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Agra: Joint HADR Exercise Samanvay 2022 concludes

New Delhi: The Annual Joint HADR Exercise 'Samanvay 2022' was conducted by the IAF at Air Force Station, Agra from 28 November 2022 to 30 November 2022.

India’s G20 presidency will reflect interests of global south, says EAM S Jaishankar

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said New Delhi would like to use the G20 presidency of the group to reflect interests and concerns today of the global south.

Six die, 13 injured as roadways bus collides with truck in UP

Bahraich/UNI: Six people were killed and 13 others were injured when a roadways bus collided with a truck in Jarwal Road area of Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh (UP) on Wednesday morning, a senior administration official informed.

G20: India to host more than 200 meetings across 50 cities

New Delhi: India will soon be hosting more than 200 meetings across the nation in 50 cities as New Delhi is set to assume the Presidency of the G20 for one year from Dec 1, media reports said on Wednesday.

Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorist hideout busted in Poonch's Surankote

Jammu: Security forces on Wednesday busted a terrorist hideout in Surankote area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

Bilkis Bano challenges release of her rapists in Supreme Court

New Delhi/IBNS: Months after her rapists were freed from jail, Bilkis Bano on Tuesday challenged the release of the 11 convicts in the Supreme Court, media reports said.

The Kashmir Files justifies India's Kashmir policy, has fascist features: Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid backing his IFFI remark

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid has said The Kashmir Files justifies New Delhi's policy in the disputed union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, defending his previous remark on the Hindi film that has stoked massive row at the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

Maharashtra: AAP announces Marathwada Divisional Committee

Mumbai/UNI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of Maharashtra unit has declared Marathwada Divisional committee on Wednesday to strengthen the party base across the eight districts in the region.

Mumbai: Major fire breaks out in forest area

Mumbai: A major fire broke out in the thick forests area behind Infinity IT Park Goregaon of city suburbs on Tuesday late night.

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates SBI regional business office in Assam's Tinsukia

Speaking on the occasion, Sarbananda Sonowal said, "Tinsukia district is an important district of Assam in terms of industry and business. The Regional Business Office of State Bank of India has been set up with the aim of speeding up and expanding banking operations in the district.

Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot appear together in a rare show of unity ahead of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan

Speaking to reporters in Rajasthan's Jaipur, the feuding leaders stood side by side and stressed that Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, which enters Rajasthan on Dec 4, will be a big success in the state.

NHRC takes cognizance of Meghalaya firing incident

New Delhi/UNI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday took cognizance of the recent firing incident at Mukroh village in West Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

CPI(M) leader and former West Bengal minister Manab Mukherjee dies of cardiac arrest

Kolkata/IBNS: CPI(M) leader and former West Bengal minister Manab Mukherjee died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday afternoon. He was 67.

Three Meghalaya MLAs resigned

Shillong: Ahead of the assembly polls in the state, which is scheduled to be held next year, three MLAs of Meghalaya, including two legislators of the ruling National People's Party (NPP) and one of the opposition TMC, resigned from the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly on Monday, officials said.

You should be ashamed: Israeli envoy Naor Gilon slams filmmaker Nadav Lapid over remarks on The Kashmir Files

New Delhi: Israeli envoy to India Naor Gilon slammed fellow countryman and filmmaker Nadav Lapid for calling 'The Kashmir Files' “propaganda” and "vulgar" at the 53rd International Film Festival of India and said he should feel 'ashamed' for his act.

MK Stalin urges EAM Jaishankar to secure release of fishermen from Sri Lankan custody

Chennai/UNI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin has urged External Affairs Minister Dr. S.Jaishankar to secure the immediate release of 23 fishermen apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy along with their five boats yesterday.

'I let go of Rahul Gandhi years ago': Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reflecting on himself

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, whose style of functioning has often raised questions in the political circle, turned sort of philosophical responding to a question by the media on Monday.

Egypt President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to be India's chief guest at India's Republic Day celebration

New Delhi: Egypt President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi will be the chief guest of the country in the upcoming Republic Day celebration.

Jammu and Kashmir: Educated Bandipora shepherd is now scientific methods to make sheep farming profitable

Srinagar: A young lad from Kashmir is changing his fortune and even setting himself as an example for others by taking up sheep farming as his career despite being well educated.

Indian diaspora members in Belgium marks 14th anniversary of Mumbai attacks

Brussels: Indian diaspora members, who are based in Belgium, recently organized an event at Schuman roundabout in front of the European Commission in Brussels to commemorate the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, media reports said on Monday.

Haryana panchayat poll results stun BJP, AAP's presence felt in Congress absence

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was stunned by the Haryana panchayat poll results where the saffron camp suffered setbacks in some key seats of zila parishads of the state, media reports said.

Ramdev says women look good even without clothes, stirs row

Yoga guru Ramdev's remark where he said women look "good" in any dress as well as wearing nothing has stirred a massive row.

SC stays Bombay HC order for demolishing National Insurance Building at Mumbai's Worli

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court in its order on Monday stayed till Feb 9 next year the 2019 Bombay High Court's order directing for demolition of 114-year-old National Insurance Building situated at Worli in Mumbai.

Delhi: Wife kills husband with son's help, chops off body into 22 pieces and stores them in fridge

New Delhi/IBNS: In a eerie similarity with the Shraddha Walkar murder case, a wife has allegedly killed her husband with the help of her son, chopped off his body into 22 pieces, stored them in refrigerator and later disposed in the east Delhi neighbourhoods, media reports said.

Right to Life: Kashmiri Pandits hold barefoot march in Jammu

Jammu: Kashmiri Pandit Migrant Employees walked barefoot recently in Jammu city as they demanded the government should address their safety concerns while bringing out a comprehensive roadmap to relocate them in the Valley.

Rajnath Singh to grace Armed Forces Flag Day CSR Conclave being organised by Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare in New Delhi tomorrow

New Delhi: The fourth edition of the Armed Forces Flag Day Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Conclave is being organised by Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence (MoD) in New Delhi on Tuesday.

'Politics of abuses and hooliganism': Arvind Kejriwal's response to Yogi Adityanath 'namoona' comment

New Delhi/ IBNS: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal has shared a video of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s star campaigner Yogi Adityanath calling him "a sympathiser of terrorism" during a rally in poll-bound Gujarat.

Aftab Poonawala lodged in separate cell in Tihar jail

Delhi: Aftab Ameen Poonawala, who allegedly murdered and chopped his live-in girlfriend Shraddha Walkar’s body into 35 pieces, is lodged in cell number 4 of the Tihar Jail in Delhi, according to media reports.

Leopard spotted in streets of Dhangu Mohalla in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district

Hamirpur (HP)/UNI: A full-grown leopard was seen roaming in Dhangu Mohalla of the Tira gram panchayat, located on the outskirts of Sujanpur Tira town in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh for the last few days.

Two injured in rhino attack in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park

Guwahati/IBNS: Two people were critically injured after being attacked by a one-horned rhinoceros in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve.