Rahul Gandhi is Mir Jafar of Indian polity: BJP leader Sambit Patra
New Delhi/UNI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has once again lashed out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his recent remark abroad.
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Amritpal Singh crackdown: 'No incident from the state,' says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann
Chandigarh/IBNS: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday boasted of the "peace and harmony" which his government claimed to have maintained amid a major crackdown on Khalistani separatist leader Amritpal Singh.
Parliament: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid pandemonium
New Delhi/UNI: Parliament's lower house Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday amid Opposition protests over the Adani issue.
Kashmir: NIA arrests freelance journalist in 'terror funding case'
Srinagar/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Kashmiri freelancer journalist in an alleged terror funding case, official sources said.
Kerala archbishop promises BJP Lok Sabha seat in 2024 on condition, triggers row
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: An archbishop of Kerala, who is known to be influential, has triggered a row by promising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a Lok Sabha seat next year in the Left bastion but on a condition, media reports said.
Meet Kerala's first transgender lawyer Padma Lakshmi
Thiruvunanthapuram/IBNS: Kerala has got its first transgender lawyer in the form of Padma Lakshmi, whose name has been enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of the state.
Land owned by Amartya Sen's father in Visva Bharati campus mutated under his name
Kolkata: Amid the controversy over the eviction notice issued by Visva Bharati over alleged unauthorised land occupied by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, the said property owned by the economist’s father has been transferred to him, showed an official document of the BLRO on Monday.
Northeast Elections : When women shine bright
Agartala/Shillong/Kohima: Women shine bright in the recent elections in three North Eastern states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, with 14 women elected to the state assemblies, overtopping the tally of only six women legislators in the previous houses.
Jammu and Kashmir gets first FDI as Emaar will develop shopping mall in Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir recorded its first Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as UAE-based Emaar, a real estate company, will be developing a shopping mall on the outskirts of Srinagar city.
India, Maldives participate in fourth Defence Cooperation Dialogue in Male
New Delhi: India and the Maldives conducted the 4th Defence Cooperation Dialogue (DCD) in Male on Mar 19, officials said on Sunday.
India conveys strong protest to US on vandalisation of property of Indian Consulate General in San Francisco by Khalistani supporters
New Delhi: India on Monday conveyed its strong protest to the US Charge d’Affaires in New Delhi over the vandalization of the property of the Indian Consulate General in San Francisco by suspected Khalistani supporters.
Mumbai-bound flight from Bangkok diverted to Myanmar after passenger dies of cardiac arrest
Mumbai/IBNS: A Bangkok to Mumbai flight was diverted to Rangoon (Yangon) in Myanmar due to a medical emergency on-board on Sunday, the airline has said.
UP minister has a close shave in an explosion during demonstration, 2 others injured
Bareilly (UP)/UNI: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment of Uttar Pradesh Arun Saxena and a batter of senior officers had a narrow escape even as two persons were injured in an explosion during a demonstration of a machine to detect underground cable fault locator machine on Monday, official sources said here.
Sikhs protest London Tricolour incident at British High Commission in Delhi
New Delhi: Several people of the Sikh community gathered outside the UK High Commission in Delhi and protested the attack on the Indian High Commission and the Tricolour in London.
Arvind Kejriwal takes initiative for third front, planned meeting with 7 CMs: Reports
New Delhi/IBNS: In a renewed effort towards a third front ahead of the 2024 general elections, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote to chief ministers of seven states for a dinner to form a forum of non-BJP parties. However, the plan did not meet success with the invitees returning a less-than-warm response, media reports said.
UK: Indian Mission official takes on Amripal Singh supporters; rescues Tricolour, throws down Khalistan flag; Twitteraties laud
London/IBNS: As a bunch of Khalistan supporters attacked the India House building in the UK’s London and one of them climbed onto the flagpole above the door and brought down the Indian flag, a staffer of the Indian High Commission confronted the separatists all by himself as there was no security at the spot.
In new poll promise, Rahul Gandhi announces monthly allowances to unemployed youth in Karnataka, calls for party unity
Belagavi/UNI: In his first public rally in poll-bound Karnataka after Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced monthly allowances for the unemployed youth as he subtly addressed the spar between top party leaders DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah.
Indifference to Indian diplomatic mission's security unacceptable: India conveys strong message to UK
New Delhi/IBNS: India has conveyed a strong message to the UK authorities by summoning British Deputy High Commissioner Christina Scott to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday night following an attack by pro-Khalistani protesters on the Indian High Commission in London and pulled down a Tricolour on the premises.
Crackdown on Amritpal Singh: Himachal Pradesh on high alert, strict vigil in areas bordering Punjab
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Monday said that the state was on high alert and security has been beefed up along the border with Punjab in view of the crackdown against radical preacher Amritpal Singh, media reports said.
Remark against PM: SC clubs and transfers 3 FIRs against Congress's Pawan Khera to Lucknow
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court in its order on Monday clubbed and transferred three FIRs against Congress leader and spokesperson Pawan Khera to Hazratganj Police station in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
US: Indian Consulate in San Francisco attacked by Khalistan supporters
As India tightens its grip around fugitive Khalistani separatist leader Amritpal Singh, his supporters attacked the Indian Consulate in San Francisco in the United States.
'Why shouldn't you be evicted from varisty land?' Visva Bharati's notice to Amartya Sen
Kolkata/IBNS: The authorities of the Centrally run university Visva Bharati, located in West Bengal's Santiniketan, has issued a notice of eviction to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, stating that the economist has occupied a portion of land illegally.
Fugitive Khalistani separatist leader Amritpal Singh's Mercedes SUV gifted by drug boss
New Delhi: Waris Punjab De leader Amritpal Singh, who is currently on the run to evade police arrest, amassed a large number of weapons, ran deaddiction centre to brainwash the Sikh youth, and used a Mercedes SUV gifted by drug boss Ravel Singh, media reported.
NIA to probe Khalistani leader Amritpal sigh, aides for possessing illegal arms, terrorism: Report
New Delhi: The Centre has registered a fresh FIR against Khalistani separatist leader Amritpal Singh, who has been declared "fugitive" by the Punjab Police, and is likely to take over the investigation as a case of terrorism, media reports said.
Maharashtra: Nagpur welcomes the World for C-20 meet
Nagpur/UNI: The three-day Civil-20 Inception Conference under India’s G20 presidency is being hosted in Nagpur from Monday onwards.
Modi says talks held on defence, security, trade, supply chains with Fumio Kishida
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that during his talks with his visiting Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida, the two sides exchanged views on defence and security, technology, trade, health and digital cooperation as well as on stable and reliable supply chains of semiconductors and other critical technology.
Kashmir: Police attach properties of two militant associates in Bandipora
Srinagar/UNI: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Monday attached properties of two militant associates who were arrested last year, officials said.
BJP MP Dr Subramanian Swamy pleads Supreme Court to list his Ram Setu plea for urgent hearing
New Delhi/UNI: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Rajya Sabha (RS) Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Subramanian Swamy, mentioned his case on Monday in the Supreme Court bench seeking urgent hearing into his plea seeking national heritage status for Ram Setu.
Modi, Fumio Kishida hold bilateral talks
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began bilateral talks in Hyderabad House on Monday on strengthening the bilateral Special Strategic Global Partnership.
Asaduddin Owaisi praises Telangana CM KCR on election year
Hyderabad/IBNS: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has heaped praises on Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao months ahead of the assembly elections due to be held in the south Indian state, media reports said.