of both ethnic communities involved in the ongoing violence.

IPS officer Praveen Sood takes over as CBI Director

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: IPS officer Praveen Sood took over as the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday.

Delhi serial killer, guilty of rapingd & murdering over 30 children, gets life imprisonment

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of the abduction, sexual assault, and murder of over 30 minors between 2008 and 2015, media reports said.

PM Modi virtually flags off the first semi-high-speed Vande Bharat between Dehradun and Delhi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually flagged off first semi-high-speed Vande Bharat train between Uttarakhand's capital Dehradun and national capital Delhi.

A top priority for our govt and our embassies in India: US over huge delays in visa processing in India

New Delhi/Washington: Processing Indian visas is a top priority for Washington, and their consular teams in India have been making a huge push to process the visas, the United States said on Thursday.

PIL in SC seeking direction to have new parliament building inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu and not PM Modi

New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction that the new parliament building should be inaugurated by the President of India, and not by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Australian Sikh Diaspora Unites Under the Banner of Indian Identity

Australian cities came alive with excitement and optimism as Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India embarked on his latest visit to Australia. A particular group that extended a warm welcome was the Sikh diaspora, displaying unity, pride, and an overarching sentiment: “We are Indians and we all come under one banner“